Blog entries for April 2010

Scott Guthrie just posted about a few new features in C# 4.0.  Optional parameters are now part of the language.  These are something that I've missed since I made the switch to C# from C++ back in 2001 (Dont' get me wrong, it wasn't the end of the world, its easy enough to work around when you dont' have them, but its nice to have them back). He also shows an example of how you could use them with ASP.Net MVC.  All in all, like usual, he has some good inf

There have been a few new browser games recently that have grabbed my attention lately. First is a Flash version of Valve's Portal game.  This game is a lot of fun. I loved the original portal, and this Flash based one really keeps the feel of the original despite being in 2D.  Next is Zombooka .  Its a physics game where you have to shoot a protectile and take out a bunch of targets.  Nothing really new, other than the fact that the targets are zombies. Who doesn't like to k

As someone who is an avid reader I find the ramifications of the Google Book Settlement disturbing.  If you want more information check out this post here .  Now I'm not a huge fan of how Google does business to begin with (in the interest of full disclosure I do have an Android phone so I do have some interaction with Google that I find enjoyable, but the way they infringe on privacy and copyrights bothers me, that and I totally don't buy they're whole "don't be evil" mantra). At any