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Kew was struggling at primary school. He was having a hard time keeping up with what he was being taught, especially maths and science; he was being left behind. Now, he loved computer games. He loved creating things in computer … Continue reading →

Seems it’s impossible to in a cross platform manner know what your rendering surface size is actually going to be. In XNA, in Initialize() you can query the ViewPort dimensions and they will be correct. Seems that in many other … Continue reading →

My son runs a MineCraft server. He is 12. He’s been running it for the last year. The server is mostly populated for kids in the Sydney/Melbourne area with a large contingent of inner city school kids from the Newtown/Marrickville area. … Continue reading →

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/press-here/Google-Patent-shows-its-working-on-voice-control-for-Google-TV-140222103.html .. I suspect this is in response to rumors of a Siri enabled Apple TV product being released end of 2012. I think a big takeaway is that as the iPhone overnight mainstreamed gestural controls , we need to be prepared … Continue reading →

I was asked by a company to write about myself and my IPTV experience. I’ve left a lot out but here are the highlights. James has been playing with computers on and off since he can remember. As a youth … Continue reading →

As you may notice from my lack of posts, I’ve been rather busy for the last three years. I’ve been working on my own personal project “ThumbWhere” which is “Software As A Service” Social Media/Video Transcoding API. But this is … Continue reading →

Looking at the Browser Global Marketshare Statistics on getclicky.com, there is an obvious 7 day cycle with 5 days high, 2 days low for IE and 5 days low, 2 days high for Firefox – both in perfect sync. My … Continue reading →

“A new generic method for exploiting a common problem in software code that was previously thought to be prohibitively difficult to attack is generating a wave of concern and surprise in the security community.” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7358792.stm This is really just another … Continue reading →

Finally blogging an observation I made last year. Its very simple. History is repeating itself. In the US, “Freed Men” where given the soft and non explicit right to vote by the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, although it was 100 … Continue reading →