Author Archives: Will Riley

Announcing The “Stupid” Javascript Framework

This came about after attempting to write the longest and most inefficient getElementById function I could.
http://github.com/psychcf/stupid
Feel free to fork it, add more functions, and make it better (or worse, depending on how you look at it).

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My Sumobot From Last Year

I haven’t really shown off any of my robots, so I figured I’d just show one of them quickly.I built this for an event that’s a part of a school-wide  Science Olympiads competition. Multiple schools participate. Since I’m the only real hardcore technology person in my school (there are computer enthusiasts, but none that I [...]

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Common Japanese dialogue words

I’m teaching two friends that I’m planning on going to Japan with Japanese, and I put together a list of common dialogue words for them, so I figured I’d throw them up here as well, maybe somebody will find them useful (I can’t seem to find anything that has all these words on it). Actually, [...]

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I’ll be back… soon…

So, if you haven’t talked to me in the past month or so, it’s probably because I’ve been so busy with school. Between writing my Intel paper, keeping up with the insane amount of homework, taking care of college apps (which I’m doing as I speak), and other things, I’ve been crazy busy. If you [...]

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Bullet Hell Games

I’ve never really been into 2D shooters, but recently I’ve found a new genre that is pretty awesome, named “Bullet Hell”. What sold me on these games was a game called rRootage. There’s also a port for Linux (and apparently an iPhone app as well). Below is a video of me playing one of the [...]

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Appeal to linux, get tested early in development

I’ve been seeing a lot of OSS software lately that isn’t supporting linux, but could easily. Especially 64 bit users, which are growing in numbers thanks to ubuntu making 64 bit linux so damn easy.
Linux users are naturally early adopters (thus, they use linux). Limiting the support for this platform is a big mistake, because [...]

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Double Guitar Solo

Holy Jesus.
I think the most impressive part is where he plays two completely different parts on each side. (2:20)
This just amazes me.

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How Chrome will improve other browsers

After reading Alex’s post, I’ve thought about what chrome should be, and what tech editors don’t seem to get.
I think the point of Chrome is to really get some ideas rolling for the major browser vendors. Specifically, threads. Threads are great, and I really do think browsers should start using them. I’ve been wanting this [...]

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My thoughts on Google Chrome (Part 2)

Ok, so I tried out Chrome. It’s pretty damn fast. If it’s that fast on linux, I’m going to be very happy. I also like how the UI is very condensed. It has some quirks with javascript stuff though.
I also saw something weird involving dijit.Menu, I think those are artifacts of iframes being shown.

Anyways, it’s [...]

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Text-based battle engine in python

I wrote a simple battle engine in python while I was teaching a friend about the aspects of OOP. Somebody may find it useful, so I’m just throwing up the package. It’s licensed under the AFL. Enjoy.
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