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The Heat is On
Sep. 2nd, 2010 12:48 pmHot! After a couple of hot days last week, we've got a couple of hot days this week too: yesterday and just today, according to reports. I usually hate the heat, but this year it's been very welcome after the long, gray summer we've had. Yesterday was the first day I can remember when I was working in my office on a hot day and didn't feel particularly warm (mind you, it was in the 80s, which usually roasts my office, but I think I was just basking in the unexpected heat).
It was so nice yesterday that when I rode home from EndGame at about 11pm, I was just wearing my t-shirt and jeans; no jacket. I love evenings when I'm out and it's still warm enough to have light clothes on. Perhaps it reminds me of summers in Missouri. It's very uncommon here because the fog rolls in from the Bay every evening. But yesterday was a nice exception.
(Mind you I don't always think it's nice when I try to go to bed, since our upstairs retains heat in the summer, but there you go ...)
AI. I've continued to work on Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms for the iPhone/iPad these last couple of weeks. It's been going well, but I'd been having increasing problems with the AI. So yesterday afternoon I started hacking apart my long mass of decision-making code into individual choices like isBetterCastleCell:thanSet:forPlayer: and isAcceptableCastleCell:forPlayer:.
Chopping the entire routine into individual decisions is really clarifying things for me, making it more obvious where individual AI choices should go, and also helping to clean up some so-so code. It's nice to see something come together like that. So I'll be doing more work rewriting the rest of the AI today and then it should be a lot easier to do some improvement and differentiation work that's on my list.
Rides & Birthdays. When up to Chris' house on Sunday for his birthday. It's been a while since I've ridden to his house in the hills and I was very pleased to discover it was much easier. I used to have to walk up good chunks of those final hills and I'd still arrive at this house pretty light-headed. This time I did walk two sections, but no more than 100 feet or so each and that's much less than I used to (and with more weight, as I was carrying games). Also, I was fine other than being a bit sweaty when I got there. (Note to self: next time bring an extra shirt.)
The party was low-key. Some talking, some bbqing, and some gaming. The games were a bit slower than usual since folks were less used to then, but it was a fun evening. I got to chat with Chaz and Ken a bit, both people I saw occasionally at our old offices but haven't seen in ages.
On the ride home, I was quite surprised how dark it was on those roads up in the hills. Whew. It was really road-in-your-headlights riding. (I was also surprised by the same last night when I took College Avenue part of the way home from Endgame.)
Anyhoo, back to AIs.
It was so nice yesterday that when I rode home from EndGame at about 11pm, I was just wearing my t-shirt and jeans; no jacket. I love evenings when I'm out and it's still warm enough to have light clothes on. Perhaps it reminds me of summers in Missouri. It's very uncommon here because the fog rolls in from the Bay every evening. But yesterday was a nice exception.
(Mind you I don't always think it's nice when I try to go to bed, since our upstairs retains heat in the summer, but there you go ...)
AI. I've continued to work on Reiner Knizia's Kingdoms for the iPhone/iPad these last couple of weeks. It's been going well, but I'd been having increasing problems with the AI. So yesterday afternoon I started hacking apart my long mass of decision-making code into individual choices like isBetterCastleCell:thanSet:forPlayer: and isAcceptableCastleCell:forPlayer:.
Chopping the entire routine into individual decisions is really clarifying things for me, making it more obvious where individual AI choices should go, and also helping to clean up some so-so code. It's nice to see something come together like that. So I'll be doing more work rewriting the rest of the AI today and then it should be a lot easier to do some improvement and differentiation work that's on my list.
Rides & Birthdays. When up to Chris' house on Sunday for his birthday. It's been a while since I've ridden to his house in the hills and I was very pleased to discover it was much easier. I used to have to walk up good chunks of those final hills and I'd still arrive at this house pretty light-headed. This time I did walk two sections, but no more than 100 feet or so each and that's much less than I used to (and with more weight, as I was carrying games). Also, I was fine other than being a bit sweaty when I got there. (Note to self: next time bring an extra shirt.)
The party was low-key. Some talking, some bbqing, and some gaming. The games were a bit slower than usual since folks were less used to then, but it was a fun evening. I got to chat with Chaz and Ken a bit, both people I saw occasionally at our old offices but haven't seen in ages.
On the ride home, I was quite surprised how dark it was on those roads up in the hills. Whew. It was really road-in-your-headlights riding. (I was also surprised by the same last night when I took College Avenue part of the way home from Endgame.)
Anyhoo, back to AIs.