Chris's Random Ramblings
I don't know if companies really listen to online petitions, but there is one currently running to encourage Apple to port iTunes to Linux here. iTunes is about the only reason I boot to Windows these days.
0.6 version of Hackfest code is available. I think I'll have to write a simple GUI client to get better testing of the server before the conference. Time to swap in that QT knowledge.
Add check so can't stab with both hands
Fix bug where if player was blinded then their gestures weren't visible. Reversed now so blinded player sees no gestures
Invisible player's gestures are not seen
Implements confusion effect on monsters and wizards
Fix bug where state of monsters was not updated (eg counters) at end of round
Send messages about events, eg "Amnesia", elementals merging etc. (protocol addition)
Implement Amnesia effect
Fix amnesia not timing out
Support games which end in draws (required protocol change)
Removes use of getline, replaced with fgets for portability
Fixes gestures for SPL_REMOVE_ENCHANTMENT and SPL_CAUSE_HEAVY_WOUNDS
Adds Ice Storms and Fire Storms
Adds Ice and Fire elementals
Fixes gestures for SPL_DISEASE
Some blog entries are rather amusing even when they don't mean to. Philipp Lenssen comments about a PHP script that comes with the Yahoo Search Web Services SDK. He implies that they have had a programmer who doesn't really understand HTML to write the main PHP script. The programmer's name is Rasmus Lerdorf. I guess Philipp doesn't realise that Rasmus started the PHP project