Gordaen's Blog

I don’t know if it’s possible for me to get enough of these tower defense flash games. Vector Tower Defense is like the rest in that you build towers that automatically attack nearby targets that are proceeding on a specific path. The major differences in this one are the graphics, the number of different levels, [...]

PHP frameworks are supposed to empower the coder, while helping to keep things standardized. Unfortunately, that often means dealing with limitations or significant overhead. It is very difficult to find the right framework for any project, small or large, but I’ve created an all-purpose framework called Bruised Coccyx (Bruco for short). It’s goal is to [...]

When I was younger, friends would often ask each other, “What would you do for a million dollars?” Usually the suggestions were gross, disturbing, or at least required some thought (e.g., Would you be willing to lose a leg?). The question was never “Would you spill hot coffee on yourself for millions?” because everyone would [...]

As you can probably guess by the title, this is the moon rising, not the sun. The exposure was 65 seconds, so that’s why the moon looks somewhat bright (and why anything else is even visible). I actually took this photo on my trip to South Carolina, but I happened to be clearing out a [...]

Don’t play Bloons Tower Defense if you have little time to spare. It’s addictive! The objective is to pop the balloons (bloons) as they go along the path. You build towers (between rounds or during rounds) that attack the bloons. The cheapest tower is a monkey that slowly throws darts at nearby bloons, but you [...]