Friday, November 18, 2011
Monday, November 07, 2011
Overheard and unexpected
Unexpected thing to hear when passing a computing lecture:
"41 took their own lives."Come on now, Oneiric wasn't that bad, was it?
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Why I might be buying a Kindle
In a previous post I gave my reasons for not buying a Kindle. As it turns out, I may have been hasty. I know how to admit I'm wrong though, so here it is. The new Kindle being sold in the UK is the one without adverts, costing £89 as previous mentioned. However, the cheap American model is the one bundled with adverts, so the comparison wasn't like-for-like. The equivalent model without adverts costs $109 on the American Amazon site, which is around £68. Adding on the 20% VAT brings that to £81.60. Even I can forgive £7 :)
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Mini Server Power Draw
Previously, I showed my new home server build and mentioned that I would give some power draw figures. I have since managed to borrow a Plogg device from work and taken some (quite non-scientific) measurements.
It turns out that, with all hardware set up as it is by default, the server draws around 25 Watts when idle and around 40 Watts when under load. To put this into perspective, my desktop PC draws around 90 Watts when idle and around 145 Watts when I'm gaming. Thus, my server isn't incredibly low power as it stands (though this is partly because I designed it to be able to provide some decent number-crunching ability when needed). The total draw over a year will be around 219 kWh, which should cost in the region of £25 or so if my maths is correct.
Bonus power draws:
I will update this post in the near future with power draw figures with alternate configurations (such as running the CPU with a single core).
It turns out that, with all hardware set up as it is by default, the server draws around 25 Watts when idle and around 40 Watts when under load. To put this into perspective, my desktop PC draws around 90 Watts when idle and around 145 Watts when I'm gaming. Thus, my server isn't incredibly low power as it stands (though this is partly because I designed it to be able to provide some decent number-crunching ability when needed). The total draw over a year will be around 219 kWh, which should cost in the region of £25 or so if my maths is correct.
Bonus power draws:
- 21" LCD screen: 40 Watts
- External hard drive: 10 Watts
- Speakers (silent): 5 Watts
I will update this post in the near future with power draw figures with alternate configurations (such as running the CPU with a single core).
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Why I won't be buying a Kindle
If you were to go to the Amazon US site today, you would see an announcement regarding the new Kindle models, including the phrase:
Let's do the maths here... US price is $79, which is equivalent to £50 and some change. UK price is £89, which is equivalent to slightly under $139. We have a difference of £39 or $60. Now, I don't have a Kindle currently, but my girlfriend's one has served her quite nicely and I've been considering it on and off for a while, so at £50 I would have bought the new model with barely a thought. At almost double the price though... I don't think I'll be doing that.
I do have to congratulate Amazon on one thing though: they've released the new model at a lower price point than the old one, and still managed to make me feel ripped off. That takes skill.
There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can work. We are firmly in the second camp.and
We are excited to announce four new products: the all-new Kindle for only $79, two new touch Kindles – Kindle Touch and Kindle Touch 3G – for $99 and $149, and a new class of Kindle – Kindle Fire – a beautiful full color Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games, web browsing and more, for only $199.In summary, they are dedicated to charging customers less, and the new basic Kindle model is $79. All fair and good. However, if you were to go to the Amazon UK site, you would see:
Today, we are excited to introduce our all-new Kindle for only £89.Wait... what?
Let's do the maths here... US price is $79, which is equivalent to £50 and some change. UK price is £89, which is equivalent to slightly under $139. We have a difference of £39 or $60. Now, I don't have a Kindle currently, but my girlfriend's one has served her quite nicely and I've been considering it on and off for a while, so at £50 I would have bought the new model with barely a thought. At almost double the price though... I don't think I'll be doing that.
I do have to congratulate Amazon on one thing though: they've released the new model at a lower price point than the old one, and still managed to make me feel ripped off. That takes skill.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
"Unique" Game Characters
Taken from the description for a new free-to-play game on Steam (Rusty Hearts):
So I have two topics here, and I'd like to put the disclaimer up front that I haven't played the game, and for all I know they've done something amazing with the characters that would make me say "woah, I was not expecting that". Experience has taught me that it rarely happens though. On the other hand, this is not a personal attack on the makers of the game. I'm sure they've put a lot of work in, and you guys should go check it out. It's free, and you never know - you might like it. Instead, this is an attack on the industry's tendency to reuse the same concepts over and over without really thinking about why they're doing it (other than because it worked for product X, Y and Z in the past, so why put dev time into coming up with something fresh?).
