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Ten Tricks to Speed Up Your Unity3D Mac Builds :

Game development studios usually setup a dedicated Mac as a build-server for Unity3D projects enabling a single machine to generate Android, Windows, Linux and iOS builds. There’s a lot of work an engineer can do to get builds running a significantly faster. I’ve been able to reduce the build times on one recent project from… Continue reading the rest of the article

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You’re Gonna Do What Now? :

“Threat of harm” tactics AKA “if you don’t respond to this recruiting email I will microwave this cute kitten” are pretty much guaranteed to make me call up your boss at your recruiting company and tell him, at length, and loudly, what a complete asshole you are. And this is why a certain recruiting company… Continue reading the rest of “You’re Gonna Do What Now?.”

Javascript designed to annoy :

When I have to disable Javascript on a website, so that I can read the information presented as the authority you are trying to convince me that you are, so that I can engage with your brand, you have done one thing, and one thing only, failed to have me engage with your brand. Covering… Hankering to read the rest of “Javascript designed to annoy?” Use this link!

You’re Not That !important :

If you are a designer and you slap !important on every CSS tag in your theme “Because my style is more important than all that other stuff!” then I have to assume you are both egotistical *AND* an idiot. Removing !important turns all of your bad decisions in to instant bugs.

AWS Upgrades :

Feeling trepidation about doing a full system upgrade on a Ubuntu/AMI box on AWS. I’ve snapshotted the box, did all my checks, but cannot bring myself to pull the trigger. The underlying box hasn’t been upgraded in years (years!), probably five or six years. I am feeling very uncomfortable doing this. I can always restore… Need to get the rest of “AWS Upgrades?” Click here!

Better than a box of Kinects :

I think I might get me a few of these, assuming there is a library or SDK I can hack on. More useful than a box of Kinects. Razer Stargazer

HAML gets duck punched :

Why the hell does html_safe not work in Nanoc?!? *grrr* Shakes fist at Nanoc “safely” escaping the angled brackets all the time. HAML! Why are you escaping things which should not be escaped!?! *shakes fist at HAML* Hmm, not sure if I am missing something fundamental or if HAML is just broken in that way,… Click to read the remainder of the article

Robotic Storage System For Electronic Components :

A paper exploring “robotic storage system for electronic components” by Justin Lloyd Download a PDF of “robotic storage system for electronic components” here

Claimed Ownership :

A rash of claimed ownership. There’s a flurry of math formula images flying about that devolve into “merry xmas” at the end. Quite clever. And quite old. What is alarming, is not the number popping up bordering on memeful, but the people posting and claiming ownership, authorship, copyrights, assertions, links to their “original” post on… Continue reading the rest of this article

Wonderfully Unproductive Day :

That isn’t sarcasm. Woke up without an alarm. Drank a leisurely cappuccino. Spent an hour doing marketing and outreach to potential business leads. Idled a few hours hacking on code for a web app. Signed a contract for several thousand dollars of easy work. Made a steak and stout pie with a small side salad… Hankering to get the remainder of “Wonderfully Unproductive Day?” Click the link!