Book Mob at the San Francisco Public Library (6)
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Through a conference contact a little while back, I got in touch with Rosie Merlin, the Program Outreach Librarian for the San Francisco Public Library. She organized a Book Mob (flash mob) to coincide with the library's "one book" program that was super-successful and something other libraries could easily model. I heard about and saw the success of the program through their Flickr photos, so asked Rosie some questions. Here is the result of our ...
Secret Kinetic Rocket Fire Balls Can Create Hell Anywhere [Weapons] (4)
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They are secret. They are kinetic. They are made of rubberized rocket fuel. And they fire up destroying absolutely everything they come across, bouncing through bunkers, filling buildings with extremely hot flames, obliterating everyone and anything inside with fierce heat. The Pentagon officially calls them "kinetic fireball incendiaries". Other people call them kinetic rocket fire balls, and the way they work make them absolutely terrifying weapons. The difference between these fireballs and other high-temperature incendiary ...
JavaFX, Defuse the Bomb (1)
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I continue to develop simple games demos to feel better the strengths and weakness of JavaFX for game development. Preview: Click to play via Java Web Start: There’s a little JavaFX game demo where you have to transport a bomb to a defuse point without touching in the walls. I’m using the collision detection methods I described early in this post to detect when the bomb hits a wall and then explode or when a ...
Beginners Can Bike Smarter in Portland (1)
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Image courtesy of BikeSmart With bicycling still on the rise in Portland, a city recognized for its bike friendliness, the folks at BikeSmart sagely (and potentially profitably) recognized a need for instructional classes for enthusiastic beginners. The classes focus on biking in Portland specifically, and will cover terminology, equipment, and road rules, in addition to helping foster the cycling community of Portland....