Firstly, I suspect that "unique" may be somewhat of an exaggeration there. They've taken a few of the template "cool" characters that are used in almost everything. We have the token sassy woman figure who is good with magic and spends half the trailer giving you views up her skirt, we have the guy with the mysterious past who likes to beat things to death, and finally we have the half-vampire (more on that later) who plays with dark magic and yet for some reason fights on the side of good. I hope there's a very good explanation of why they're hanging out together and fighting evil, because it seems a little tenuous on first inspection.
Secondly, I hate this whole half-vampire concept. I know it allows a cheap injection of drama, but how exactly does it work? I can think up much darker and more dramatic characters than the ones we see if I conduct that exact thought exercise (i.e., put more thought into it than "Kids like vampires these days, right? But he can't be all evil, so how about if he's half vampire? We can work the coolness and angst in but he can still be a good guy."). But it seems that the thought exercise is never quite executed, and rather than a troubled Blade-like character who fits into neither world but still fights for what he believes is right, we end up with "He's half this and half that. Isn't he so cool? See how he isn't looking at that explosion. I bet he doesn't afraid of anything."
I've kept the points short so that it doesn't turn into a rant, so I'll leave it there for now. Let me know what you think. Are character concepts stagnating and being based on "that's cool" rather than "this guy really fits the overarching themes", or am I imagining the whole thing?
Meet Unique Heroes - Angela – a sassy witch specialist of elemental magic. Tude – a mysterious, monstrous past and a clear taste for close range melee weapons. Frantz – a half vampire with mid-range melee weapons and dark magic.
So I have two topics here, and I'd like to put the disclaimer up front that I haven't played the game, and for all I know they've done something amazing with the characters that would make me say "woah, I was not expecting that". Experience has taught me that it rarely happens though. On the other hand, this is not a personal attack on the makers of the game. I'm sure they've put a lot of work in, and you guys should go check it out. It's free, and you never know - you might like it. Instead, this is an attack on the industry's tendency to reuse the same concepts over and over without really thinking about why they're doing it (other than because it worked for product X, Y and Z in the past, so why put dev time into coming up with something fresh?).
Firstly, I suspect that "unique" may be somewhat of an exaggeration there. They've taken a few of the template "cool" characters that are used in almost everything. We have the token sassy woman figure who is good with magic and spends half the trailer giving you views up her skirt, we have the guy with the mysterious past who likes to beat things to death, and finally we have the half-vampire (more on that later) who plays with dark magic and yet for some reason fights on the side of good. I hope there's a very good explanation of why they're hanging out together and fighting evil, because it seems a little tenuous on first inspection.
Secondly, I hate this whole half-vampire concept. I know it allows a cheap injection of drama, but how exactly does it work? I can think up much darker and more dramatic characters than the ones we see if I conduct that exact thought exercise (i.e., put more thought into it than "Kids like vampires these days, right? But he can't be all evil, so how about if he's half vampire? We can work the coolness and angst in but he can still be a good guy."). But it seems that the thought exercise is never quite executed, and rather than a troubled Blade-like character who fits into neither world but still fights for what he believes is right, we end up with "He's half this and half that. Isn't he so cool? See how he isn't looking at that explosion. I bet he doesn't afraid of anything."
I've kept the points short so that it doesn't turn into a rant, so I'll leave it there for now. Let me know what you think. Are character concepts stagnating and being based on "that's cool" rather than "this guy really fits the overarching themes", or am I imagining the whole thing?
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Mini Server Build
Last week I finally pushed the button on ordering a small server machine to use at home for various miscellaneous purposes. The spec I settled on was:
With no further waffling, on to the assembly pictures.
One of the best parts of building a PC - all of the shiny new parts arrive.
The new case in all its glory. It's a little larger than, say, the ISK series, but it has a 120mm fan and thus should be substantially quieter.
The case in pieces. The item front and center is an adapter for 3.5" hard drives, though I would advise simply going for a 2.5" drive.
The motherboard and accessories. As you can see, the only items you get are the I/O bracket and a couple of SATA cables, though it's unlikely you'd need very much more in a build like this. There is of course also the usual manual and driver disc.
