jacobmake

Here is a quick update for anyone following along. It seems I have the mediocre PHP & MySql skills to pull this thing off. So whats the holdup? I have slowly slipped into a deep dark place…..algorithmic research.
I could’ve done some simple score-keeping for players adding X for a win Y for a loss, adjusting [...]

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Pong Position, the ping-pong ranking system “mini-app” is going to be the first project on jacobmake!
I’ve been very happy with the response and comments so far. Please keep them coming and don’t forget to grab an RSS feed. While this project is in development I will be commenting further on the potential projects and hopefully [...]

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Stoney brought up an interesting point with the inaugural post for jacobmake. He told me in person,
“Music or Art. Use your hands & get away from the keyboard.”
It dawned on me that all of my projects push my comfort levels in some respect, but in the arena of fine art and music, I’m amateurish at [...]

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This is a project I’ve been wanting to tackle for a long time. My friends and I frequently discuss creating an online zombie multi-player game. Our ideas are grandiose, but for this to succeed it would obviously need more definition and possibly a scaled down phase 1.
Here is what I’m proposing for a possible phase [...]

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Behold the sick sick sick skills of Zach Johnsen. I came across Zach’s work a while ago on Drawn. He inspired me.
I grew up in a small town. And in that small town my Grandpa owned some land on a creek. I spent many hours in the creek as a boy. Because of this I [...]

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At work we have a ping-pong table. A lot of smack-talk has been goin’ on, and my forehand is becoming a force to be reckoned with. The dev team at Touchwood has been toying around w/ the idea of creating a ping-pong ranking system for some time now.
Whether my version cross-pollinates with the Touchwood version [...]

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Welcome to a conversation about inspiration, process and execution. In this personal experiment I will be examining my process of creation, or lack there of. Too often I leave my ideas unrealized. This will be a place to document progress of my personal projects, and a way to keep me accountable for progress with these [...]

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