About me I've been a computer programmer since I first started typing in program listings on a Commodore Vic 20 when I was about 8. My hobbies include electronics, CNC manufacturing, photography, beer and winemaking.
I live with my wife and lots of left-over parts from unfinished projects in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.]
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9 October 2012, 2:30 UTCFTL (un)packer for Linux
Update: Added some notes about what is in the various files in data.dat
Recently I bought Faster Than Light (FTL),
a game which runs on Linux (and also on Mac and Windows).
I noticed that there was a lot of stuff in two ".dat" files; the format of the
".dat" files turned out to be very simple, and so I wrote a packer and unpacker:
ftlpack.py.
30 July 2012, 20:08 UTCFun with iBird on android
I can't resist tinkering! So, here are some observations about the
iBird application on android (besides that it is awesome and if you watch
birds and have a compatible device you should buy it like Ingrid did; I think
there's even a version for the apple phone and tablet). If things like 'run
adb at the commandline' sounds like gibberish to you, don't bother asking for
instructions.
FTL (un)packer for Linux
Update: Added some notes about what is in the various files in data.dat
Recently I bought Faster Than Light (FTL), a game which runs on Linux (and also on Mac and Windows).
I noticed that there was a lot of stuff in two ".dat" files; the format of the ".dat" files turned out to be very simple, and so I wrote a packer and unpacker: ftlpack.py.
Fun with iBird on android
I can't resist tinkering! So, here are some observations about the iBird application on android (besides that it is awesome and if you watch birds and have a compatible device you should buy it like Ingrid did; I think there's even a version for the apple phone and tablet). If things like 'run adb at the commandline' sounds like gibberish to you, don't bother asking for instructions.
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