Gregg Seelhoff
@seelhoff.bsky.social
Computer programmer, game developer, music aficionado, pinball wizard, solitaire expert, former race car driver and amateur soccer player, and game book collector... among other things. 😉 [he/him, ally]
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If you could use an extraordinary computer programmer, especially for games, read this: blog.gamecraft.org/2024/07/25/h...
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Just days shy of their fourth birthday, the child is currently getting Pac-Man eaten repeatedly because, “they peel like a banana peel. 😀”
They now have started imitating the sound it makes.
This is what a positive education looks like. 😉
They now have started imitating the sound it makes.
This is what a positive education looks like. 😉
March 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Just days shy of their fourth birthday, the child is currently getting Pac-Man eaten repeatedly because, “they peel like a banana peel. 😀”
They now have started imitating the sound it makes.
This is what a positive education looks like. 😉
They now have started imitating the sound it makes.
This is what a positive education looks like. 😉
A sure sign a team is too isolated and has completely lost the plot:
A *driver* package for hardware more than a decade old weighs in at 485M and is labeled ‘minimal install’.
🤦♂️
A *driver* package for hardware more than a decade old weighs in at 485M and is labeled ‘minimal install’.
🤦♂️
March 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A sure sign a team is too isolated and has completely lost the plot:
A *driver* package for hardware more than a decade old weighs in at 485M and is labeled ‘minimal install’.
🤦♂️
A *driver* package for hardware more than a decade old weighs in at 485M and is labeled ‘minimal install’.
🤦♂️
I arrived home from picking up lunch.
Immediate thought: “Hey, that’s cool: the NeighborHawk (our neighborhood red-tailed hawk) is hanging out in my backyard.”
It took me a while before another thought arrived: “Uh oh… We may no longer have our backyard bunny.” 🙁
Immediate thought: “Hey, that’s cool: the NeighborHawk (our neighborhood red-tailed hawk) is hanging out in my backyard.”
It took me a while before another thought arrived: “Uh oh… We may no longer have our backyard bunny.” 🙁
March 6, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I arrived home from picking up lunch.
Immediate thought: “Hey, that’s cool: the NeighborHawk (our neighborhood red-tailed hawk) is hanging out in my backyard.”
It took me a while before another thought arrived: “Uh oh… We may no longer have our backyard bunny.” 🙁
Immediate thought: “Hey, that’s cool: the NeighborHawk (our neighborhood red-tailed hawk) is hanging out in my backyard.”
It took me a while before another thought arrived: “Uh oh… We may no longer have our backyard bunny.” 🙁
In honor of Mardi Gras, as a cultural celebration (nothing religious), I thought I might have an appropriate meal.
Apple Maps let me search for “red beans and rice” nearby: only franchise takeout. After “jambalaya” failed, I tried again…
Food truck in LA, twice as far from here as New Orleans. 🤦♂️
Apple Maps let me search for “red beans and rice” nearby: only franchise takeout. After “jambalaya” failed, I tried again…
Food truck in LA, twice as far from here as New Orleans. 🤦♂️
March 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
In honor of Mardi Gras, as a cultural celebration (nothing religious), I thought I might have an appropriate meal.
Apple Maps let me search for “red beans and rice” nearby: only franchise takeout. After “jambalaya” failed, I tried again…
Food truck in LA, twice as far from here as New Orleans. 🤦♂️
Apple Maps let me search for “red beans and rice” nearby: only franchise takeout. After “jambalaya” failed, I tried again…
Food truck in LA, twice as far from here as New Orleans. 🤦♂️
RIP: Carter Lipscomb 😢😢😢
I have known Carter for more than 30 years, and he was one of my best friends in the game industry. I am heartbroken.
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I have known Carter for more than 30 years, and he was one of my best friends in the game industry. I am heartbroken.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obi...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
RIP: Carter Lipscomb 😢😢😢
I have known Carter for more than 30 years, and he was one of my best friends in the game industry. I am heartbroken.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obi...
I have known Carter for more than 30 years, and he was one of my best friends in the game industry. I am heartbroken.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/obi...
