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Working with cx_Oracle for Python on a Mac

Software Development oracle, python

After installing oracle (more information on how to install oracle on a Mac) I later attempted to use the cx_Oracle library to allow development using Oracle, and ran in to a problem. The problem was that every time I would try to include cx_Oracle in python, I would see the follow error: Years ago, I […]

Improving MOOCs

Education and Technology

Objective and Background MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are generally considered to be open courses that are offered by prestigious universities that anyone can sign up for.[1] I am interested in both creating and testing the value of adding aspects of personalized learning and motivational enhancement (i.e., gamification) to standard MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), to see if the additional functionality […]

Installing Oracle in a Vagrant Machine

Software Development oracle, vagrant

Install Vagrant If you have not already, download and install vagrant. Since I am using a mac, I use VirtualBox for vagrants VMs. Download Oracle Since oracle is a commercial product, it can not be packaged in with the git repository, or directly downloaded automatically. You will need an Oracle account in order to downoald it, […]

Installing Oracle Instant Client and SQL*Plus on OSX

Software Development oracle, osx

Step 1: Download You will need to download at least 3 files from oracle. In order to do so, you may need to register as an Oracle developer, or log in. The three files you need are the “basic”, “SDK” and “sqlplus” files for instantclient. They can all be found on the Oracle website. instantclient-basic-macosx-<version>.zip […]

PlayFab and Unity

Game Development networking, playfab, unity

PlayFab bills itself as “The most powerful backend platform for your game.” It offers a host of features if you are building a multiplayer game. Since I am building a multiplayer game I thought I would try it out. After signing up for an account, I was directed to a three step process to get […]

Dice Animation

Game Development 3D, Blender, unity

Today I worked on setting the initial location of the dice, and verified the setup by starting with the dice above the board, so they would simply fall when the game starts. There were a number of interesting things done today, I added the dice to the board in their starting position, I added barriers […]

UVs and the board

Game Development Blender, unity

Continuing on the board today, I wanted to load it in to Unity, but before I can do that I needed to create a UV map that would travel along with it. UV mapping is clearly a skill on to its own. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out exactly why the […]

How to run a Dropwizard Application in Intellij Idea

Software Development dropwizard, intellij, Java

1) Start by clicking the drop down next to the run buttons in the top right of the screen. Then Select edit configuration. 2) Now click the add button (“+”) at the top left of the configuration screen, and choose “Application”. 3) Set your working directory of your application, it may already be set. 4) […]

Adding swagger to your DropWizard application

Software Development dropwizard, pom

Adding swagger to your dropwizard application is very easy. I followed the tutorial for information on how to do so, and here were the actual changes I made. Step 1: Update your pom.xml file Step 2: Update your DW application configuration To make the configuration portable across environments, you can add the base path to […]

The one that got away

Fun-N-Games HOTS

Another fun replay.