Typing in AR/VR
The first objection I typically get to my prediction that AR is the next big technology wave that will make existing personal computers obsolete is "what about text entry?"
The AR Tsunami
In a recent episode of his excellent podcast Cautionary Tales, entitled “Frankenstein vs. the Volcano“, Tim Harford looks at the impact of the explosion of Mt. Tambora (which was far more powerful than Krakatoa) on the world in the immediate…
Is SwiftUI a Good Idea?
There are two major options for developing iOS (and Mac) apps at this point. Cocoa/Storyboard and SwiftUI. The first is essentially a highly refined version of what NeXT shipped in 1987, while SwiftUI is an “it’s all code” approach with…
iOS Native in 10 minutes
The goal of textreceipts.com is to have zero friction and zero barrier to entry. It’s an app you can use without installing an app (you can literally use the app via sms, email (work in progress), or a web browser.…
Tomb Raider, 25th Anniversary
I only realized it’s 25 years since Tomb Raider first came out because the games are selling for insanely low prices on Steam. Tomb Raider remains one of my greatest gaming experiences (and the recent movie with Alicia Vikander was,…
Strongly Typed JavaScript and Monads
I’ve been thinking about how to make working with b8r [even] easier. I’d like to make function signatures cleaner and more consistent and leverage autocomplete (right now I’m using vscode, but ideally do this in a way that’s highly adaptable).…
Star Citizen: Hour Two
Hour one was installation and patching. It was actually pretty fast. One of the first things you notice about Star Citizen, in Alpha (1.34) as I write this, is how incredibly polished and solid the supporting website, signup process, and…
Death takes a pawn, revisited
A long time ago there was a thread on the Cheetah 3D forums linked to a gallery image named “Death takes a pawn”. I loved the idea, and did one of my own. It’s one of the images that is…
Prettifying HTML
Given that it is the bedrock of the web, it’s surprisingly hard to find tools for improving HTML. It took me quite some time to find an HTML linter that even worked, and it doesn’t do a lot. Recently, I…
b8r’s lessons learnt
If you read my blog much, you’ll probably find occasional discussions of b8r to be pretty positive compared to the blowtorch I tend to turn on most things I discuss. Weird, huh? So, after nearly two months of trying to…