December 2011
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Android Game Reviews
When I had an iphone there were at least 10 game review sites that I could hit up on a daily basis to find a good game to buy, but that’s not true for android. There are a couple, but two good websites is not enough for me to form an opinion on what to buy next.
So instead of waiting for someone to launch their own version, I’ve made one myself.
Say hello to Droid Blimp
I’ll...
Slicer - Now the best window manager for the Mac.
I was always a big fan of the shift-it and size-up window managers for the mac, but they were never quite flexible enough.
Enter Slicer. It’s seriously awesome. You should buy it now because it’s only $3.99 and it’s better than competition costing $15.
Here is a screenshot of my desktop organized by slicer, notice the top two windows are 1/3 and 2/3 width. Awesome:
BUY IT...
How to have page numbers start on page 3 using MS...
This works if you want your page numbers to start anywhere after page 1. In my example I want to start numbering on page 3, but this would work even if you wanted page numbering to start on page 57 (for example).
We do this by breaking the document into sections. In this example I am using the following structure:
Page 1 - title page
Page 2 - contents page
Page 3 - real document starts <= I...
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Android game download stats for GeoPop, 7 days...
I’ve always found download statistics articles by other app developers extremely interesting and useful when trying to get insight into download and revenue rates for mobile applications. I thought I’d share the love with some stats on my very first android game GeoPop.
GeoPop
The game is very simple: tap shapes in the order specified as fast as you can within the time limit. The...
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Santa Says? An xmas game that doesn't suck
Last weekend I found myself drawing Christmas characters, so to capitalize on the idea I built a game:
Santa Says? is a simon-says style memory game where the goal is to repeat the pattern shown to you on screen. It gets really hard (my highscore is 19), and it’s really fun.
To go along with the hand-drawn graphics I also added funny voices to each of the characters (it’s more fun...