Strike Commander: Interview with Frank Savage

There is a playful way to study the architecture of computers of the past. Find a piece of software you know well and try to find out how it was ported to these machine you don't...

2019-12-01

On Wednesday, 2019-12-04 there will be scheduled maintenance of the suckless servers. It's estimated this will take about 2-3 hours from about 19:00 to 21:00 - 22:00 UTC+01:00.

The mailinglist, website and source-code repositories will have some downtime.

Update: the maintenance was finished at 2019-12-04 20:00 UTC+01:00.

A trip down NBA Jam graphics pipeline

I took some time to study how NBA Jam arcade cabinet worked. Here is what I learned.

Программирование под БК 0010 в 2019-ом году

Зачем?
Если Вы — энтузиаст ретро-компьютеров, то мотивационную речь можете смело пропустить и перейти к следующему разделу.
Весь август 2018-го года я и мой 13-летний сын Ivanq потратили на написание демки Good Apple. На фестивале Chaos Constructions наша работа заняла второе место, за что мы получили денежный приз 35 тысяч рублей, который честно поделили поровну. Для ребёнка это неплохой доход, хотя, созданием сайтов он зарабатывал столько же за меньшее время. Очевидно, и я мог потратить своё время с большей экономической выгодой… Но только не август! Надо же когда-то отдыхать от работы. Программировать в своё удовольствие — это роскошь, которую можно позволить себе...

Fabrique Noir – Space Travel

I'm enjoying creating music since 1981. First on analogue synthesizers (SIEL OPERA 6) and drum machines (ROLAND TR-505), later on with digital synths and workstations (KORG M1, KORG 01/Wfd). From 1986 to 1989 I created my music mainly on the COMMODORE AMIGA. The PC platform almost killed my motivation. Switching from hardware sequencers to a software sequencer was tough for me, later on an abundance of possibilities (I earned money and bought too many devices) somewhat paralyzed me. The birth of my daughter Lara-Marie in 2011 did add a share to my "uncreative pause". Still, I never stopped enjoying (making)...

Subtle ways to lose data

ToxCon 2019

This October the Tox developer community will be holding its third annual conference at Metalab in the heart of Vienna, Austria. The event will be 3 full days, from Friday, October 11th to Sunday, October 13th.

We will talk about Tox, and other security related and interesting topics. If you would like to attend, meet the Tox devs, do some live hacking, or just socialize — get a free ticket and reserve a T-shirt. You can find the exact address on your ticket.

Want to give a talk about your project? Please apply here!

If you have any questions about booking, travel arrangements,...

Self-encrypted cache structure

Health

When I started this blog in 1999, it contained mostly personal stuff. Blogs were a new thing, Facebook and Twitter were five respectively seven years away, and it felt appropriate to me. Later on, I switched to english and added more about my professional projects – hence the focus moved to rather technical posts. Personal matters felt more appropriate on Facebook. In an attempt to gain back control about my content, I recently moved the blog from Wordpress to Lektor. The next step for me is reintroducing personal matters. Not many, but now and then. I won't bother with adding...

Game Engine Black Book update

The Game Engine Black Books have been updated. Free pdfs, high-quality prints, and source code are available.