Author Archives: Wudan

I spent last weekend apart from my beloved wife and son, in Seattle. Why? For PAX. It’s a gaming convention, by the community, for the community, more or less. It was awesome, with a few small issues. 4 people is … Continue reading →

the fragile flower of my youth was destroyed in the fire to consume my imperfection i am not under the impression that I am whole or less than so its a foolish man who turns from the right road he … Continue reading →

Tomorrow promises to be a big day at work 🙂 I fixed silly bugs in my reflection code, the fix is so elegant and simple it makes my poor heart tremble with joy. Ah, now that’s pretty weird of me … Continue reading →

cross section magic super collider I’ve been playing with focusing on the rays in my raytracer, instead of what the rays collide with. This did help me fix my reflection code, but I haven’t gone back to actually do any … Continue reading →

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   “You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, … Continue reading →

Today on Facebook I said: The best spiritual experiences are ones were there are no words, and few people. So, technically speaking, anything outdoors is almost always more likely to be spiritually uplifting than anything you can experience indoors; except … Continue reading →

I updated my raytracer to not cast shadows if the collided object has a texture that has a 0-value alpha channel, which means, I get cooler shadows cast from my textured objects! Yay! Next item needing attention is shadow-testing rays.

… for the week to begin. I did manage to get a few things done, attend a family reunion, which included a very crazy inner-tube ride (pics on Sukie’s facebook), and re-write some of my raytracer. The part I re-wrote … Continue reading →

Photo removed, it was really getting on my nerves. Yes, I spent some time with my photoshop.