Minor configuration update.
AlphaMixr 1.3.0 Released
AlphaMixr 1.3.0 Full & Lite were released today. AlphaMixr Lite now contains 100 games instead of 20. The time bonus issue has been fixed in both versions.
Another IP Follow-up
Here’s another Intellectual Property follow-up. This time it’s a very interesting TED video. It’s well worth watching.
Johanna Blakely: Lessons from fashion’s free culture:
Dell Studio 15Z Waking Up at Night
My Dell Studio 15z (Windows 7) has been waking up by itself at night for some reason which I haven’t determined yet. It’s not waking for virus scans. The bad part is it doesn’t shut itself back down. The other night I had it hibernated and it was not plugged in. When I got up in the morning, the battery was dead.
After some searching, I found that it’s a Windows 7 thing.
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Food and IP
Here are some movies I think are worth watching about our food supply Strangely, these movies also twist together some of the intellectual property and patent issues I’ve been thinking about recently. Did you know if you grow Monsanto’s patented soybeans, you can’t keep any of the seed you produce? They actually police this. Also, if you’re a non-Monsanto soybean grower next to a Monsanto grower and Monsanto’s plants naturally cross with yours, Monsanto can come and take your crop because of patent infringement?
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Follow-up on Light Side of the Moon
There’s been a flurry of IP talk since my last blog post. Here are some posts that I found interesting:
Jonathan Schwartz - Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
And a little earlier, Tim Bray -
Giving Up on Patents
The Light Side of the Moon
I’ve always been greatly inspired by the U.S. mission to the moon. The moon mission drove my passion for electronics, computers, and science; as it did for many others. I’ve read quite a bit on the moon mission and watched quite a few documentaries on it. I recently watched a couple of episodes of “Moon Machines.” This series caused me to connect some thoughts I’ve had lately - none of which have anything to do with actually being on the moon.
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Getting Nexus One Working with USB on Ubuntu
I received my Nexus One on Thursday. It is flat-out fast. I’m really liking it, even if it doesn’t have a physical keyboard like my G1. I was pretty excited to load my latest development game on it. However I found that the Ubuntu USB settings that I had setup for the G1 didn’t work for the Nexus One, even though they’re both HTC phones. I had setup Linux (Ubuntu 8.
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AlphaMixr Version 1.2.0 Released
The new features of this Text Twist-like scrambled word game include an improved dictionary and the ability to view Global High Score maps right on your phone! If you have an Android phone - especially the new Verizon Droid - you should check out this game. It’s available on the Android Market in a Trial and Full version. More information is available at Syrious Games.
AlphaMixr on Sale! Picked as #1 Game!
AlphaMixr, my Android game for T-Mobile G1, et. al. is on sale for $.99 this weekend (through 7/26). You can beat the price - it’s less that a hamburger on the $1 menu at McDonald’s! Get it while it’s hot!
AlphaMixr was picked as the #1 G1 Game or App on this blog. You can read the review for AlphaMixr at Android Tapp where it got 4 out of 5 droids.
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