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Mar 22, 2011 Programming

Rock, paper, scissors, bots!

This Google AI challenge thing seems so neat, and like it’d be fun! Because who doesn’t like bots??

A couple of nights ago I made a rock/paper/scissors bot arena. You can make bots using Javascript and have them compete.

It seemed like it’d be fun to make, and who knows, maybe it’ll trick some people into trying out some easy programming since it’s all web-based.

It’s a little weirder than normal Javascript, but that’s because the code gets wrapped into an object before use:
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Mar 20, 2011 Programming

changing the background colour of a table’s cell that is nested three tables deep

This is for Dennis, because he couldn’t find it on the internet: (more…)

Mar 17, 2011 Books

oh books are so hard to find

I’ve been looking lately for a book to read. A single book, and perhaps even twice that or more. It is frightening and frustrating in turns, but occasionally rewarding.

I have read many, many books. It has led me to point where I have become far too picky about those which I’ll like, and not in a way that seems match well with the groupings many seem to make. Worse, I’m not sure how to describe my taste in such a way as to convince the internet to assist me.

My experience has taught me, though perhaps not well.
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