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Something… conferency?

By Mims Wright | on February 13, 2007
In Conferences and User Groups, Rants, Serious Stuff, Tutorial | 2 Comments

I’m still looking for a good session topic to shop around to some conferences. Could you guys help me by voting? Those of you who know me should take into account whether I’m actually qualified to present these topics ; )
If you have any additional notes or a topic not listed below, please add a comment. THANKS!

Flex vs. RoR

By Mims Wright | on February 12, 2007
In Flex, News, Programming, Site-seeing, Tutorial | 2 Comments

Flex and Ruby on Rails engaged in an epic battle for control of the Earth.

Doffy Blog Games

By Mims Wright | on February 9, 2007
In Flash, Site-seeing, Video Games | 2 Comments

Games, games, and more Flash games. The Japanese blog Doffy Blog has some incredibly innovative, technically impressive, not to mention fun Flash games. They’re pretty much ALL worth playing, but I’ll list them in order of favorites below.

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  Double Wire

  a Spiderman-like game where you have to guide an apparently drunken figure using two wires that attach to the ceiling.

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  Slug Slayer

  draw lines to direct the flow of salt. Melt as many slugs as possible. The simple AI is pretty impressive - I found myself setting up traps for the slugs.

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  Sand, sand, sand

  Paint a blank canvas with a palette of particle elements to create a functioning ecosystem - then destroy it with fire and zombies and build it again. This is really more of a toy than a game.

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  Stick Remover

  Remove one stick at a time without letting the structure collapse.

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  Egg Way

  Guide the egg into the skillet. Lulz!

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  Snow Cat

  Cats on sleds! Race your cat down the slope gaining points for landing sick maneuvers. As I look at this list, I can’t believe this one is last cause it’s still really fun.