Saturday, June 11, 2016

All Wrong!

Many in the fitness community take on the Rock's - Dwayne Johnson's - legendary
cheat day. It is, in effect, something of a rite de passage for aspiring body builders
and fitness enthusiasts. 12 pancakes, 3 pizzas, and a mountain of brownies. and, as
one would expect, there is a certain leeway in the interpretation: with or without
syrup for the pancakes, different toppings on the pizza etc.

Yet there is one aspect in which you've been getting it all wrong, fellas: those are
double-dough pizzas, the pasta from two pizzas put together to make one.
Bunch'a wimps...


Thursday, June 9, 2016

New Dish

Imagine my joy, last night, when I found the long awaited Lime flavoured diet jello 
at a friendly supermarket. Although it is cold enough to turn the heat back on, here in 
St-J (9°C this morning), I am still enjoying a fruit, veg and jello breakfast, just because 
it's possible. 

This is a rare mix for me: cucumber, radish, nectarine, grapes, pear, grapefruit juice and 
Lime jello, and I think I'll name it the #Sinkie. Thinking of you, Ottawa! 



Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Arg!

I'm a glutton for punishment; I just downloaded Sketchup for my Game tutorial:


Friday, June 3, 2016

Thursday, June 2, 2016

BDAY, K



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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!   


Scenes

One of the features of the Unity game engine, which serves to keep up the pace of play,
is that each scene or level starts from anew. All the project assets and scripts are always listed, what  happens when I press play will depend on which scene I have opened.

Below, in Scene 1, the three upward cubes appear programmatically ( the script is appended to the directional light). I have to press the space bar, and they will show up and start rotating.


When I open Scene 2, the script is on the camera. Again, I press the space bar but I make the cubes rotate manually pressing either A, B, or C. There is an additional bit of code which moves the middle cube when I use the arrow keys.


 The light and camera are givens in every scene, although one can add additional views - and thus cameras and lighting -  within a scene.

Rive Gauche


The Seine river is up by some 4 meters, which is rather dramatic. Not so bad as the 8 meter rise which had inundated the Metro in 1910.


Note that the Eiffel Tower is on the Left Bank. One looks toward the river's
flow, and assigns handedness from there.

I can say that - from Saint-Jean sur Richelieu - I am on the left bank of the Richelieu river!!