Let me preface this by saying that I love the Open Source movement. I love Linux. I ran it for almost 10 years at home until my hardware dumped on me. I run a Mac now because I love BSD, Bash and Python. I have a passion for Open Source. I Open Source every script I write under the 3-Clause BSD License because I want to give back to a community that’s given so much to me. This is a big part of who I am and I am VERY passionate about it. So this isn’t going to be a nice post. Nor do I care. Repackaging Open Source projects and selling them without doing anything is ethically wrong and it’s bull. That being said, let’s move on.
In the past few months I’ve gotten quite a few mentions on Twitter from people trying to get me to buy this product called “Illusion Mage”. I refuse to link to their site because I will NOT add into their web traffic. However, I will point you to Blender.org where you can get the same exact product that Illusion Mage is trying to SELL you. Continue Reading…
So I like the Fable series. Don’t love it, but I do enjoy the games. Unfortunately as I pointed out previously you spend more time as a landlord than as a Hero if you want to own the buildings because they have to be up-kept. The only way to do so is to go through the map system and select each building individually and choose to repair. This isn’t just annoying, it’s unnecessary and it’s the biggest gripe I’ve heard from everyone about the game. So in the interest of putting my money where my mouth is, I decided to do a quick mockup of the UI for asking a user if they want to “Repair All” buildings. Do note that if you read my previous post you’ll see that the mockup acts differently than my original idea. Continue Reading…
I like order. It was part of the reason I loved being in the Marines. There was structure. My daily duties were never the same, but, nonetheless, I knew where I needed to be and what I needed to do each day. And even though things constantly changed (Semper Gumby), there was consistency. Right now I don’t have that and things are starting to suck. Things that are small grow big and then they become distractions, and then there are times that those small things start to overshadow the big things that need attention. So I’ve laid out a guideline for how I’m going to split up my week to help bring some semblance of order (and creativity) back into my life and I figured I’d share it with everyone. Why? No idea really. 
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Let me preface this by saying that I love the Open Source movement. I love Linux. I ran it for almost 10 years at home until my hardware dumped on me. I run a Mac now because I love BSD, Bash and Python. I have a passion for Open Source. I Open Source every script I write under the 3-Clause BSD License because I want to give back to a community that’s given so much to me. This is a big part of who I am and I am VERY passionate about it. So this isn’t going to be a nice post. Nor do I care. Repackaging Open Source projects and selling them without doing anything is ethically wrong and it’s bull. That being said, let’s move on.
