SetTime SNTP Client	[Windows]
SpaceTime SNTP Client (OpenGL 3D)	[Windows]
SpaceTime Screen Saver (OpenGL 3D)	[OS X]
Display3DS Programming Example	[OS X / Windows]
Resources (FAQs, Meshes, etc.)	[OS X / Windows]
iPhone Apps (Sourcecode)	[iPhone / iPod Touch]

• 9/10/2011 - Schmaltz

schmaltz [shmahlts, shmawlts] Noun

1. Informal. Exaggerated sentimentalism, as in music or soap operas.
2. fat or grease, especially of a chicken.
3. this web page.

• 8/9/2010 - Access Denied

Java creator James Gosling reminds developers we live in a world of "Borg wannabes". Paul Allen (Microsoft co-founder and Überlegen patent troll) lurches along, zombie-like, plumbing new depths to prove it.

I must be a slow study, as I finally have to admit that commercial interests will always pollute Richard Stallman's utopian ideals of freedom and openness - the same hacker ethic that brought me into the fold over 30 years ago.

Sadly, the swarming hordes of oily patent lawyers, their pointy-haired minions, camp followers and lobbyist greased votes-for-hire who can't create anything useful themselves have finally worn down my Roddenberry-esque optimism.

I'm done. I need to find other, less unlikely work.

Peace.

• 12:34:56 7/8/2009 - Sayōnara Apple

Nope. I refuse to pay Apple US$100 every year for a new iPhone developer signing certificate. That is, pay $8.25/month for the privilege of running my own code on my own iPod.

Needless to say, I won't be renewing my membership in the iPhone developer program. If anything, Apple should be paying me an annual retainer to write for their overdog platform.

[Update] Thanks to Alex Whittemore's instructions for developing on jailbroken devices, I've ported my app to an 'obsolete' iPhone 3G. Now I understand why jailbreaking is so popular and important.

Once my membership expires, an Apple Ayatollah will no doubt delete my Tipster app from the iTunes App Store. Assuming the source code is useful to anyone looking for coding samples, it's still available here.

Next stop: Google's open source Android platform - a Linux based system using an Eclipse/Java IDE that doesn't suffer from Objective-C's gimpy garbage collection dogma or Cocoa's mind-bending event model.

[Update] Despite monstrous arse ache with Layouts, the Android SDK does indeed seem more intuitive. I was able to quickly port Tipster, where it's available for a loonie (C$1.00) as Tipicus Veritas. Any proceeds go towards my bar tab... Cheers!

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