Motherboard plus CPU, cooler, and RAM. This CPU/motherboard combination gives you video, audio, and the usual I/O, so there are no expansion cards.
The motherboard installed into the case and wired up. No cable tidying has been done yet, but I've tried to keep them away from the main flow path from the front fan.
A review of the case and some power draw stats will be coming soon.
- Case: Silverstone SG06B
- Motherboard: Asus P8H61-I
- CPU: Intel G620T
- RAM: 2GB Corsair Value Select DDR3
- Storage: WD Scorpio Blue 120GB 2.5" HDD
With no further waffling, on to the assembly pictures.
One of the best parts of building a PC - all of the shiny new parts arrive.
The new case in all its glory. It's a little larger than, say, the ISK series, but it has a 120mm fan and thus should be substantially quieter.
The case in pieces. The item front and center is an adapter for 3.5" hard drives, though I would advise simply going for a 2.5" drive.
The motherboard and accessories. As you can see, the only items you get are the I/O bracket and a couple of SATA cables, though it's unlikely you'd need very much more in a build like this. There is of course also the usual manual and driver disc.
Motherboard plus CPU, cooler, and RAM. This CPU/motherboard combination gives you video, audio, and the usual I/O, so there are no expansion cards.
The motherboard installed into the case and wired up. No cable tidying has been done yet, but I've tried to keep them away from the main flow path from the front fan.
A review of the case and some power draw stats will be coming soon.
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Amazon App Store Ripping Off Developers?
A few links follow regarding the Amazon app store potentially being really bad for developers. There are a load of posts that reference each other without adding a huge amount of information, so I've tried to pick a few independent ones. Enjoy.
- Amazon.com and my Indie Software Company (Irrlicht3d.org)
- Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core (Shifty Jelly's blog of mystery)
- Apparatus will be pulled from Amazon Appstore (bithack)
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
New PC build
The parts for my new PC should be incoming within the next few days, so I thought I'd share what I ordered:
The total cost was £809.42 after VAT. I set myself a limit of £1000, so I think I did well on part selection. I may end up ordering more RAM (4GB is getting a little tight these days), but other than that I'm quite happy with the selection.
Update:
I have now switched the RAM for the following:
Scan responded admirably quickly to my request (the order was updated within an hour, I'm not sure exactly how long as I forgot to note the time I sent the request).
| Case | Fractal Design Define R3 (Black Pearl) (link). I wanted to like the Titanium Grey variant, but for some reason I just couldn't. |
| Motherboard | MSI P67A-GD53 (B3) (link). |
| CPU | Intel Core i5 2500K (link). Who would buy something different? Except for Benny of course. |
| Cooler | Be Quiet! Dark Rock Advanced (link). |
| RAM | Corsair Vengeance DDR3 4GB (2x2GB) (link). It also comes in blue, which may have blended in with my motherboard better, but it just seemed a little tacky. |
| GPU | MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II/OC (link). |
| PSU | Antec TruePower New TP-650 (link). A nice solid 650W supply. I could have gone for an 850W, but I don't think I'll be straining this one at all. |
| Hard drive | 2TB Samsung HD204UI/Z4 Spinpoint F4EG (link). I've found Samsung Spinpoint drives to be very reliable (and quiet). |
| Optical drive | Samsung SH-B123L/RSBP (Blu-Ray) (link). |
The total cost was £809.42 after VAT. I set myself a limit of £1000, so I think I did well on part selection. I may end up ordering more RAM (4GB is getting a little tight these days), but other than that I'm quite happy with the selection.
Update:
I have now switched the RAM for the following:
| RAM | Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB (2x4GB) (link). |
Scan responded admirably quickly to my request (the order was updated within an hour, I'm not sure exactly how long as I forgot to note the time I sent the request).
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Delivery Scoring: The System
| Description | Points |
| Each day prior to the estimated date | +10 * |
| Friendly staff | +10 * |
| Providing a delivery estimate to a higher resolution than a day | +10 * |
| Description | Points |
| Each day after the estimated date | -10 * |
| Loading onto the van but not attempting delivery | -5 * |
| Lying about attempting delivery (verbally or by leaving a card without attempting) | -10 |
| False information on a card | -5 |
| Leaving a parcel in an inappropriate place | -50 |
| Apathetic staff | -10 |
| Rude staff | -20 |
| Losing a parcel | -100 |
| Providing a delivery estimate to a higher resolution than a day and not hitting that time | -20 * |
* Halved (for negative scores) or doubled (for positive scores) between 1st December and 15th January.
