Monday 28 May 2012
Thursday 24 May 2012
It's The Walking Dead for kiddies! [Video]
It's The Walking Dead for kiddies! [Video]:
Check out Walking Dead for children! Many moons ago, Jason Chan crafted a beautiful piece of artwork, so great it even inspired an io9 writing prompt contest. More »
Friday 18 May 2012
Thursday 17 May 2012
Representative Line: Sanity Check
Representative Line: Sanity Check:
"Lucky me," Ryan wrote, "I got assigned to work on Legacy, an application whose name accurately describes itself. I'm pretty sure that this system manages to have a WTF/line ratio greater than 1.0, especially if we include the 'minor' ones, like the
"But beyond minor annoyances like that, or the random number generator class that seems to exist solely to duplicate the behavior System.Random, I discovered this gem inside a class method."
Ryan adds, "I don't even want to know why a constant is declared inside a class... or what makes 199 + 6 better than 205. My head hurts."
"Lucky me," Ryan wrote, "I got assigned to work on Legacy, an application whose name accurately describes itself. I'm pretty sure that this system manages to have a WTF/line ratio greater than 1.0, especially if we include the 'minor' ones, like the
System.Environment.Exit calls peppered throughout library code that causes the app to inexplicably exit.""But beyond minor annoyances like that, or the random number generator class that seems to exist solely to duplicate the behavior System.Random, I discovered this gem inside a class method."
// Sanity check const int expected_length = 199 + 6;
Ryan adds, "I don't even want to know why a constant is declared inside a class... or what makes 199 + 6 better than 205. My head hurts."
Tuesday 15 May 2012
GameStop partners with digital competitor Valve, offers Steam codes in-store
I wonder what the margin is on these? GameStop must be making a decent amount which means Valve is paying to have people without credit or debit cards be able to use steam.
GameStop partners with digital competitor Valve, offers Steam codes in-store:
U.S. retailer GameStop today announced a partnership with behemoth developer Valve, that sees the latter's Steam Wallet initiative made available in GameStop stores. Valve unveiled its Steam Wallet payment system for its Steam digital download service in 2010, as a means for users to buy funds usable to purchase games from the online store. Today's announcement means that GameStop customers can now purchase physical Steam Cards nationwide, which provide codes to add funds to a ...
GameStop partners with digital competitor Valve, offers Steam codes in-store:
U.S. retailer GameStop today announced a partnership with behemoth developer Valve, that sees the latter's Steam Wallet initiative made available in GameStop stores. Valve unveiled its Steam Wallet payment system for its Steam digital download service in 2010, as a means for users to buy funds usable to purchase games from the online store. Today's announcement means that GameStop customers can now purchase physical Steam Cards nationwide, which provide codes to add funds to a ...XBLA's record-breaking Minecraft sells 1M copies in 5 days
XBLA's record-breaking Minecraft sells 1M copies in 5 days:
Mojang and 4J Studios' Xbox 360 edition of indie hit Minecraft has already sold more than one million units globally on Xbox Live Arcade since its release five days ago, according to Microsoft. The game sold for 1600 MS Points, or $20, which means the title generated somewhere north of $20 million in less than a week. Minecraft creator and Mojang founder Markus 'Notch' Persson has noted that the XBLA game was "profitable in an ...
Mojang and 4J Studios' Xbox 360 edition of indie hit Minecraft has already sold more than one million units globally on Xbox Live Arcade since its release five days ago, according to Microsoft. The game sold for 1600 MS Points, or $20, which means the title generated somewhere north of $20 million in less than a week. Minecraft creator and Mojang founder Markus 'Notch' Persson has noted that the XBLA game was "profitable in an ...Wednesday 9 May 2012
Friday 4 May 2012
Cook Rice in Beer for a Flavorful, Non-Lumpy Dinner Dish [Food Hacks]
Cook Rice in Beer for a Flavorful, Non-Lumpy Dinner Dish [Food Hacks]:
Who says you have to cook rice in water to cook it? All you need is something that's mostly water, and beer is a perfect, flavorful candidate. Much of the alcohol will cook away, and the effervescence will contribute to fluffy, non-sticky rice with a nutty flavor that's a world apart from plain white rice cooked in water.
I'm a big fan of adding spices to the water when you cook rice, even in a rice cooker, but there's nothing that says you have to cook rice with water at all. Men's Health suggests cooking jasmine rice with a brown ale, and Greatist has a list of different types of beer and the flavors they'll impart to your food. Plus, you only need a cup or two of beer depending on how much rice you're making, and you get to enjoy the rest of the bottle.
Greatist has a few other great suggestions for beer at the link below, but cooking rice with it sounds great to us. Have you cooked rice in beer? What did you think? Share your thoughts—and your creative uses for beer—in the comments below.
31 New Uses for Beer: Cook Rice | Men's Health via Greatist
Who says you have to cook rice in water to cook it? All you need is something that's mostly water, and beer is a perfect, flavorful candidate. Much of the alcohol will cook away, and the effervescence will contribute to fluffy, non-sticky rice with a nutty flavor that's a world apart from plain white rice cooked in water. I'm a big fan of adding spices to the water when you cook rice, even in a rice cooker, but there's nothing that says you have to cook rice with water at all. Men's Health suggests cooking jasmine rice with a brown ale, and Greatist has a list of different types of beer and the flavors they'll impart to your food. Plus, you only need a cup or two of beer depending on how much rice you're making, and you get to enjoy the rest of the bottle.
Greatist has a few other great suggestions for beer at the link below, but cooking rice with it sounds great to us. Have you cooked rice in beer? What did you think? Share your thoughts—and your creative uses for beer—in the comments below.
31 New Uses for Beer: Cook Rice | Men's Health via Greatist
Thursday 3 May 2012
Dripping Water Turned into Standing Waves
Dripping Water Turned into Standing Waves:
Facebook user Brusspup performed a simple, but interesting, experiment. Passing a tube of water across the front of a loudspeaker yields a standing wave when tuned to a 24 hz sound wave. Then when switched to 23 hz, it appears that the water droplets are actually traveling backwards through the tube they just came out of. A camera recording at a standard 24 fps is playing tricks with the eye when the frequency of the sine wave is very similar.
Facebook user Brusspup performed a simple, but interesting, experiment. Passing a tube of water across the front of a loudspeaker yields a standing wave when tuned to a 24 hz sound wave. Then when switched to 23 hz, it appears that the water droplets are actually traveling backwards through the tube they just came out of. A camera recording at a standard 24 fps is playing tricks with the eye when the frequency of the sine wave is very similar.
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