What's Up?
It’s been 3 years since I wrote this story about joining the FSF, so I figured it was a good time to write another one of these updates to catch anyone up who happens to care.
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Decoding PowerPaint's custom image format
This all started from my interest in old hardware. I’d acquired an old 90s laptop PC from a coworker, and I decided to install FreeDOS on it. While browsing the available FreeDOS software, I stumbled upon PowerPaint 2, an image editor. I decided to give it a try, and I made a very amusing doodle that I simply had to get onto my main PC.
Retro awesomeness
I’ve been writing a standard C library for the Nintendo Game Boy system over at
Delwink, and now I’ve got a working Pong prototype game. It still needs some
more features yet to be added to the library, but it’s a playable game! Check
it out on GitHub, or clone
https://github.com/2mac/gbpong.git.
Fun for hackers
I made a new program in response to a challenge, and it has turned out to be a
useful learning tool. See it on GitHub, or clone
https://github.com/2mac/ttt.git using Git to check it out. Be sure to first
read the README file before getting started.
New Music: Mini-boss from Zelda: The Wind Waker
Operating Systems Are Like Cars
Free Distros Aren't For Suckers!
First week back in school
What's Up?
This will be the first of many future updates about my personal life. I figure it’s been a bit long since I had any good news. The past month hasn’t been too interesting for me, but it’s nice to look back at recent events and assure myself that I haven’t just been rotting away for a month.