Susan Boyle Knocks'em Dead Again

Will Vaus on C.S. Lewis

Will Vaus is the founder and moderator of the C. S. Lewis Society of Harrisonburg, Virginia which meets at the Barnes and Noble on the second Thursday of every month at 7:30 p.m. and the meetings usually run until about 9:00 p.m. To find out what book is being discussed on any given meeting you should visit Will's web site at http://www.willvaus.com/. Will is also the author of several books, notably:

• Mere Theology
• My Father Was a Gangster
• and The Professor of Narnia

Please come join us. You'll have a lot of fun!

The Wonder of Life

INNER LIFE OF A CELL


WHERE THE VIDEO CAME FROM

Dark GDK Tutorials

Dark GDK Intro and Promo


Getting Started with Dark GDK Installation


Dark GDK Tutorial #2


Dark GDK Terrains


Demo Self-made Counterstrike in Dark GDK


Dark GDK Tutorial Texture a Box



Dark GDK Tutorial Multiple Objects


Dark GDK 2D Sprites


Game Physics a DBPro App Transitioned to Dark GDK


Checkersgame in Dark GDK


Dark Voices


Newtonian Physics in Dark GDK a Demo with Music


SPACE SIMULATION IN DARK GDK
An attempt of making a space sim in VC++ with DarkGDK, planet Earth and Moon made at a realistic scale 1:1, you nav your camera with mouselook and changing speed with keys 1-7. I wanted to replicate a well known space sim (most realistic one named Orbiter). Earth made at its realistic scale, really gives you a perspective on how its like to 'fly' around it with different speeds.(Newton laws,collision detection are not implemented yet, also the position of the moon may not be correct one, i'm not an astrologist). Enjoy the music  and waiting for comments. You can download the application here http://rapidshare.com/files/186777567/space_sim.rar




Location of The Game Creator's Tutorials
http://idealprogrammer.com/languages/cc/game-programming-c-darkgdk-6-hours-of-free-video-tutorials/

Drat ... double drat ...

Well I went to the Star Trek movie again to see if I could see Randy Pausch and I missed him but Jessica (my wife) thinks she may have seen him. Apparently he has a line, "Captain we have a visual." or something like that ... scroll down to about December 1st, 2007 on the LINK at his blog. Above is the check he got for being an extra. Kind of cool! He donated it to charity! Randy is a class act and the good Lord loves him.

Randy Pausch

I just discovered on the internet that Randy Pausch has a bit part in the new Star Trek movie which I went to yesterday. SEE HERE Randy died 25 July 2008 of pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife and his three children. Randy is now famous for his Last Lecture, an inspiring address he gave at Carnegie Mellon University where he was a professor of Computer Science. His Last Lecture found traction for many reasons I think. Perhaps foremost was the positive way he handled his terminal disease. His Last Lecture summarized his efforts to acheive his childhood dreams and in so-doing Randy communicated a host of principles and values for living a successful and positive life. Among his childhood dreams is one about Star Trek. Randy wanted to be Captain Kirk. In his lecture he crossed out "be" and put in "meet" and he met William Shatner. A bit part in the Star Trek movie is particularly nice. Randy's larger legacy may well be the Alice Project which he founded and which keyed into another of his dreams, to be a Disney "imagineer." If you have not seen Randy's Last Lecture then you've missed something important.
Now I have to go back and see the movie again because I want to see Randy achieving one of those childhood dreams ...