http://www.EastCoastGames.com/ East Coast Games RSS Feed Min, 2 May 2011 21:04:10 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#13 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#14 5/2/11- I just finished reading The Psychology of Computer Programming by Gerald Weinberg. It discusses in detail how the way programmers think can help and hurt their work. It also discusses how programmers can improve to overcome some of the psychological challenges in programming. Each section has a set of introspective questions for "managers", and a set for programmers to consider relating to the topics covered. For example, there is a section about groupthink that discussed how goals (or schedules) are often blindly accepted in a meeting because nobody wants to be the dissenting voice (or devil's advocate). The copy I have is the 25th anniversary edition, which includes the author's comments of today on each chapter. While some of the topics he discusses are now dead (like batch systems and PL/1) the majority of the book is still relevant. I found him to be a far better writer than Fred Brooks, although I found some of Wienberg's comments to be disappointingly sexist (at one point he called women programmer's "software"). He did apologize for this in his updated comments. Min, 24 Apr 2010 07:09:10 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#13 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#13 3/18/10 - It has been awhile since we updated the site. You may have subscribed to read about video game development, to read science fiction, or to see Green Pirate videos. We plan to resume the videos, but we need a new blue screen. We are also busy offline working on a perma-culture experiment. Today we are posting a video promoting ending the war in Afghanistan. While we have been against the war since Al-Qaeda left Afghanistan, we did not expect the war to end until Bush left office. The Democrats ran a peace campaign which the recent troop surge betrayed, and so we have decided it is time to take a stand against the war. Please watch the video and decide for your self. Min, 18 Mar 2010 23:55:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#13 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#13 3/18/10 - It has been awhile since we updated the site. You may have subscribed to read about video game development, to read science fiction, or to see Green Pirate videos. We plan to resume the videos, but we need a new blue screen. We are also busy offline working on a perma-culture experiment. Today we are posting a video promoting ending the war in Afghanistan. While we have been against the war since Al-Qaeda left Afghanistan, we did not expect the war to end until Bush left office. The Democrats ran a peace campaign which the recent troop surge betrayed, and so we have decided it is time to take a stand against the war. Please watch the video and decide for your self. Min, 28 Jun 2008 23:40:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#12 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#12 6/28/08 - We are starting the new season of the Green Pirate by posting an episode about recycling. Min, 17 Apr 2008 19:45:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#11 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#11 4/17/08 - The benefit concert went well. Video from the event has been posted. Min, 24 Mar 2008 21:30:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#10 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#10 3/24/08 - In preparation for season 2 we have been working with blue screens. The following is the result of our video test with the new blue screen. It came out fairly well, except for the purple shirt. Fortunately this will not be a problem for the Green Pirate series because none of the characters wear purple. Min, 8 Mar 2008 19:39:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#9 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#9 3/8/08 - Captain Greene will be appearing as a special guest at the Mawwal & Phineas and the Lonely Leaves concert to talk about solid state lighting. The concert is being presented by Rock the Reactors in Norwalk, CT at Pirate, 7 Wall St., Norwalk CT. The concert will be held April 5th, 2008 at 8:00 PM. Entrance costs $10 and the money is to benefit Green Party's Richard Durfee for his congressional campaign. Min, 25 Feb 2008 19:51:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#8 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#8 2/25/08 - Green Pirate: Season 1 is now available for purchase from Amazon.com. See all 10 episodes with DVD quality sound and video. This includes episodes I - X, a Making of Featurette, Outtakes, and Deleted Scenes. Profits will be used to offset the production costs of the series. Tue, 5 Feb 2008 21:52:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#7 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#7 2/5/08 - This week we have posted a trailer for the season 1 DVD. Hopefully it will be on sale in the next few weeks. Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:30:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#6 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#6 1/21/08 - This week the final part of the Making of Featurette has been posted. This part reviews the equipment we have bought as well as what we still need. It also goes into what people can do to promote the cause. This weekend was Arisia. We tried out a boffer LARP. Each year it's great to bump into even more friends than the previous year. Mon, 8 Jan 2008 22:03:00 +0500 Forest J. Handford http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#5 http:/www.EastCoastGames.com/#5 1/8/08 - This week the second part of the Making of Featurette has been posted. This portion discusses the importance of green energy and conservation to limit global warming, reduce the impact of peak oil, and to prevent terrorism.