musings – Simon Cooper

Hello 5.3. Goodbye 4.x

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Post published:February 2, 2018
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I have been steadily working on a new, updated version of the Clean Sci Fi asset pack. I've found that coming in to work an hour early each day when…

Life changes

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Post published:January 16, 2018
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I am alive! I have not passed away. I've just been rather busy. I've also had a few life changes. Life is the key word. I have aging parents who…

PBR and Custom Shaders

Post author:Simon
Post published:April 1, 2016
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Teaching has put a real slow down on my ability to update the assets as frequently as I'd like. But, it has not stopped me from responding to support issues…

New Year Theatre Job

Post author:Simon
Post published:January 3, 2015
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A month or so ago I received a message from an old lodger of ours, Stephen Whitson. Several years ago my wife and I put him up in our flat…

Ouyaaaaaaaaaa!

Post author:Simon
Post published:February 21, 2014
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You may not have heard of the little Ouya console, lost in the whirlwind of hype and marketing of the other two new game consoles. It is never going to…

Shadowplay

Post author:Simon
Post published:January 24, 2014
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I was alerted to a new piece of hardware and software tech from nVidia recently by a friend of mine. It's called Shadowplay and with a combination of drivers, application…

Elevators 1.1

Post author:Simon
Post published:January 24, 2014
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Blimey! I'm bad at this blogging malarkey. I've never kept a diary so I'm finding it a habit that needs to be cultivated. I'm going to experiment with scheduling some…

Haitus

Post author:Simon
Post published:January 10, 2014
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Wow! Has it really been almost two months since the last post? This really needs explaining. I'll spare you the details but obviously I'd have hoped to have published my…

It stumbles!

Post author:Simon
Post published:August 2, 2012
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Okay, I'll lose the exclamations from my post titles in future. :) Actually it's not so much of a stumble as a re-think. I'm new to WordPress but it seems…

It lives!

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Post published:August 1, 2012
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A blog is born. This is something I've been thinking about for a while now. For many years I've benefited from the wisdom and knowledge of many generous people around the web, and now…