http://gavincoop.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:32:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please enjoy responsibly... Cyberspace Monopolies and The Search Engine Market http://gavincoop.co.uk/2009/03/25/dissertation-download/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/11/21/introducing-protector/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/11/14/new-concept/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/11/10/a-change-of-idea/ This is not really a rant like the title might suggest, in fact the opposite. I am congratulating Microsoft on the amount of support there is available on the internet with Direct X tutorials and C/C++ tutorials. Ok so this doesn't really have anything to do with Microsoft you might say, it'e ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/16/ms-has-got-one-thing-right-at-least/ Today me and Kseniya had a little pseudo coding session. Essentially we went through the plan on the wall and mapped out what the code needed to be doing at each stage, when we needed to talk to the server, what happens if the user has no phone signal etc. It only took us about ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/16/taking-it-a-step-further/ Following the success of Where Do Ideas Come From, I bring the idea process for EPIC Sardines our Design for Entertainment Systems Module group EPIC Entertainment. The Mission create a game or gaming device or entertainment system or all three. There was an early idea in the pot already conceived by me ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/13/where-do-game-ideas-come-from/ The stage is set, the lights are on, the music pumped up and the black curtains part to unveil the hottest group on the games module, sorry Design for Entertainment Systems module, EPIC Entertainment. The name took a bit of arguing debating on. Naturally I kicked of the ideas with Wet Room Entertainment, ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/13/unleash-epic-entertainment/ Today, was a bit of an eye opener (you will get this joke later on in the post) in the web based OS arena. Let's just say it became clear that everything has really been done before and new 'things' just don't come that easy. It came apparent to me today that an ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/13/on-the-hunt-for-a-web-based-os/ The biggest task of my final year was handed to me today and it went pretty much like this. "Come up with a field of interest in culture and technology to write your dissertation on and come up with something you can make worth 40 credits linked directly to your dissertation, ... http://gavincoop.co.uk/2008/10/07/where-do-ideas-come-from/