Category: Post

• June 30, 2019

  Beat Saber

  

  This is my current go-to VR game, and is a lot of fun to play. It’s a lightsabre music mashup thing. It can be particularly satisfying at times, and feels like you’re getting a good bit of exercise too. Meanwhile in the real world you’re just flailing your arms around like you’re being attacked by…
• April 30, 2019

  The need for whitespace

  I’m a big fan of vertical whitespace, and find it strange that more fuss is made of tabs vs spaces (which doesn’t really affect readability) than vertical spacing (which does). Here’s a simple code example, randomly picked: Compared to: That single extra line makes such a difference when scanning code. Imagine trying to read a…
• March 31, 2019

  Adverbial adjunct

  I know, right? The internet takes you on wonderful journeys, and today I found out about adverbial adjuncts. My path there began by wondering about the overused and redundant ‘to be honest’ that is added to statements. To be honest I always lie. Unsure person Similarly there is the popular (and probably American) ‘go ahead’,…
• October 30, 2018

  Fallout 4 VR

  

  After not touching my Oculus Rift for a good while I’ve had a resurgence of interest. This is mainly due to buying Fallout 4 VR. I’ll prefix this by stating that I’ve played the original Fallout 4 extensively, sinking countless hours into it (as well as the previous Fallouts). It’s a world and story that…
• June 30, 2018

  Retro Mini Controller

  

  My daughter received a Retro Mini Controller as a gift. It’s quite a cool looking little device with a tiny joystick, a couple of buttons, and a battery compartment. In fact, it’s mostly a battery compartment – the entire thing runs on 3 AAAs. The box advertises that it has 200 built in games and…