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HLSL shader linking[^]
I have to do some exploring to get my head around it but.. looks very promising!!!  
In other news, back on DirectX[^], I hope I will get this damn assimp[^] library into my WinRT C++/Cx wrapper this time! 
[EDIT] Damn in other other new Arvixe/[^] broke my web site again..  have to change provider...
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Super Lloyd wrote: assimp[^] library
Looks interesting. Might try to integrate this into a game development studio I am working on.
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Please, share your experiences on that topic!! 
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I actually just started working on it yesterday, so no real experience. The 3D Designer (when I get it working) will use SharpGL as the rendering engine, and I will be able to use Assimp to import various models. The designer won't be in the first few versions, though, as I need to figure out how to wire it up.
I will put the source on Github when I get at least the basic editing features in place.
It is sorta based off of #Develop, but uses several different libraries (SevenZipSharp instead of SharpZipLib, for instance), and will also (hopefully) have a native x64 version (I will compile as AnyCPU, and will provide x86 and x64 native libraries where appropriate). This will require that I build Chromium and CEF for x64, but as far as I know, that can be done. I will just need to get around to it (I am using Chromium as the built-in browser, but I will have an option to use IE [Which will be the only engine for x64 until I get Chromium built]).
Keep Clam And Proofread
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√(-1) 23 ∑ π...
And it was delicious.
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Damn, I want your job or time or life or whatever. You're having fun!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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haha.. I do that in my spare time! :P
but they gave me MSND subscription at work, that's cool!
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The new books have consumed most all my spare time since April. The second edition of Unite the Tribes is finally done and being prepped for an October release.
Last week I finished up the chapters on the new book for creative people, Have Fun, Get Paid: How to Make a Living With Your Creativity. I still have a couple of rounds to go on that one. First there's reviewing notes from my editor, which is usually a pretty light touch. After that, I'll be reviewing the work of my copy editor, who has the unenviable job of keeping me from looking stupid in public. Once we finish that, it's off to compositing and all I have to do is review the final proofs for any errors.
Writing chapters is always a significant effort but the review stuff is just a few hours here and there. My deadline for chapters was 9/1 and I checked in the last of them on that day. Normally I'm not a last minute kinda guy but Tribes & Have Fun both had the same deadline. Instead of revisions, I ended up writing an entirely new book for Tribes, keeping only the chapter names and headings, so it was a helluva lot more work than I'd figured on when I initially proposed the dates. Live and learn.
Now that I'm down to edits, I can slowly return to having a life again. Of course, I'm just going to take all that time and immerse myself in putting together a rock band but it beats staring at a computer all day and again all night.
Plus, groupies.
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Good man. Looking forward to reading them.
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Personally, I'm looking forward to being back on stage and flirting with cute girls.
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Did part of that a few weeks ago. The flirting part's no good now when you realise that they are closer to your kids ages than to yours.
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It also reduces your life expectancy when you're a married guy.
What kind of gig did you play?
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It was a blues night with me and my regular jam buddies (for those who are old enough to remember them, one of them is the guitarist with The Tygers Of Pan Tang).
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: for those who are old enough to remember them,...Tygers Of Pan Tang
*raises hand*
Fond memories of listeing to Wild Cat over and over....
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Most excellent. Hope to join the ranks of you working class musicians myself before too terribly long.
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There's book groupies? You guys have all the fun. 
Rock on!
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Yeah, but they wear glasses.
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Christopher Duncan wrote: Yeah, but they wear glasses.
What they really are is these[^].
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Great. Now I have to buy lead underwear. No, wait...
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As I gear up for the new band I'm putting together, I need to snag a couple of laptops. My needs are modest.
It'll be running Ableton Live, spitting midi and audio out a usb port to my audio device, a Steinberg UR22. There will also be a usb DmxIs unit for lighting. DmxIs runs in Ableton as a vst plugin. MIDI and DMX are exceedingly lightweight protocols, and there will be very little audio.
My priority is cheap and dependable. I'm buying two instead of one so that I have a hot swappable spare since it's live performance (I also have spares for both audio & dmx). I want something with Windows 7 pre installed. Even though I'll probably smoke it and do a clean install, this way I know they have the drivers for it. I don't trust Win 8 just yet as it's still fairly new and pro audio can be a bit bitchy.
Dell has an Inspirion for $400, but there are a lot of people complaining about quality. Here's an Acer for $430 that would be fine, and in fact I could go with a smaller screen to get the price down.
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-NX-M34AA-005-ASV3-731-4634-17-3-Inch/dp/B00CLZWK64/[^]
It looks like $400 is the going rate, would love to get closer to $300 if I could find something dependable.
I won't be gigging until early next year so I'm wondering if it's worth it to wait for Black Friday deals. If it's only going to save me twenty bucks I'd just as soon do it now and be done with it.
What do you guys think in terms of brand quality, deals, etc.?
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I would suggest that get a $500.00 Lenovo Thinkpad (even if its an older model).
Dont buy a cheaper Dell. Forget the cheaper quality, the awful support for home-users will drive you crazy. (Latitudes and Precisions are OK, but other than that it's a mistake).
Take a look at the L Series (Formally SL Series)[^]
Few years back I bought a Thinkpad SL510 from newegg.com for $320.00, all I did was installed an 80GB SSD and it still works great.
- It has the best built quality among all my laptops which also includes $1700.00 Dell Latitude.
- And surprisingly I am still getting driver updates for even Windows 8, on this 3-4 year old Thinkpad.
- The keyboard is slightly better than my Macbook Air.
- The only thing I dont like about the L/SL Series is the poor LCD viewing angle.
IMO, based on your budget, either buy a Thinkpad or Apple.
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My work computer for the day gig is a Thinkpad and I like it very much. Maybe I should poke around and see if I can find a deal. 500 bucks a pop for two of them is a bit more than I care to spend, but you're right, I do want something dependable on the gigs.
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Ended up going with a couple of Thinkpads. They're typically built like a truck and I realized that since I'm hauling this stuff around to bars I actually care about that sort of thing.
Thanks for the help!
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Nice, those extra $$$ are well spent.
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Yeah, the pain in the wallet goes away quickly. The pain of a crappy product lives on day after day.
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Heigh-ho the merry-o, a rebuilding we will go.
One of the drives in our external RAID array has died. The last spare drive is now in the array, which is rebuilding merrily.
Now for the hard part; convincing corporate IT to buy me another couple of spare drives  .
Software Zen: delete this;
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