Rob Janssen (RobIII)

String types are fine. How about your code?

Someone on the internet says that strings are broken, and some more people on the internet disagree.

Fixing frequent freezing of Wasteland 1 when using mouse

UPDATE: According to inXile this fix will probably be incoporated into the next patch. UPDATE2: This has been incorporated into patch 2.

The string type is broken

My previous article, “We don’t need a string type“, caused a bit of stir. Though the feedback is mixed, there is a common theme of a string being a useful feature. After doing a bit more research I can determine only one thing: most current string types are broken!

Is WCF Redundant?

It’s funny, when alternative technologies comes out that do a similar thing to a previous technology, people are very quick to pronounce the previous technology as dead.

The Google Geocoding API

Geocoding is the process of converting addresses (like "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA") into geographic coordinates (like latitude 37.423021 and longitude -122.083739), which you can use to place markers or position the map.

Ocean Wave Simulation

HTML5 Canvas Fire Simulation

The simulation is written in javascript and visualized using HTML5 canvas using the Marching Squares algorithm. The algorithm should be pretty common, but I failed to Google a name for it.

The Dirty Secret Behind the Salesforce $1M Hackathon

A month ago, Salesforce announced that this year’s Dreamforce, their big splashy annual conference, was going to feature a hackathon with the biggest single prize ever—a cool $1 million dollars in cash. I didn’t think twice about the news.

CSS Raindrops on a Window

Pen Actions Editor Commands Also see: Tab Triggers

High Frequency Dating

The other day I realized there was something missing in my life, so I set out to find a solution. Online dating is in vogue, which makes sense. The internet already has no small part in satisfying most of my other needs.

This Read-It-Later-list is just that, bookmarks of stuff I intend to read or have read. I do not necessarily agree with opinions or statements in the bookmarked articles.

This list is compiled from my Pocket list.