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Brewing the Nintendo DS from the comfort of the home, Part 2
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Well my first version of the dice roller has turned out to be very easy to produce. I initially wanted to stay away from any graphics code and devkitPro provides a good avenue for that in the form of a console that supports ANSI escape codes. A built-in on-screen keyboard can be used for user [...]
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Brewing the Nintendo DS from the comfort of the home, Part 1
No comments · Posted by Matthew Bowra-Dean in Personal Project
A little while ago I was looking to start doing some hobbyist embedded programming. I’d fallen in love with the challenges embedded platforms present in software development thanks in part to both the course I did on hardware architecture and assembly language last trimester and the contract work I’ve been doing in the uni holidays. [...]
Something that I have always been hesitant about learning in my travels as a computer science student has been the lowest of the low as far as programming interfaces go: assembly. It has long seemed like mysterious, obfuscated magic to me. While I am only a second year computer science student, I have a good [...]
Nothing to do with software today. I’d just like the opportunity to congratulate Chris on his marriage to the wonderful Rosanna this last Saturday. Hopefully you’ll forgive me for rickrolling you at your reception.
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New Zealand Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill
3 Comments · Posted by Matthew Bowra-Dean in Rants
I didn’t really want to make my first post on such a subject but it is an important issue that needs to be addressed. The Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill is the New Zealand Government’s answer to the notorious DMCA of the USA. It was passed back in April with only the Green Party and [...]
