Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Motorola USBw 200 WiMAX adapter docking station

Submitted by admin on February 11, 2010 – 5:28 pmNo Comment

1e17ef46a50 2010.jpg Motorola USBw 200 WiMAX adapter docking stationFor those that like the USBw 200 WiMAX dongle from Motorola might also love the docking station for this WiMAX adapter.

Granted, it may be a bit bulky, but it does double the 3db gain that the adapter provides, and “effectively give you the same performance as a standalone desktop WiMAX unit”. There isn’t any word on the price, but it should be available sometime in Q2 of this year.

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