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Insert pun about making a pong
Nov. 5th, 2012 06:50 pmFirst: There is a very nice gluten free bakery in the Coventy Markets in Morley. I don't know if the food is nice, apart from the hazelnut macaroons (which are lovely) but the store is nice because when I squeed about them selling ACTUAL BISCUITS I CAN EAT the lady gave me an extra one for free :D
Second:
Back in the late 80s, when I was around 9, I got my first computer, an Amstrad. The manual included instructions on how to use BASIC, and while I didn't understand the more complicated aspects I figured out enough to write very simple programs and do some sprite editing. There was also an example game in the back of the manual, several pages of text that apparently produced a game called something like "Ping", but despite trying to type it in several times I could never get it to work.
It was not until much later that I realised that it was a bootleg version of the 70s arcade game Pong.
And now, more than 20 years later, thanks to the Interactive Programming course I'm doing on Coursera... I have produced a working version of Pong. Aww yes.
This makes me happier than it probably should, what with the fact that i have a degree in computer science and have produced many much more complex programs in my time. And it's pretty crappy, I did the bare minimum required for the assignment. But I don't care, my inner 9 year old is still super proud :)
(nb on further thought I should probably hold off on posting a link until after grading. TRY TO BE PATIENT, PONG LOVERS)
Second:
Back in the late 80s, when I was around 9, I got my first computer, an Amstrad. The manual included instructions on how to use BASIC, and while I didn't understand the more complicated aspects I figured out enough to write very simple programs and do some sprite editing. There was also an example game in the back of the manual, several pages of text that apparently produced a game called something like "Ping", but despite trying to type it in several times I could never get it to work.
It was not until much later that I realised that it was a bootleg version of the 70s arcade game Pong.
And now, more than 20 years later, thanks to the Interactive Programming course I'm doing on Coursera... I have produced a working version of Pong. Aww yes.
This makes me happier than it probably should, what with the fact that i have a degree in computer science and have produced many much more complex programs in my time. And it's pretty crappy, I did the bare minimum required for the assignment. But I don't care, my inner 9 year old is still super proud :)
(nb on further thought I should probably hold off on posting a link until after grading. TRY TO BE PATIENT, PONG LOVERS)
