http://litanyagainstfear.com Tales of software development (with a little spice) from Nick Quaranto Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:59:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Does your computer's wallpaper look like one of these? If so, then chances are your wallpaper might have a severe case of boredom. Luckily, I have the perfect cure: spruce up your desktop with some awesome photos from a few websites, or perhaps your own! Your mind and your computer will ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/07/21/cure-for-a-boring-wallpaper/ So yeah, this is pretty much what I've been up to for the past, oh, 3 months/1 quarter of school. These are a few of the projects I've done for my Computer Graphics 2 class (which I just got an A in, booyah!) First up, the classic CG application, a ray ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/05/23/raytracers-snowflakes-and-pac-man-oh-my/ No post tonight, so in the spirit of @mittense, here's a kitty. I did upgrade to WP 2.5 though, and it's working great. More on Tuesday! http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/30/really-busy/ It simply does. That is all. Oh, you wanted to know why! Well, if you're still reading and not playing it, there's three reasons why Rock Band is an awesome investment (it's still $169.99) for your Xbox 360, PS3, or (soonly) your Wii. First off, the UI is a lot cleaner ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/27/rock-band-rocks/ I've become quite a twitterholic the past few days. In fact, let's check the stats. Yeah, I've been pretty much addicted the past few days. Why? Well, there's a few things I love about Twitter: Twitter is short, sweet, and easy to use. The concept is simple: 140 characters to tell the ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/25/why-i-love-twitter/ I had a slighty crappy weekend filling mostly with playing games and working on my ray tracer. Looks like it isn't going to well: That should be a sphere. Not some strange cone thing. Progress is slow, but steady.  Understanding the theory is key to this, and it's pretty damn tough. Well, ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/23/happy-easter/ Lately I've noticed that a few of my friends have been able to understand or even be aware of the Windows command line. I have a hard time myself pulling myself away from Explorer, but sometimes the command line is just quicker. However, it's a bit drab by default. ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/20/pimping-the-windows-command-line/ As always, I'm late to jump on the failboat, and this time I've decided to do some serious maintenance on my computer. I've had enough of having to rely on System Restore and worrying that I've lost all of my data, or that my computer is on the brink of ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/18/defraggle-rock/ I recently came across this post about a user who decided he had enough of the user-generated news community, Reddit. I've been a Reddit user for a quite some time now, and I've done my share of down voting Ron Paul stories as well submitting silly pictures that have made ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/16/turning-off-the-firehose/ I'm sure that this list could be a lot longer, but I'm going to focus on six issues that really piss me off when I'm playing video games. If games happen to have more than 2 or 3 of these traits they tend to collect dust in my game cases ... http://litanyagainstfear.com/blog/2008/03/13/5-things-that-video-games-do-that-really-make-me-angry/