Month: October 2004

I think we all heard that GTA San Andreas came out the other day, but so did GTA Advance! Since I do the vast majority of my gaming on my GBA SP this was much more exciting for me.

GTA Advance somehow manages to keep the same feel as the original GTA, but scaled down to 240×160. The cars might look chunky but the feel makes up for it – things like the feel of the steering, the view zooming out when you accelerate, they all have that GTA feel.

So just when a decent portable version of GTA comes out, I run acrossGrand Theftendo, where some crazy guy has developed a homebrew NES (yes, 8-bit) game encompassing the entire first city of GTAIII – with hand-drawn pixel graphics. Mmmmmm… pixels.

This problem has been driving me nuts all day.

I have a list. Each item in this list has a sequence value, starting from 1.

I have a form to change the sequence of the items in the list. You can type in the sequence number to set it.

So, coming into my script I have the following data:

So, bar needs to go from 2 to 5, and all other values between 2 and 5 need to be renumbered. Why can’t I solve this frickin’ problem?

Today I found out that one of my classmates from UTS, Anthony Chan, passed away suddenly on Monday.

Today’s Penny Arcade is a must for anyone who watches Lost on ABC.

CBC News: Backlog at border delaying international mail: Canada Post – I am waiting for two packages because Canada Customs is too friggin’ slow!

I was walking downtown at lunchtime today and saw this guy standing outside First Canadian Place at Bay and King – arguably the busiest intersection in Toronto, and the centre of the financial district. A novel way to try and get a job, that’s for sure. Maybe he should have a phone number or something on his sign – or is that considered soliciting? Click for the full-size image.

Title on the sign: