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Author Archives: Ben
First Fortnight
Well, we’ve been here for just over two weeks and it has been a whirlwind of getting settled. Adrienne has been putting up great with my desire to get settled in somewhere quickly. In the last two weeks we’ve gotten … Continue reading
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Touring some sights
Last Saturday (the 8th) was our last day staying with Viive and Ian before moving into our own place. To celebrate, they took us out to dinner and to see some of their favorite spots around Sydney. We went to … Continue reading
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Australia (Oz)
I’ve started a grand adventure: my girlfriend and I have moved to Australia. She will be doing genetics research similar to what she did in the States while I pursue some independent game development. I will be creating a new … Continue reading
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Miscellany
Our route to Sydney went from Detroit to Los Angles, and then on to Sydney. One of the great things about flying to the south west is that many of the planes go over the Grand Canyon. Adrienne took some … Continue reading
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Chores Chores
I always forget just how much is involved in moving to a new place. Adrienne and I have been dealing with finding housing over the last few days. Sydney’s public transit system is still in its adolescence, and we’re still … Continue reading
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Jet lag? What jet lag?
It’s somewhat difficult to calculate exactly how long I went without more than 2 hours of sleep. We left Michigan around 5PM local time on August 31st and arrived in Sydney around 6:30 AM local time on September 2nd. Sydney is 14 hours ahead … Continue reading
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We Made It!
We have started our big adventure. We made it into Sydney with no real trouble, the flight was mostly smooth, arrived slightly ahead of schedule, and we breezed through customs without having to say much. However, I did have a … Continue reading
CodeMash 2012
I’m back from CodeMash 2012 and it was great! I want to give a huge thank you to all of the organizers for putting so much time into making such a great conference. I also want to thank them again … Continue reading
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Answering a Couple Scala.Net questions
Bill Wagner recently asked me a couple of Scala.Net questions after reading my recent blog posts. What is the debugging story for Scala.Net? A pdb file is required for debugging in Visual Studio, just like with C#. The pdb file … Continue reading
Scala XNA
One of the things that I thought would be a really cool demonstration of Scala.Net was to have an XNA application that was coded completely in Scala. I have mixed news on the subject. I did successfully get an XNA … Continue reading