The “Break it Down” Blog

I’m a Closet Artist… Apparently

I’ve always identified myself as a “scientific person”. I have a Computer Science degree (virtual high-five to Laurence Hartje), I’ve been obsessed with computers and technical gadgetry since I was 10 (virtual high-five to Grant Gochnauer) and I glommed onto software development at the age of 12 and have loved it ever since. I pretty [...]

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Make Your Own Game with Game Kodu

At CES yesterday during the Microsoft Keynote Robbie Bach  showed off the new game building engine that will be released for The XNA Community Games later in 2009. It’s called Kodu and it allows anyone to pick up a 360 controller and make their own game.  It reminds me how the described LittleBigPlanet before it [...]

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Introducing Google Charts API

Just got a heads up that Google’s Chart API has been updated to include Venn Diagram support now (As you see above). Blogos created the example above using the following simple HTTP request: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart? the base URL cht=v& chart type: v for Venn chs=400×200& chart size: 400 by 200 pixels chd=t:119,96,43,67,22,38,16& chart data: the 3 circle sizes, and the intersection areas: see the [...]

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