http://ulo.tricho.us eli on things eli likes to talk about Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:57:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On day 4, we wanted to talk a little about the basics of the way that software thinks about things and introduce a few of the fundamental abstractions of programming. I know it's a whippersnappers/get off my lawn/uphill both ways in the snow kind of moment, but the computing ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=131 The plan for Day 3 was to talk about the basic ideas of 3D space, coordinate systems, and how the 3D space is represented in a 2D image. I had two personal goals for this day: get the two girls to take some guesses, and say the words "Matrix Transformations" ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=129 I'm working on a megaman-themed spot at the office, so I indulged myself on the plane back from New Orleans by making a megaman boss for the library. What a blast, pixelart is very addictive! I'm also eagerly awaiting my block party portrait from Diesel Sweeties. R Stevens said I ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=124 Today, I split the group up into 4 teams with the intent of them staying in those teams for the rest of the class. In the open school way, each group covered the age gamut of the class, although I was sorely tempted to make a team out of ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=122 Day 1 was off to a great start! We have the use of Mike's content studio / classroom with a projector and lots of open space. We set up my 2 PS3s (I'm again thankful that a PlayStation Network purchase usually allows you to download the product onto ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=119 My kid Nemo is lucky to go to a really great school: Ann Arbor Open School @ Mack. One of my very favorite things they do at Open School is called Focus Studies: three times a year, for 2 weeks, a mini-elective is shoehorned into each day. There ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=114 I'm not really much of a PC gamer. I was crazy into Apple ][ software and its vibrant acres of pirated, paper-punch-modded truly floppy discs, and I downloaded lots of Apogee stuff at 1200 baud in the late eighties, but when I think about it, the only computer game I've ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=113 I'm really looking forward to this year's symposium... Jenny has a great program lined up and I'm thrilled to be a part of it.  I'll be giving a quick gtsystem update and demo, running a social tourney, and presenting two sessions: Civic Engagment through gaming: how to build Communities of ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=112 Cracked.com has quietly been reinventing their brand over the past few years, becoming a bit of a web powerhouse in the process.  They've certainly cracked the code for success on Digg.  What's most interesting to me (as someone who remembers cracked as a lame chaser of the usual gang of ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=111 Once upon a time, I used to actually do things, instead of just email.  Back then, in the old days, we had something we used to call Windows NT.  I went to a few NT training classes in my day, as it was universally known then that Windows NT was ... http://ulo.tricho.us/?p=105