Note that the expected score for a company that delivers parcels on time with staff that are neither overly friendly or bad mannered will be zero. This is not a bad thing. Negative scores are bad, positive scores are for companies that do the extra something.
I reserve the right to update this at random. All posted scores for individual deliveries and the companies overall will be updated in this case.
Delivery Scoring (HDN 040711)
I currently have a delivery coming from Amazon. Credit to them, they got it posted out much quicker than I expected. Unfortunately they chose to send it with HDN, and a quick Google search will show you why this is a bad idea (this thread, for example, has posts from 2006 to 2011 all telling a similar story). I have thus decided to start scoring the performance of the companies that deliver to me. The scoring system is described in this other post.
Expected date: 4th July 2011.
Expected date: 4th July 2011.
| Date | Events | Points |
| 4th July 2011 | Loaded onto van, no delivery attempt made. | -5 |
| 5th July 2011 | (One day late.) Loaded onto van, no delivery attempt made. | -15 |
| 6th July 2011 | (Two days late.) Loaded onto van. Delivered. | -10 |
| Total | -30 | |
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Removing the Ubuntu 11.04 launcher bar
In Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal):
Congratulation, you have removed the abomination. Prepare for 11.10 where they will no doubt remove Ubuntu Classic as an option.
- Click the far top-left button to bring up the search dialog.
- Type "login" without the quotes and click on "Login Screen".
- Change "Select Ubuntu as default session" to "Select Ubuntu Classic as default session".
- Log out and back in.
Congratulation, you have removed the abomination. Prepare for 11.10 where they will no doubt remove Ubuntu Classic as an option.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Sex on TV (and economic collapse)
A few random thoughts for your consideration.
1) Why is it that all new shows based in the past or in a fantasy world are required to show ridiculous amounts of nudity and sex? There are three running at the moment that I've seen at least the pilot of (Borgias, Camelot, and Game of Thrones), and in each case the plot just seemed to be a way of moving from one sex scene to the next. Personally, I blame Rome. That was the first one I noticed that just threw you in with the naked action. I wonder if there's a critical number of breasts per square meter of film after which they have to give in and say "You know what? This is porn."
2) Related to the above: Borgias drags on too much and Camelot is frustrating. Game of Thrones may make it as a decent series if the characters can keep it in their pants for more than one scene.
3) Greggs chicken bakes are still awesome.
4) We might still be doomed.
1) Why is it that all new shows based in the past or in a fantasy world are required to show ridiculous amounts of nudity and sex? There are three running at the moment that I've seen at least the pilot of (Borgias, Camelot, and Game of Thrones), and in each case the plot just seemed to be a way of moving from one sex scene to the next. Personally, I blame Rome. That was the first one I noticed that just threw you in with the naked action. I wonder if there's a critical number of breasts per square meter of film after which they have to give in and say "You know what? This is porn."
2) Related to the above: Borgias drags on too much and Camelot is frustrating. Game of Thrones may make it as a decent series if the characters can keep it in their pants for more than one scene.
3) Greggs chicken bakes are still awesome.
4) We might still be doomed.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
New iPhone features
The new iPhone OS upgrade is coming, let's take a look and compare the features against my own (over a year old) phone.
Multitasking
I have it, the iPhone will receive a crippled version of it.
Organise icons into folders
I have it. My even older phone had it.
SMS character count
Telling you how many characters you're using is a feature these days? My first ever mobile phone did that.
SMS search
I have the ability to search in a couple of ways, nothing fancy. The API existed from the start though and there are a load of (free) apps to give much more fancy SMS inbox features.
Digital camera zoom
No reason for this to have been excluded in the initial release. It's a basic feature of a camera. Please tell me they already have optical zoom, otherwise this is just pathetic.
Customisable wallpapers
I can't remember having a phone that has a background that wasn't customisable.
So really. These features are what everyone's getting so rabidly excited about? They're finally catching up with several year old technology. Though I suppose if you buy something as restricted as the iPhone you probably haven't looked at alternatives in any real detail.
Multitasking
I have it, the iPhone will receive a crippled version of it.
Organise icons into folders
I have it. My even older phone had it.
SMS character count
Telling you how many characters you're using is a feature these days? My first ever mobile phone did that.
