http://blog.johnpencola.com Where streams of thought converge into pools of knowledge. Thu, 05 May 2011 05:54:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/05/05/html5-canvas-box2d-super-block-launching/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/05/05/html5-canvas-box2d-super-block-launching/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 05:54:44 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=551 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/05/05/html5-canvas-box2d-super-block-launching/feed/ 0 Progression Maybe you’ve read my last few posts which set some precedence to the demo below. If not, I’ve spent the last few weeks casually learning the ins-and-outs of HTML’s Canvas element along with the Box2d port to JavaScript. It’s … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/24/html5-canvas-basics-drawing-an-angle/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/24/html5-canvas-basics-drawing-an-angle/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:42:34 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=533 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/24/html5-canvas-basics-drawing-an-angle/feed/ 0 I’ve been inspired to start exploring the HTML 5 Canvas Element recently. Mostly from OSS contributions to JavaScript for gaming and of course the amazing work that’s been done with WebGL over the past year+ Don’t expect to see anything mind-blowing … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/17/box2d-canvas-and-javascript-experiments/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/17/box2d-canvas-and-javascript-experiments/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:52:45 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=506 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/17/box2d-canvas-and-javascript-experiments/feed/ 0 A bit late to the party, but I recently learned that Jonas Wagner ported the awesome Box2d 2.0 engine by Erin Catto from ActionScript to JavaScript, you guys rock! Now it’s time for some fun! What you see below is … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/10/how-to-decoupling-a-wordpress-plugin-from-your-theme/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/10/how-to-decoupling-a-wordpress-plugin-from-your-theme/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:43:52 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=448 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/10/how-to-decoupling-a-wordpress-plugin-from-your-theme/feed/ 0 You may have noticed that I recently added a feature to the Liquid Language theme that displays my latest tweet from Twitter where the standard menu is displayed. Hint: Look directly below the pretty header image above ↑ Once I completed … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/03/platos-wisdom-applied-to-software-engineering/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/03/platos-wisdom-applied-to-software-engineering/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 02:41:02 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=425 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/04/03/platos-wisdom-applied-to-software-engineering/feed/ 0 I’ve noticed that when I’m faced with solving problems in Software Engineering and Development, sometimes I’ve come to the sound solution relatively quickly, while other times it can take quite a few iterations before the solution is revealed. I try … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/27/be-an-ethical-interviewer-stop-frontin/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/27/be-an-ethical-interviewer-stop-frontin/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:57:13 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=389 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/27/be-an-ethical-interviewer-stop-frontin/feed/ 2 It’s one thing to partake of the Kool-Aid, but this interviewer serves it up cold to the uninformed candidate. Ranging from giving a false sense of business practices, where the business is headed, the overall quality of morale, team dynamics … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/20/html5-bouncy-bass-text-toy/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/20/html5-bouncy-bass-text-toy/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:47:13 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=351 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/20/html5-bouncy-bass-text-toy/feed/ 2 I was at a car show one time and saw a guy lay a ping-pong ball on the roof of his tricked out Mitsubishi Eclipse. When he turned up his audio system, the thumping of the subwoofers caused the ping-pong … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/13/the-truth-about-falsy/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/13/the-truth-about-falsy/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 02:53:55 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=317 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/13/the-truth-about-falsy/feed/ 4 Being able to check “truthy” and “falsy” values in JavaScript certainly are nice features of the language, but remember to always take into consideration the following “falsy” values: 0 “” Common Gotcha: Defaulting Arguments Say you have a method that … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/05/rethinking-html-drop-down-menus/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/05/rethinking-html-drop-down-menus/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:31:29 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=276 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/03/05/rethinking-html-drop-down-menus/feed/ 2 ( Or, the sometimes stubborn persistence of naiveté ) Reflecting This topic has been simmering on my back-burner for quite some time now, I given small taste tests, but I think its due time to reveal it on the menu and … Continue reading → http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/02/25/taking-the-trophy-achievement-concept-to-the-next-level/ http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/02/25/taking-the-trophy-achievement-concept-to-the-next-level/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:24:21 +0000 John Pencola http://blog.johnpencola.com/?p=219 Continue reading →]]> http://blog.johnpencola.com/2011/02/25/taking-the-trophy-achievement-concept-to-the-next-level/feed/ 2 Cock-a-doodle-doo I woke up today, almost preemptively to the sound of my alarm clock. I quickly moved from the bed to the alarm and snoozed it within one-and-a-half crows of that obnoxious rooster. To my surprise, I heard a chime … Continue reading →