"Webbit" with the interweb!

Iraqi money

2008-12-31T13:07:00.001-08:00

A friend just gave me some Iraqi money that doesn't appear to be old.

Life is not fair

2008-12-31T11:51:00.000-08:00

Life is not fair. Once you break the conditioning of that, your life will open up. Quit trying to make things fair.

Two children found a bag containing twelve marbles. They argued over how to divide the toys and finally went to see the WISE-MAN. When asked to settle their disagreement, the WISE-MAN asked whether the children wanted him to divide the marbles as a human would or as God would.

The children replied, "We want it to be fair. Divide the marbles as God would."

So, the WISE-MAN counted out the marbles and gave three to one child and nine to the other.

Favorite blog

2008-12-30T11:34:00.000-08:00

http://djhives.blogspot.com/ - My favorite blog

What does "is" mean?

2008-12-29T19:10:00.000-08:00

Robert Anton Wilson shared a view of E-prime on one of his many videos on youtube. I thought it was really interesting and that it can fix a lot of problems I see in society.

E-Prime, short for English-Prime, refers to a modified English syntax and vocabulary lacking all forms of the verb to be: be, is, am, are, was, were, been and being, and also their contractions. Sentences composed in E-Prime seldom contain the passive voice, which in turn may force the writer or speaker to think differently. By eliminating most uses of the passive voice, E-Prime compels the writer to explicitly acknowledge the agent of a sentence, possibly making the written text easier to read and understand. - wikipedia

Who are you?

2008-12-29T19:06:00.000-08:00

You are like a speck; now rethink your life!

TV

2008-12-29T19:01:00.001-08:00

Why do you think they call it programming? You have become a part of the mass, no longer an individual, a clone of someone else...

Deus Ex : Playstation 2

2008-12-28T18:40:00.000-08:00

I got Deus Ex for PS2. I have only played it for 30 minutes but the game started off with a really slick story involving New World Order types of themes. It was made by Ion Storm.

Programming

2008-12-27T22:47:00.001-08:00

I saw this on www.Twittypic.com

++Update Commentary from an Anonymous person++
(1:45:43 AM) iamscuzzo: you dont find this funny right ? http://twittypic.com/cache/1879d87261f22606dea9d113d520dcb3.jpg
(1:46:10 AM) Anonymous: I do
(1:46:28 AM) iamscuzzo: haha
(1:46:31 AM) Anonymous: except this comic is wrong
(1:46:39 AM) Anonymous: they should be beating up the guy in the green jacket

Pygame (Python+SDL) Demo

2008-12-27T22:18:00.000-08:00

I wrote this demo. Thanks Brian!

# Collision
# Testing collision with pygame
# Haroon Khalid - 12/02/2008

import pygame
import random
from sys import exit

# INITIALIZE PYGAME
pygame.init()

# SET WINDOW CAPTION
pygame.display.set_caption("Collision Test")

# SET WINDOW RESOLUTION
resolution = (286, 80)
screen = pygame.display.set_mode(resolution, 0, 32)

# SET UP THE FONT AND COLOR
default_font = pygame.font.get_default_font()
font = pygame.font.SysFont(default_font, 20)
white = (255,255,255)

class Enemy(object):
def __init__(self):
enemy = 'enemy.png'
enemyimg = pygame.image.load(enemy).convert()
enemyimg.set_colorkey((76,88,100))
self.image = enemyimg
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
self.rect.x = 0
self.rect.y = 0

def update(self):
if self.rect.x < bullet =" 'bullet.png'" bulletimg =" pygame.image.load(bullet).convert()" image =" bulletimg" rect =" self.image.get_rect()" x =" 0" y =" 0"> 300:
bullets.remove(self)
else:
self.rect.x += 10
screen.blit(bulletimg,(self.rect.x,self.rect.y))

class Player(object):
def __init__(self):
self.x = 0
self.y = 0
self.alive = True
player = 'player.png'
playerimg = pygame.image.load(player).convert()
self.image = playerimg

def test_input():
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
exit()
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_SPACE:
shot_snd.play()
create_bullet()
if event.key == pygame.K_z:
create_enemy()

def draw_stats():
white = (255, 255, 255)
bulletamt = str(len(bullets))
bullettxt = font.render("Bullets: " + bulletamt, True, white)
enemyamt = str(len(enemies))
enemytxt = font.render("Enemies: " + enemyamt, True, white)
screen.blit(enemytxt, (1, 1))
screen.blit(bullettxt, (1, 14))

def create_enemy():
E = Enemy()
E.rect.x = random.randint(200,250)
E.rect.y = 0
enemies.append(E)

def update_enemy():
for enemy in enemies:
enemy.update()

def create_bullet():
b = Bullet()
b.rect.x = p1.x + 25
b.rect.y = p1.y + 7
bullets.append(b)

def update_bullet():
for bullet in bullets:
bullet.update()

# CHECK FOR COLLISION BY COMPARING RECTS W/ LISTS
def check_hit():
for j in bullets:
for k in enemies:
if j.rect.colliderect(k.rect):
zap_snd.play()
if j in bullets:
bullets.remove(j)
if k in enemies:
enemies.remove(k)

# SOUNDS
shot_snd = pygame.mixer.Sound("shot.ogg")
hit_snd = pygame.mixer.Sound("hit.ogg")
zap_snd = pygame.mixer.Sound("zap.ogg")

# LISTS FOR STORING
bullets = []
enemies = []

# CREATE THE PLAYERS SHIP AND POSITION
p1 = Player()
p1.x = 0
p1.y = 29

# SETTING UP SPRITES
bullet = 'bullet.png'
bulletimg = pygame.image.load(bullet).convert()
bg = 'bg.png'
bgimg = pygame.image.load(bg).convert()

# MAIN GAME LOOP
while True:

screen.blit(bgimg, (0,0))
draw_stats()
test_input()
check_hit()
screen.blit(p1.image, (p1.x, p1.y))
update_bullet()
update_enemy()
pygame.display.update()
pygame.time.delay(25)