SMS search
I have the ability to search in a couple of ways, nothing fancy. The API existed from the start though and there are a load of (free) apps to give much more fancy SMS inbox features.
Digital camera zoom
No reason for this to have been excluded in the initial release. It's a basic feature of a camera. Please tell me they already have optical zoom, otherwise this is just pathetic.
Customisable wallpapers
I can't remember having a phone that has a background that wasn't customisable.
So really. These features are what everyone's getting so rabidly excited about? They're finally catching up with several year old technology. Though I suppose if you buy something as restricted as the iPhone you probably haven't looked at alternatives in any real detail.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
QFT - LICD "A Religious Rage"
Quoted for truth. Originally from a LICD news post.
Events such as this only goes to reinforce my negative attitude towards organized religion.
Let it be said that I take no issue what so every with faith. Rather the opposite, I believe in every one’s right to the faith of their choice, or none at all. Organized religion however, seems more of a business these days to me, or to some extremes, a cult.
Why do religious groups revel in their conformity?
You want to show me a progressive organization? Show me how inclusive you can be, how you reach out to your community beyond the people who pay their yearly dues and share your beliefs. Preach to be kind to thy neighbor by being kinder to thy neighbor, no matter where they come from.
Open your doors, don’t close them.
Then maybe, just maybe, I’ll change my mind about organized religion.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Pokemon Economics
Bad priorities, Pokemon, satire (for some definition of satire), and a Now Show reference, all in one quote block.
Kemp: but you need a lot of other things before a kid
Kemp: like an eee box
Overlord: XD
Kemp: or a job and a house
Kemp: I forget which
Kemp: best to get them all
Kemp: to be sure
Overlord: Gotta catch 'em all?
Kemp: Investment in a Sustainable Economic Portfolio, I choose you
Kemp: use your Inflation Tracking attack
Overlord: XD
Overlord: It's not very effective...
Kemp: enemy Banker uses Retard attack
Kemp: Portfolio has been incapacitated
Kemp: and that, for the last time, is why you can't have an Xbox 360
Overlord: LOL
Friday, January 15, 2010
Acekard 2i
I recently acquired an Acekard 2i for use with my DS Lite. I ordered the Acekard from r4i.co.uk (who are actually quite cheap for a lot of accessories) and got a 2GB microSD card for an extra £1 in the bundle. They also have other bundles with larger cards (or no card). The microSD card is needed because it's where you put all your precious files. There is meant to be a microSD reader in the bundle but I didn't receive one, I'm waiting for a response from them on that. Below is my quick guide to getting yourself up and running if you decide to get one for yourself. It's quite easy really.
Some features of the Acekard 2i in brief:
In terms of ethics, I know what you're thinking: "But Kemp, surely you don't condone playing pirated ROMs of DS games?" And no, no I don't. Sure, the Acekard has that capability, but this is one of those things I buy just to mess around with homebrew, and usually try to write a bit of my own at some point. The DS has a lot of nice features including two screens, one of which is a touchscreen, and wifi capability. Who wouldn't want to have a poke around on that? If you want help using it to play pirated games then you need to go find help somewhere else.
Setting up the Acekard 2i
The first thing you need to do is go and buy yourself a microSD card if you didn't order one along with the Acekard itself. It requires one for its own software, and you can't really do much without your own files anyway.
You should download either the official OSMenu software, or the alternative AKAIO software (which is a branch of the official software and widely regarded to be superior). This should be placed in the root of your microSD card. At this point insert the microSD into the Acekard and the Acekard into your DS, boot it, and check it works. If it hangs at the "Loading" screen then you didn't copy the software correctly.
That's basically it for the system software. Check out the options available, and make sure to change the options restricting the file types shown (you want the "All files" option).
Adding homebrew
I created a folder called "homebrew" in the root of the microSD card for this purpose. To get going you simply have to copy the .nds file for the program to this folder, boot up AKAIO, navigate to the homebrew folder, and click the file. It should be launched and (hopefully) work nicely. In general you can ignore any instructions to use DLDI to patch the software, as the Acekard handles this automatically for you.
Some nice software I've used:
Writing homebrew
A good run-through for this is at CoderJoe.net. Surprisingly, this is one of the few times (the only time?) I've seen a cross-compiler toolchain that is easier to set up in Windows than in Linux. Well wonders never cease?
