http://www.codeimplant.com The development, technology, and business of software. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:17:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My intuition was right. The free Unity engine release was just the beginning of a new trend in the world of game engines as Epic has now released the equivalent of Unreal Engine 3 without the source code. The world is changin', and I'm sure this trend will continue. I can ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/11/05/now-its-getting-unreal/ Now this is cool stuff: the Unity engine is now free. Granted, it's the equivalent of the Indie version, but they were offering that version of the engine for $199 USD. That's $199 I no longer have to worry about spending if I want to use the basic engine to prototype ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/10/28/very-cool-unity/ It's been a while, but I'm alive. I needed to take a break from software things. I got a little burned out as I wasn't balancing out life enough. On the positive side I think I've picked up a new addiction hobby that may or may not turn into something one day: ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/09/15/alive/ Bob Walsh might be on to something with Google OS: What’s a poor media mogul to do? Well, how about getting behind a new platform? Say one of those cheapie netbooks running an OS we don’t have to pay for, like, say, Google Chrome OS? ... Which would you want? A ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/07/10/google-os-for-paid-media/ I suppose the news-du-jour the last couple days is the new Google OS: Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/07/09/google-os/ I know things look different, but you're at the right spot. Within the last 24 hours I decided I was tired of paying for Typepad and moved my blog to a custom Wordpress installation. Typepad is a good product, but not good enough for me - in fact, I think it ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/06/30/code-implant-has-moved/ Caught this on Digg: The Life Cycle of a Video Game. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), it hits on some truths. http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/06/28/the-videogame-lifecycle/ Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu: “The master of the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/05/26/the-art-of-living/ A few days ago I saw a documentary on Discovery HD Theater called "BMW: An Expression of Joy" where artist Robin Rhode attached paint spray nozzles to the tires of a BMW Z4 and used the vehicle as a paintbrush on a large canvas. You can see the result and more ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/05/24/carpaint/ I'd like to thank JD Meier for reminding me of the importance of small wins this morning through his blog post "Don't Always Go for the Long Shot". It's a great reminder that success doesn't come all at once. Everyone wants to be successful. Entrepreneurs want successful businesses. Athletes want ... http://www.codeimplant.com/2009/05/22/small-wins-make-big-wins/