RIP: Roberta Flack (1937-2025)
Does this mean that Don McLean will now be arrested for his 1971 performance at the Troubadour? 😉
Does this mean that Don McLean will now be arrested for his 1971 performance at the Troubadour? 😉
February 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
RIP: Roberta Flack (1937-2025)
Does this mean that Don McLean will now be arrested for his 1971 performance at the Troubadour? 😉
Does this mean that Don McLean will now be arrested for his 1971 performance at the Troubadour? 😉
It’s weird discovering a sub-TED Talk video based on a project you did a quarter century ago, especially when said project is barely a career footnote.
On the other hand, my (solo) coding work was referred to as “a team of programmers”, so there’s that. 🙃
On the other hand, my (solo) coding work was referred to as “a team of programmers”, so there’s that. 🙃
February 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It’s weird discovering a sub-TED Talk video based on a project you did a quarter century ago, especially when said project is barely a career footnote.
On the other hand, my (solo) coding work was referred to as “a team of programmers”, so there’s that. 🙃
On the other hand, my (solo) coding work was referred to as “a team of programmers”, so there’s that. 🙃
“My boss said I have to drive you wherever you want to go.”
“Yeah: Bottom of the ocean, straight to the depths of hell.”
“Done. I already set the GPS for Florida.”
“Yeah: Bottom of the ocean, straight to the depths of hell.”
“Done. I already set the GPS for Florida.”
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
“My boss said I have to drive you wherever you want to go.”
“Yeah: Bottom of the ocean, straight to the depths of hell.”
“Done. I already set the GPS for Florida.”
“Yeah: Bottom of the ocean, straight to the depths of hell.”
“Done. I already set the GPS for Florida.”
Sometimes, randomness plays out nicely, literally:
Unbeknownst to me (until I heard it) the very last song in a randomly chosen playlist 8 hours in length (131 songs from 14343 options) was…
_Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye_, by the Vogues, which ends with a wistful “Goodbye…”
Unbeknownst to me (until I heard it) the very last song in a randomly chosen playlist 8 hours in length (131 songs from 14343 options) was…
_Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye_, by the Vogues, which ends with a wistful “Goodbye…”
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Sometimes, randomness plays out nicely, literally:
Unbeknownst to me (until I heard it) the very last song in a randomly chosen playlist 8 hours in length (131 songs from 14343 options) was…
_Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye_, by the Vogues, which ends with a wistful “Goodbye…”
Unbeknownst to me (until I heard it) the very last song in a randomly chosen playlist 8 hours in length (131 songs from 14343 options) was…
_Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye_, by the Vogues, which ends with a wistful “Goodbye…”
Last night I had a vivid dream about choreographing a great ball:
- individuals danced the Mutex (one at a time)
- groups danced the Semaphore
- it was quite an Event
No prizes for guessing what kind of code I am working on. 😉
- individuals danced the Mutex (one at a time)
- groups danced the Semaphore
- it was quite an Event
No prizes for guessing what kind of code I am working on. 😉
February 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Last night I had a vivid dream about choreographing a great ball:
- individuals danced the Mutex (one at a time)
- groups danced the Semaphore
- it was quite an Event
No prizes for guessing what kind of code I am working on. 😉
- individuals danced the Mutex (one at a time)
- groups danced the Semaphore
- it was quite an Event
No prizes for guessing what kind of code I am working on. 😉
Reposted by Gregg Seelhoff
Reposted by Gregg Seelhoff
Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
February 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
“I would not tell them too much,” said Holmes. “Women are never to be entirely trusted,—not the best of them.”
I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment.
– Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Sign of Four” (1890)
I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment.
– Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Sign of Four” (1890)
February 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“I would not tell them too much,” said Holmes. “Women are never to be entirely trusted,—not the best of them.”
I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment.
– Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Sign of Four” (1890)
I did not pause to argue over this atrocious sentiment.
– Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Sign of Four” (1890)
Tip #1: Adding a teaspoon of water to your egg mixture will make your omelet fluffier.
Tip #2: A “fluffier” omelet is not necessary desirable.
Tip #2: A “fluffier” omelet is not necessary desirable.