Adding Python
The good bit ;-) Download the dspython binary and copy it to your homebrew directory. This will automatically run the script at /python/main.py when it is executed, so create a "python" directory in the root of your microSD card and place a script there. As an example you can download the framebuffer demo given on the dspython site. At some point I will write a browser type script to place there that allows you to select another script to run.
There is a serious lack of documentation, but if you check out their svn tree then there are a some demos. In general though, the functions are named exactly the way they are in libnds (see above), so any documentation and demos for that should be fairly easily translatable into Python (within the constraints of what has been wrapped).
Final notes
As usual, GBATemp.net ran a good review of the device.
If anyone needs a picture for something I've mentioned then add a comment and I'll see what I can do.
Some features of the Acekard 2i in brief:
- No DS flashing or passkey/passme/passwhatever device needed.
- Supports all current DS variants (right now that's DSi, DSL, IDSL, DS and IDS).
- Supports any brand of microSD card (unlike some older devices which had timing constraints). There is a size limit, but I can't seem to find it on the site, I believe it was around 32GB.
- Older devices required software to be recompiled or patched for each different device it was run on, the Acekard handles this automatically.
- Can be used as a passkey in order to boot slot-2 flashcarts (for GBA experimentation), including the 3in1 cart. No need to worry about manually flashing your image to the slot-2 cart because the Acekard does this automatically when you boot a GBA ROM.
- Supports soft-reset, Download Play, and Wifi.
In terms of ethics, I know what you're thinking: "But Kemp, surely you don't condone playing pirated ROMs of DS games?" And no, no I don't. Sure, the Acekard has that capability, but this is one of those things I buy just to mess around with homebrew, and usually try to write a bit of my own at some point. The DS has a lot of nice features including two screens, one of which is a touchscreen, and wifi capability. Who wouldn't want to have a poke around on that? If you want help using it to play pirated games then you need to go find help somewhere else.
Setting up the Acekard 2i
The first thing you need to do is go and buy yourself a microSD card if you didn't order one along with the Acekard itself. It requires one for its own software, and you can't really do much without your own files anyway.
You should download either the official OSMenu software, or the alternative AKAIO software (which is a branch of the official software and widely regarded to be superior). This should be placed in the root of your microSD card. At this point insert the microSD into the Acekard and the Acekard into your DS, boot it, and check it works. If it hangs at the "Loading" screen then you didn't copy the software correctly.
That's basically it for the system software. Check out the options available, and make sure to change the options restricting the file types shown (you want the "All files" option).
Adding homebrew
I created a folder called "homebrew" in the root of the microSD card for this purpose. To get going you simply have to copy the .nds file for the program to this folder, boot up AKAIO, navigate to the homebrew folder, and click the file. It should be launched and (hopefully) work nicely. In general you can ignore any instructions to use DLDI to patch the software, as the Acekard handles this automatically for you.
Some nice software I've used:
- Moonshell (everyone knows this)
- DSNotes (I can't seem to find an "official" page)
- Pocket Physics
Writing homebrew
A good run-through for this is at CoderJoe.net. Surprisingly, this is one of the few times (the only time?) I've seen a cross-compiler toolchain that is easier to set up in Windows than in Linux. Well wonders never cease?
Adding Python
The good bit ;-) Download the dspython binary and copy it to your homebrew directory. This will automatically run the script at /python/main.py when it is executed, so create a "python" directory in the root of your microSD card and place a script there. As an example you can download the framebuffer demo given on the dspython site. At some point I will write a browser type script to place there that allows you to select another script to run.
There is a serious lack of documentation, but if you check out their svn tree then there are a some demos. In general though, the functions are named exactly the way they are in libnds (see above), so any documentation and demos for that should be fairly easily translatable into Python (within the constraints of what has been wrapped).
Final notes
As usual, GBATemp.net ran a good review of the device.
If anyone needs a picture for something I've mentioned then add a comment and I'll see what I can do.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Upcoming posts
So a lot of posts to come when I have time to make them neat.
Stay tuned.
- Google has decided "to hell with this" and is either uncensoring all search results in China, or (if they're not allowed) pulling google.cn and closing their Chinese offices.
- My visit to Boston and the various nice places to eat and so on that I liked.
- Reviews of various DS games that I've played recently.
- Related to the above: discussion of the Acekard 2i (added)
- Some other things (as there always is).
Stay tuned.
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