• Jobs
  • I have two jobs right now, both of which are full time, and only one of which pays. This is a surprisingly brutal position, moreso than it’s been in the past when I’ve done this before, largely due to the nature of the second, non-paying job.
• Starting a Business
  • I’m starting a business again. Unsurprisingly, this is the second non-paying job. Problem is, unlike the last few times, when I was just spinning up some project to be sold off (which, hey, I’m also doing – look for RoffleBlox sooner or later – so I guess it’s actually three jobs,) this time I’ve got a real business partner who’s raised eight digits for more than one business in the past. I’m not looking for anywhere near that kind of money, but I am looking for major money, so this time I’m having to write all sorts of business documents and patent applications and whatnot.
• Sidenote
  • Lawyers suck.
• Where Am I? Who Am I?
  • I don’t really have a direction yet. I really should be commenting on game design, which is my strongest field and one of my deepest loves. The problem is, every time I want to talk about something, I get all retentive and act like it’s some kind of state secret, so this takes time. I’m starting to let loose on one of my designs, especially since Oasis came out, and did one of my games better than I did. Luckily, I never showed my game around, nor did I release it, so I can’t entertain any notions that they stole my work; they’ve never seen it, so it’s an honest to god reinvention. Besides, they did a better job of it. I’m retooling my game, which has several fundamental differences from Oasis which I believe will bear out my design in the long run, but I’ve learned several things from Mind Control, especially as regards drastically simplified interfaces. I can tell that in the long run, I’m going to consider having seen their game as an important step in learning to pander to the casual gamer.
• Civic Obligations and You
  • Jury duty. I mean, come on. ”’Jury”’ duty. Who does this shit anymore? Can’t we just execute them and move on?
• Arranging compiler extensions
  • One of my side projects for the Nintendo DS, seperate from my work on the platform, requires several things that neither the CodeWarrior toolchain nor the SDK provide. Unfortunately, I’m bound not to say anything by the NDA, so all I can really do is say “it’s missing something;” this is a problem because in the past sometimes my just saying “wow I wish this was around” has led to people pointing out existing resources to me. Yay for NDAs. So, I’m funding an extension to the compiler on personal money from another licensed developer.
• Teh Netwark
  • Hackery on the NDS WiFi Stack which was generated by my DS WiFi Bounty. It’s good enough for amateur use, but it doesn’t work in the SDK, again for reasons I’m not allowed to explain. I’m attempting to arrange changes to it as well, but it’s not entirely clear if I would be allowed to use the stack once modified.
• Sidenote
  • No really, lawyers suck.
• What’s a RAFB City
  • Work on RAFB City. No, it’s not over. Yes, I am making new cartoons. Yes, I know it’s been two years. Yes, I know most of you don’t care anymore. I’m still making more, because I think they’re funny.
• You Ain’t Foolin’ No One, Chump
  • Work on the book that got this site started in the first place. You know, it’s funny: as soon as I put this site up, I made a local replication, and all my book work has gone on on the laptop, instead of on the web. For some reason this site ended up accumulating all of the crap I’ve put up since I put up the system, and some of that crap has gotten popular, especially the image collection and some of the rants. That said, the book has progressed significantly; I have quite a bit of material now, and the book has a ”theme”. You heard me, a ”theme”. Wait’ll you see it; it’s one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done, and that’s saying a lot. I think it’s awesome.

Balls. I mean, there’s a lot of crap going on in my life right now. Trying to raise capital, even with a business partner, is a tremendously time consuming and exhausting process, one which leaves you feeling more than slightly like a whore. That said, it seems to be leading to the completion of one of my dream projects, the kind of thing you just can’t do without Big Money Backing™. As such, I’m only gonna complain a wee bit.

Am I going to start blogging regularly? Yeah, eventually. I’m getting less bad about it, or at least so I’m telling myself. But, nobody tell DrgdHmstr, or I’ll never hear the end of it. (Not like I would anyway. <3 Hammy.) Until then, a hearty humbug to all, and learn to spell, please, for the love of any God in which you choose to believe.