Geeks rule.

[kickaha]

I have a buddy who is teaching his young daughters math skills by... playing AD&D. Temple of Elemental Evil, no less. Srsly old skool. (They're loving it, btw.)

He decided he needed hex paper. He couldn't find cheap hex paper anywhere. He found pricey hex paper, but not cheap.

So, being a geek... he made his own. With proper numbering. And 30-hex uberhexes.

With PostScript.

And a text editor.



Edit: For those of you not using a browser with embedded PDF support, try... http://www.ncpod.org/Shared/hexpaper.pdf


I am in awe.

Comments

[jason0x21.livejournal.com]

You mean there's some other way to do it?

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

Well, most of the world uses these things called GUIs...

Seriously, when was the last time you manually wrote PostScript? Programmatically?

It's like running across someone who decided to write a new GUI app in assembler.

[jason0x21.livejournal.com]

More recent than you think, no doubt. I still haven't found a more satisfying way to do vector graphics that is _exact_ enough. Besides, it's FUN, and you can do some wicked stuff with recursion. I still have the books, but remember, I'm an HP calculator guy. I dig the stacks.

I also like Forth.

As for GUI programming in assembler, it's been a little less recent.

[ashears.livejournal.com]

You guys are wack. I'll be over here with Illustrator if you need me....

Um... as soon as I can get any GDMF CS2 apps to open on my GDMF G5 again.

[kickaha.livejournal.com]

You know, it took me years to appreciate RPN. Ever play with OpenFirmware on a PowerPC Mac? Implementation of Forth as the boot loader. Damn, but you could do some fun tricks with it. :)

And okay, *I* haven't run across anyone using hand-coded PS in the past decade... good to know there are still some insane ones out there.

Shine on, you crazy PS diamond, you.