February 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Tip #1: Adding a teaspoon of water to your egg mixture will make your omelet fluffier.
Tip #2: A “fluffier” omelet is not necessary desirable.
Tip #2: A “fluffier” omelet is not necessary desirable.
Need a restroom break. Stand up, walk across the length of the house, and half its breadth, climb a flight of stairs, walk down a short hallway, and sit down.
Apple Watch does not register this as standing. 😐
Further, a couple minutes later, Apple Watch insists that I stand up.
Sorry… 😳
Apple Watch does not register this as standing. 😐
Further, a couple minutes later, Apple Watch insists that I stand up.
Sorry… 😳
February 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Need a restroom break. Stand up, walk across the length of the house, and half its breadth, climb a flight of stairs, walk down a short hallway, and sit down.
Apple Watch does not register this as standing. 😐
Further, a couple minutes later, Apple Watch insists that I stand up.
Sorry… 😳
Apple Watch does not register this as standing. 😐
Further, a couple minutes later, Apple Watch insists that I stand up.
Sorry… 😳
I have strong nostalgia for the “old days” of programming.
In practice, however, using the Delphi editor today just doesn’t measure up. 😉
In practice, however, using the Delphi editor today just doesn’t measure up. 😉
February 1, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I have strong nostalgia for the “old days” of programming.
In practice, however, using the Delphi editor today just doesn’t measure up. 😉
In practice, however, using the Delphi editor today just doesn’t measure up. 😉
I have more game programming experience than anybody else in the world (prove me wrong 😉) and I am available immediately.
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January 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have more game programming experience than anybody else in the world (prove me wrong 😉) and I am available immediately.
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Reposted by Gregg Seelhoff
We need a hero.
January 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We need a hero.
I made toast. The bread in the nearer slot was slightly too well done (and the other was perfect). I turned the heat dial down a bit and put two more pieces of the same bread in. The bread in the nearer slot was perfect, but the bread in the other was burnt.
Now I am questioning everything. 🙃
Now I am questioning everything. 🙃
January 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I made toast. The bread in the nearer slot was slightly too well done (and the other was perfect). I turned the heat dial down a bit and put two more pieces of the same bread in. The bread in the nearer slot was perfect, but the bread in the other was burnt.
Now I am questioning everything. 🙃
Now I am questioning everything. 🙃
A *real* grilled cheese sandwich is cut diagonally with the spatula used to flip it on the griddle. 😉
January 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
A *real* grilled cheese sandwich is cut diagonally with the spatula used to flip it on the griddle. 😉
So, when do I get to do it my way?
When do I get to feel like Sid Vicious felt?
When do I get to sing My Way?
When do I get to feel like Sid Vicious felt?
When do I get to sing My Way?
January 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So, when do I get to do it my way?
When do I get to feel like Sid Vicious felt?
When do I get to sing My Way?
When do I get to feel like Sid Vicious felt?
When do I get to sing My Way?
Visual Studio has added the most annoying message:
“VCR102: Browsing operations around this macro may fail. Consider adding it to a hint file.”
That is *so* a YOU problem, not a code problem.
“GKS101: Consider fixing your tool, or remove messages describing its shortcomings.”
“VCR102: Browsing operations around this macro may fail. Consider adding it to a hint file.”
That is *so* a YOU problem, not a code problem.
“GKS101: Consider fixing your tool, or remove messages describing its shortcomings.”
January 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Visual Studio has added the most annoying message:
“VCR102: Browsing operations around this macro may fail. Consider adding it to a hint file.”
That is *so* a YOU problem, not a code problem.
“GKS101: Consider fixing your tool, or remove messages describing its shortcomings.”
“VCR102: Browsing operations around this macro may fail. Consider adding it to a hint file.”
That is *so* a YOU problem, not a code problem.
“GKS101: Consider fixing your tool, or remove messages describing its shortcomings.”
‘Tis a rare First Edition, indeed, that would explicitly print “Second Edition” on the title page. 😐
January 22, 2025 at 3:35 AM
‘Tis a rare First Edition, indeed, that would explicitly print “Second Edition” on the title page. 😐