Michael Cook’s Place

I’m trying to write a Widget for OS X, but I’m running into a terrible brick wall.
My widget, so far, does nothing. It’s just static HTML. I know that’s right. It works fine in Safari. I’ve got all my various files (like Info.plist). Yet I can’t launch my widget.
When launched, it just shows the loading [...]

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I’ve updated Gravitoids, adding a few little cleanups and making it generally run better. There are still some clear problems with it, such as the fear display lines seem off, and they learn to ignore the walls completely… which means my balancing is off. Still strangely distracting and fun to watch.

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I put of the first public release of a Java simulation I’ve been working on, called Gravitoids.
Download and try it, it’s surprisingly fun to watch.

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I have been working on a little program at my work in my spare time for a while now. Quite a while. It’s a visual display of what one of our system is doing in 3D. For experience and education, I’m writing it with Java3D.
There is one problem that has been stumping me for 6 [...]

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About two weeks ago I purchased an EcoSphere from Brookstone in my local mall. They have a few different sizes and shapes available (you can see the full range here at Amazon). I bought one from Brookstone because I could see them for myself before buying one, and pick out the one I wanted. I [...]

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