http://www.naseem.name serious games // web application development // vr guru Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:35:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/http://www.naseem.co.ukhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/~fc/BlogOff?bg=99CCFF&fg=444444&anim=fThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. I was rather moved by the events this weekend, commemorating the sacrifices made by the British and Commonwealth soldiers in service to Queen and Country. This was partly because I had met some of the (very few) British survivors of the Great War some years ago at a special event ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/AQKmIwlmyhg/ http://www.naseem.name/personal/subedar-mohammed-ali/ It's humbling to know that some of the games that I developed, many moons ago now, have entered VR folklore. In fact the word Virtuality, the name of the company that I worked for at the time, is now used as a noun! I have been searching for screenshots and any ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/fpU3Zwt20ac/ http://www.naseem.name/virtual-reality/virtuality-blast-from-the-past/ Recently the teacher in my son's class has decided on a complete ban of pencil cases. Parents are now asked to remove them from the children's school bags. When I quizzed the teacher, she explained that the pencil cases could contain dangerous items like... sharp pencils(!) that the children could use ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/XB2VIXiZHkk/ http://www.naseem.name/education/primary-school-bans-pencil-cases/ I've just been watching the Labour party news conference and noticed that our beloved Chancellor of the Exchequer looks remarkably like Hawk from Buck Rogers. Could this be the same person? More evidence can be gleaned from their respective Bio's: Hawk: "Hawk is frequently seen on the bridge of the Searcher, handling ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/pujMHzUaTTk/ http://www.naseem.name/humour/alistair-darling-is-hawk/ It appears that some users, like myself, have been having problems connecting to the Windows Live Messenger service using Adium. Apparently the problem is with Adium 1.1.3 itself, and there is a fix in the works.However, you can perform a temporary fix in the meantime, which has worked for me, ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/Xg51d_4aqsc/ http://www.naseem.name/tips/leopard-problems-connecting-to-windows-live-messenger-using-adium/ Apple boast about having 300+ new features within their new OS, but conveniently forget to mention the features that they decided to remove! One such feature, the ability to send & receive SMS messages from within Address Book via a bluetooth enabled phone, appears to be missing. The call options have ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/O9f1Xxc2QIg/ http://www.naseem.name/os/os-x-leopard-address-book-and-sms/ Well, I never made it to OpenCoffee Leeds (again!). One day I will actually turn up. Honest. The event, as usual, was a great success. It sounds like some interesting peeps are turning up, a few of whom I really want to meet up with like Reinhold Behringer, who's doing some ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/uyMPMOjv8_I/ http://www.naseem.name/events/opencoffee-leeds-tre/ Rich Gibson, a fellow twitterer, overheard a conversation between two people. One of them stated that they had stopped using twitter as it made the smart people they knew sound stupid. I thought it was an interesting point, but never thought much about it at the time. That is until I ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/LuSIYbC9xF4/ http://www.naseem.name/web-20/twitter-makes-you-sound-stupid/ The Innovative Technologies Centre, the people behind the Wow Academy, approached me to develop a VR demonstrator that they could show off to their funding partners, which include Yorkshire Forward and the LSE. It was to be used as part of an overall demonstration to secure further funding for future ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/PoY3uWrBYd0/ http://www.naseem.name/projects/virtual-reality-lunar-landing/ Those astute of you will have noticed that my site is undergoing some changes. It's becoming more of a portfolio, as it's time I re-branded myself. :) It's long overdue actually, as I've noticed some very prominent people starting to take an interest in me, so I need to tidy up ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogoff/~3/R41ynAoAPoY/ http://www.naseem.name/blog/site-changes/