Year: 2012

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Ubuntu installer slideshow customization, with pictures!

I have escaped the perilous grasp of Perl, and I bring news:

If you make a localized Ubuntu ISO like the Italian CD, you can customize the installer slideshow, with translated screenshots and more!

How? Follow me!

First, you need to be running Ubuntu 12.10 with the latest version of the Ubuntu defaults builder — 0.35. I assume you already know about the defaults builder, since you are making a localized ISO. If you do not, start with this explanation about localized images. Don’t worry: the defaults builder is a great tool that makes this very easy!

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Space Bees Attack! – My Ludum Dare 23 entry

My friend Andrew convinced me to participate in Ludum Dare 23 — a fun and informal 48-hour (or 72-hour) game making competition. He created an insane, brilliant little game called Baby Farm. I went ahead with a poorly thought out idea: “I’ll make a game where you have to build a structure to defend your world where evil things are falling from the sky! With physics!“

The “with physics” part is where it went wrong. Words for the wise: physics are evil.

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Rescuing your data from Formstack’s “excess form submission” email

I seem to be accumulating all sorts of little scripts to solve odd little problems sensible people don’t encounter (and therefore don’t have scripts for). Normally I keep these to myself because they’re really ugly, but I’m going to start sharing the more useful ones on my blog. Maybe some day I’ll save someone a bit of time. That would be fun!

Using a Formstack form? Went over your form submission limit and now your email is flooded with thousands of useless error messages?

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