Ah its a shame flights are back on, I was really hoping for the big one to blow as well and halt flights for years to come. Imagine the ship building industry being revived on a huge scale, local farming getting a massive boost and unemployment dropping like a stone as a result. The rail ifrastructure would receive billions in extra investment. IT and communications would like wise be forced to evlove to make remote access and remote meetings easier and more wide spread. No more junkets Mr fatcat!
I think all of that would stimulate the economy in new directions, Sure short term pain and lose of a few airlines but adapt or die. Maybe even new forms of air travel like zepplins using electric or hybrid motors to move bulk cargos.
Ah well looks like buisness as usual tho :(
Monday, 19 April 2010
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
One of those days
Having one of those days today, wonderfully sunny and a nice day to to be working outside yet still I've ended up in bed early in a mood after an evening of trying to find something to do. I have an extensive games collection and several content creation applications to pick from yet nothing seems to be what i wanted to do, neither did watching tv or reading. So I spent my time booting one game after another playing for 5 mins and seeing if the next felt any better. It didn't.
This happens once or twice a month and if annoys the hell out of me. At the moment im struggling with the fact that im getting bored of games but have no idea how to fill the void they occupy atm the moment. Reading is out as I work on my own and listen to audiobooks all day and end up confused as to which plot is which, I did flirt with crotchet but thats another fad that lasted about a week and has left me with an overdue library book and a bag of wool.
I think the start of todays malaise was leaving my last job late and then to be told they were bringing 2 large mobile homes down the narrow lane and it could take upto an hour. So while waiting i called Orange to see when there going to get the HTC Desire im after to be told by a bored rep that they got it 3 days ago and have run out already. How? its not even on the website yet! Yes it is says rep, no says I I've just looked. Oh well says rep we will probably have more soon. Fine.
This happens once or twice a month and if annoys the hell out of me. At the moment im struggling with the fact that im getting bored of games but have no idea how to fill the void they occupy atm the moment. Reading is out as I work on my own and listen to audiobooks all day and end up confused as to which plot is which, I did flirt with crotchet but thats another fad that lasted about a week and has left me with an overdue library book and a bag of wool.
I think the start of todays malaise was leaving my last job late and then to be told they were bringing 2 large mobile homes down the narrow lane and it could take upto an hour. So while waiting i called Orange to see when there going to get the HTC Desire im after to be told by a bored rep that they got it 3 days ago and have run out already. How? its not even on the website yet! Yes it is says rep, no says I I've just looked. Oh well says rep we will probably have more soon. Fine.
Sunday, 11 April 2010
A call for Unity
I have a constant urge to write a game of some type and have tried to learn a few languages
Python, Php, Ruby, VB, C# and Java most recently but C# was the most successful i think as i managed to get a basic top down 2d game editor written but then there was a version mismatch between the tutorial and the compiler i had and frustration won the day.
I found a game creation tool/suite called Unity 3D this week and it seems very easy to use so far, It comes with a lovely premade island to explore that i'm having fun altering to learn the various effects of the tools. I had lots of fun with particle effects and made a tower of multi coloured smoke that must have drifted up for miles. A video tutorial from the splash screen showed importing from Photoshop and 3Ds max that looked so simple i'll have to give it a go some time soon.
Im hoping if i can persevere with it long enough to write a very basic RPG with some kind of crafting system. I would love to get it to work like Wurm online but thats a pipedream if ever there was one.
Python, Php, Ruby, VB, C# and Java most recently but C# was the most successful i think as i managed to get a basic top down 2d game editor written but then there was a version mismatch between the tutorial and the compiler i had and frustration won the day.
I found a game creation tool/suite called Unity 3D this week and it seems very easy to use so far, It comes with a lovely premade island to explore that i'm having fun altering to learn the various effects of the tools. I had lots of fun with particle effects and made a tower of multi coloured smoke that must have drifted up for miles. A video tutorial from the splash screen showed importing from Photoshop and 3Ds max that looked so simple i'll have to give it a go some time soon.
Im hoping if i can persevere with it long enough to write a very basic RPG with some kind of crafting system. I would love to get it to work like Wurm online but thats a pipedream if ever there was one.
First post
Yay First! Oh wait I dont think that counts as its my blog :)
This blog might not last long or may have huuuge gaps in it as my possibly ADD ravaged brain flits from shiny thing to shiny thing.
I have never been able to settle to one interest and the internet has made this worse i'm starting to believe. Take Steam the games market place for instance they had a xmas sale and i went crazy and got 15 games roughly have i played half of them yet? No. Have i bought more games since Yes! Did I recently get a Xbox 360 and promptly have a need to play playstation 2 games i remember from my youth Yes :(
This kind of thing happens all the time, When i get into something i research it like crazy ill buy magazines, search forums , websites and visit stores and ill enjoy that for a while until the next thing catches my eye and it all starts again.
I might create a few posts of previous interests for photography, Tropical fish, Games, Programming, and now blogging, oops here we go again.
This blog might not last long or may have huuuge gaps in it as my possibly ADD ravaged brain flits from shiny thing to shiny thing.
I have never been able to settle to one interest and the internet has made this worse i'm starting to believe. Take Steam the games market place for instance they had a xmas sale and i went crazy and got 15 games roughly have i played half of them yet? No. Have i bought more games since Yes! Did I recently get a Xbox 360 and promptly have a need to play playstation 2 games i remember from my youth Yes :(
This kind of thing happens all the time, When i get into something i research it like crazy ill buy magazines, search forums , websites and visit stores and ill enjoy that for a while until the next thing catches my eye and it all starts again.
I might create a few posts of previous interests for photography, Tropical fish, Games, Programming, and now blogging, oops here we go again.
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