Author: Chapman

It’s been in the works for a while now, but I am happy to report that Backronym is finally out on the app store! Thirty-eight downloads to date and at least a few good acronyms generated (sent from Robin earlier today while waiting for breakfast @ El Chilito: TACO is TASTY ATTRACTIONS CERTAINLY OUTLAST). There’s been some good feedback so a 1.1 version will likely be in the works soon.

I’ve started working on a Core Wars project. I found a sort-of-functioning Python implementation of a MARS out on the net and have started poking at it on bitbucket. I’d like to write a graphical interface for it using wxPython and I’m thinking about getting a Python/Django site together for tournaments.

So…Core Data is like having Django Models on the iPhone? Hurray for frameworks!

If you stare long enough at OpenGL ES on iOS you will find that it stares back into you and it will tell you that:

1. Your C and C++ is hell of rusty.
2. You should have paid more attention in calculus 3 and linear algebra.
3. This is going to take a while.

Here’s my current arsenal of resources that I’m slowly leafing through to make sense of the madness:

• iPhone 3D Programming, O’Reilly
• Beginning iPhone Games Development, Apress
• OpenGL ES from the Ground Up, some blog
• OpenGL ES Programming Guide for iOS, Apple

Anyone have a good strategy for picking up OpenGL on the quick?