back at it
Well the gloves are off as I start back into “real work” this second term. While I am glad that I paced myself by giving myself time to test and reflect, I really have missed the active work and planning of things on the go. I again have more that I want to do in a week than I will probably have time for. This week marks the beginning and end of mid-term evaluations, and as such I completed my official Google evaluation, and will be producing a 500 word (2 pageish) report for Mithro and my mentoring organization on my project thus far (to be worded in layman’s terms.) This report should be helpful in producing better documentation for beginning players as it forces me to think about my project from a beginners perspective. More on screencasting and XML after the jump…
As well, at Mithro’s behest, I have decided to begin work on producing a 10-15 minutes screencast on getting started with Risk. I’ll be working with my “newblette” wife to help me script the video; If I can teach her how to play Risk through Thousand Parsec, I can teach almost anyone!
As for my XML dilemma: after a good conversation with Tyler, weighing to pros and cons of each alternative, I have decided to give TinyXML a shot. While I still stand by my initial fear that my code won’t be portable enough to be used by all Rulesets, Tyler assures me I should give a non-validating XML parser a try. Either way I’ll develop my code in such a manner that I believe it to be useful for all rulesets, not just my own.
Tyler and I will be “meeting” (online, not in person) on friday to finalize plans for the remainder of the term, as well as play a match or two of Risk. I’ll probably blog about that in a special Saturday post! My apologies if this post seemed a little terse, its just the mood I’m in 
In Other News:
Many of you may know I’m an advocate and user of homebrew on the DS. I just recently received a brand new Acekard 2 to replace my dying R4. GBATemp is currently holding a contest to write a review of the Acekard 2 by the 10th of July, and I’ll be posting that review on this blog. My apologies to anyone receiving this blog on a feed that really hates the Nintendo DS or backup carts.