On Hiatus
I’ve decided to put Foo Kabloo! on hiatus. All my extra time is spent with my iPhone development right now and I’m not doing much techy surfing (or at least nothing interesting to blog about). So for now, this is the last post for a while. You can still join me over at dougdavies.net, where I’m constantly ranting and raving about iPhone development. Thanks for reading!
Read Only Archive
I’m thinking of putting Foo Kabloo! into read-only archive mode. I really haven’t had much interest in updating it lately and I’m doing most my iPhone discussions over on dougdavies.net. Let me know what you think.
Two… Two… Two TVs In One
Why didn’t someone think of this earlier?
http://i.gizmodo.com/5160095/16943-tv-is-filled-by-both-widescreen-and-full-screen-video
iPhone Development
Today I entered the beta-testing phase of my iPhone application. It’s been painful, but gratifying. To think, just 5 weeks ago I got my Macbook Air and 2 weeks ago my Touch. So I guess from that perspective it’s been pretty fast. However… I find the Apple iPhone Developer Portal simply confusing. The amount of paperwork you need to do to get something done is astronomical. I’m dreading all that I will have to do to finally get in the App Store. But today I did start my beta program. WooHoo! It’s comforting to read so many other blogs where developers are experiencing the same thing. I guess the good thing is, it weeds out all the unserious people.
Bachelor Number 3…
Classic!
More Box2D
I came across this site that uses Box2D today.
http://www.milkmatters.co.uk/#
Very cool! I’m really liking this physics engine.
Disappointment
I got an iPod Touch today. I thought I would be able to just plug it in and transfer my app from Xcode, but it appears I have to actually pay the $99 for the iPhone Developer Program before I can get a certificate to transfer apps to my device. I don’t think there is anyway to test and app on the device without becoming a member. (If anyone understands otherwise, please let me know — I also don’t want to jailbreak the device)
I kind of understand this model, but it would be nice if the tinkerer could put his own apps on his iPhone, even if it could only be distributed to one phone. I guess they are worried about someone writing something that would hack or disrupt the network.
Anyway… now I need to sign-up. Problem is I want to be a company but haven’t incorporated yet, and they require that. So might just have to sign up as an individual for now.
Lego Nation
Cool!
http://i.gizmodo.com/5135183/lego-obama-presidential-inauguration-brings-hope-to-bricks-too
Physics 101
So after playing around with “Crayon Physics” I discovered they were using an open-source package called Box2D. I downloaded it and compiled it and it’s amazing. It does so many of the things that games like “World Of Goo”, etc. do. Right now I am modifying the demo that came with it to do a proof-of-concept of an idea I’ve had floating around in my head for quite a while. So far it looks like the “engine” will support what I want to do. I really need to brush up on my math. Right now I need to remember how to get the coordinates of points on a circle. For example, I want to travel around a circle in a given increment. Anyone remember how to do that? I’m sure Wikipedia will save me. Man, so many projects, so little time… I still want to get back to the Flex embedded webpage coverflow control I was working on.
Crayon Physics
Wow! This is really neat.
Crayon Physics Deluxe from Petri Purho on Vimeo.
Check it out at http://www.crayonphysics.com/
I’ve played around with it a bit. I would love to see the code for something like this.