Back in May I took a trip back home to Chicago. We just hung out with family, walked around Navy Pier and had some Chicago deep dish pizza. It was a fun trip but the fun really started when we tried to get back home. First the service that was going to pick us up [...]

I got a beta invite to Dropbox last week and have been playing with it ever since. You can think of Dropbox as a free version of Amazon’s S3 service. It allows you to sync any files from your computer, PC or Mac, to there web interface. But unlike S3, any changes make to any [...]

I did not write the following. Just using it to test.
Forza 2 gameplay operates at 60 frames per second, and replays run at 30 frames per second, due to their usage of post-processing effects. A hard drive is necessary to view replays. Using multiple screens, a player can set up and utilize a 180° forward [...]

Disregard this post. Just testing some different ways of adding video over the next few days.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Video Test”, url: “http://www.mikevail.org/2008/04/01/video-test/” });

This is just a post to see how the Wordpress 2.5 gallery looks with this layout. The photos are from just random pics that I have on my system. So far the only problem I have is with the uploading of large photos. When tiring to upload them I am told there is a error [...]

Pownce is the web app/site made by Megatechtronium that is a small company with four people - Leah Culver, Daniel Burka, Kevin Rose, and Shawn Allen. The best known in that list is Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, and Daniel Burka, lead designer for Digg. What is Pownce? The best way to say it is [...]

What were going to do here is have a moving point_viewcontrol. Were going to have it track Barney where ever he walks. What this is good for is having a movie like cut scene or making your own in game machinima. This is really eazy so lets get started.
The first thing your going to need [...]

Where going to make an elevator with two props and have it close the door once you press the button inside and go to the next level. Once at the next level the door will open and wait from you press the button again.
First you want make a prop_dynamic with the models/props_lab/freightelevator.mdl. Give it a [...]