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My Motel in the Ghetto
Thursday, November 06, 2008We made plans for our Microsoft Convention a little too late, so we ended up staying a 50 dollar a night motel in the Ghetto. Think of "My Name is Earl" when you see these photos. Even the locals are nice and friendly!Filed under | 0 comments » -
Fallout 3 Rocks
Thursday, November 06, 2008So I've been playing Fallout 3 on the PS3 recently and it kicks some serious ass. Some of the best things about the game? Intense close-combat fighting scenarios, body dismemberment, fluid graphics and excellent gameplay. Fallout 3 is an RPG/first person shooter hybrid which uses the Oblivion engine as its base. Where they differ is the combat systems, however the RPG/gameplay experience is just as rich. The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting in the late 22nd century, though its story and artwork are heavily influenced by the post-World War II nuclear paranoia of the 1950s. It was originallyFiled under | 0 comments » -
Dynamic Typing in C# 4.0
Monday, October 27, 2008I'm here at PDC 08 and attended a great session by Anders Hejlsberg for some of the things coming down the pipe for C# 4.0. One of the more exciting offerings is the idea of resolving names in your code at runtime instead of compile time via dynamic lookup. There is a new static Type called dynamic which it's usage pattern is such: dynamic calc = new Calculator (); int sum = calc.Add(10, 20); In addition, it can be used in as a argument modifier for methods: void RunCalculator(dynamic calc, int num1, int num2) { calc.Add(num1, num2); } This isFiled under | 0 comments »
