http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/ or a hole lot of Brad en-us bradman@pobox.com Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:01:19 -0700 http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001031.html We took Ian in this morning to be euthanized. More after the break. August 1996 - June 2 2008.... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001028.html Ian decides he's anti-fur.... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001026.html An upswing on the rollercoaster after the break.... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001025.html So today is my last day at Apple and my first day back at my old job at Aspyr. I decided after after a fair amount of waffling that I really enjoyed my old job much more than the... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001024.html Ian's battle with cancer continues, probably more rapidly than we'd like. More after the break.... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001020.html It looks like I'll be spamming my blog with lots of cat updates in the next month. I suspect it may be difficult to try to follow what looks to be an emotional rollercoaster ride on a semi-weekly basis,... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001019.html We've been late to the current-generation console party, and it was only in late January that we picked up an Xbox 360. The very first game I rented was BioShock, which I later purchased. I'm a big fan of... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001018.html This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, where you can walk into a comic book store and - wait for it - pick up free comic books. My friend Shawn runs a comic book store here in Phoenix at... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001017.html I got cozy with Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) this weekend and pulled the trigger on a number of board-game adaptions, then proceeded to play the crap out of them. I'm hoping for more board/card game adaptions for XBLA in... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001016.html Overheard at a Gamestop store last night: Guy: I'm looking for a game. Clerk: Do you remember the name? Guy: No, but it was for the Xbox. Clerk: Can you tell me more about it? Guy: It was a... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001014.html I promised I wouldn't post more about Ian until there was news, but enough people have asked me what's up that I figure a quick update is in order. Aside from the cancer reoccurring, my main concern now is... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001013.html One fake word I see on the internet a lot is "alot." Why is it that people write "alot" and never "alittle" or "abunch" or "adozen" or "ametricton"? It doesn't make any sense to me. These things keep me... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001010.html Starting in the middle of the 10.4 development cycle, a new option was added to OpenGL to allow it to run multi-threaded. This has two main effects: it increases the overhead on the CPU for submitting OpenGL commands, but... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001009.html I did a very small amount of work on the Mac port of Halo, back in the day. One of the consequences of that is that I bought an Xbox and Halo to play the game and see what... http://www.brad-oliver.com:8081/~boliver/blog/archives/001008.html This'll be the last Ian post for a while, I swear....