::Episode 0007::Getting FLAC'ing OGG'ed very soon.[sadly episode 0007 will never be encoded]; sleep(60*60*24*30);

I need my podcast to be the platform I intend.  I have to focus on my web app platform, audio scripts, & snip-its to accomplish this. Sorry for missing an episode. Its more than worth it.

& last month when I said Expressive Programming was going Ogg only, I meant it, though I have made another choice as an advocate for freedom, as in liberty & freedom of choice.  Next month there will be an OGG Vorbis version & a FLAC.  FLAC, WTF?!? for a podcast?  yep, like I said the changes will be worth the wait.  Will it be worth the bandwidth for FLAC . . . wait & judge when episode 0008 goes live. 

If you feel this is a painfully bad choice for me to make, pretty pleas I can only say, w/all honesty, I truly wish it were.  As its not I'll hope this improvement may lead to the later & many more blissful moments in my future.

Episode 0006::How do you view programming: artistically, scientifically, or statically?

Is programming an artistic expression, a scientific practice, or a matter of using the best patterns & algorithms that already exist?

Is programming creative, discovery, or simply a way to solve a problem?

Music by Hot.Bitch.Arsenal featured in this episode:
• ebb.first.then.you.flow
• every.time.is.the.last.time
• get.my.drift
• fifo(fade.in.fade.out)
• wheels.come.off

Episode 0005::Drawing the Line.

There comes a time when you have to take the next step.

A time when you have to stop planning and start programming.

Stop perfecting and start moving on.

Some times its a stick figure, some times its the piece flows complete.

But our plans & goals only become projects & parts of our life once we draw our first line.

I also talk about by further work on my new 3-D game project. I talk about the engine I've chosen & what work I've done so far. Mostly I discuss managing 'non-code resources' of any large project. I especially focus on my game's 3-D models & textures.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Raydium: 3-D Game Engine
• SDL
• Paul Graham's: "The Other Half of Artists Ship"

Episode 0004::Escapism and Resources.

Is programming, & possibly all creative projects, be used as escapism? For me it was what got me into computer programming. Now today as I try to live with a neuro-muscular disease called DYT+1 Early-Onset Generalized Dystonia I find programming to not only be my truest form of art & self expression. But its also an invaluable way for me to escape from the torment caused by my disease.

I also talk about by further work on my new 3-D game project. I talk about the engine I've chosen & what work I've done so far. Mostly I discuss managing 'non-code resources' of any large project. I especially focus on my game's 3-D models & textures.

Links mentioned in this episode:
• Raydium: 3-D Game Engine
• Blender

Episode 0003::Who, what, where, when, why?

Now matter what you program, or why, motivation comes into play.  But what motivates you?  Is it what you'll accomplish once you're done; is it programming itself; is it the benifit, or effect, that your program will bring to others?  Is it the money you make or is it something more.  Can what we do make our world better?  I feel it can on an idividual & global scales.