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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MobileDL uses Simplenote to download files to your Mac

Submitted by admin on June 8, 2010 – 10:41 pmNo Comment

59fa64602ar tape.jpg MobileDL uses Simplenote to download files to your MacIf you’ve ever been on your iPhone and wished you could save a file to your Mac, your wish just came true thanks to Scott Jackson and MobileDL. Saving files to your Mac from your iPhone/iPad is now as easy as copying the URL and pasting it into Simplenote iPhone/iPad app (free) or a Simplenote web account (also free).


MobileDL runs on your Mac’s menu bar and periodically (default is every 10 minutes) checks a note in your Simplenote account called “MobileDL Downloads” and downloads any file listed there. If the note isn’t there, MobileDL automatically creates it for you. One URL per line of any kind of file: “.mp4, .mov, .mp3, .zip, .dmg, .app, .pdf, if it’s a file on the web, MobileDL can download it.” Even HD YouTube videos are supported. There is a short screencast available which shows how it works.

I went into MobileDL’s “Advanced” preferences and changed the download directory to my Dropbox folder. So once the files are downloaded on my Mac, I can even access them via the Dropbox iPhone app or any of my other computers. It even keeps a log in Simplenote of files which it has downloaded for you.

This is something I have been meaning to create myself using shell scripts and cron. MobileDL is a much nicer solution. There’s also a command-line version which should work on Windows or Linux computers. I have only two “feature requests” that I would like to see: 1) Growl notifications not on every “check” but only when a file is downloaded and 2) support for sending URLs to Simplenote via email (something available to premium Simplenote customers). Right now MobileDL can’t handle more than one “MobileDL Downloads” note.

Hat tip to Minimal Mac for bringing this very cool (and free!) app to my attention.

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