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One Small Development, One Huge Step

Here lately I’ve been pretty busy with miscellaneous things. Playing games, work, training, family, taking pictures, and stuff I can’t think of in this short post.

Anyways, one of my coworkers Stephen Dodson and I have assembled a small intro project of what I hope will grow into a bigger hobby over time… Our first game!

This game took about a week to build. It’s a very simple game and it’s also mostly based off of a tutorial. So I won’t give all the credit to ourselves cause we have to start somewhere! lol

Anyways, if you would like to play the game, we have the most current build playable in a web browser (I know YUCK!). But it’s the most efficient way of publishing such a small game at this time. Link

For those of you out there wondering  HOW we even were able to publish even this small arcade-ish game… here’s how it works.

About 130 lines of C# code. And it was made in the Unity3D engine. The ship, asteroids and even the laser bullet were made in Cinema 4D.

So I’m pretty happy with this accomplishment no matter how small it is. I mean, this is barely past any “Hello World” application!

But we need help! If you are interested in making games and would like to join us as we grow our skill-set (we are barely beginners) just let us know!

You can find us normally at nights talking on our TeamSpeak server (ip: blogryan.net) or email me though the contact form on this blog, or post a comment!

Coupon: “Morris”

Well, I received an email earlier today from a guy in the UK that couldn’t buy my book in iTunes from the UK store. My publisher for some reason won’t let books go out of the US. So I decided to give the UK guy a break and let him have a $5 coupon for anything in the BlogRyan.net store.

After I issued the coupon I figured I should just open the offer up to anyone. So I am.

Just use the coupon code “morris” at checkout and get $5 off anything in the store. This deal expires August 31st so hurry and get your downloadable free stuff!

Just thank Mr. Morris for the inspiration in the comments of this post if you have the heart.

Yes, I’m Getting Married. Here are the Details.

The wedding will be on January 1, 2011

The wedding is going to be located at North Mt. Zion Church of God in Hiawassee, GA

It will start at 1pm

We are trying to keep the costs down so we are only inviting close family.
For those who cannot come to the actual wedding, I will have a live video stream here on BlogRyan.net of the service. The page will go live on that day from 12pm till 2pm specifically for the wedding, but not any earlier.

We will be holding a separate reception for the family and friends that couldn’t make it to GA the following Saturday after the honeymoon.

Also here is a link to the story of the engagement: http://tinyurl.com/2cr8q3a

Thanks for your support!

Ryan & Summer

My First Book (in Progress): Small Budget Production Guide

Well, as most of the people that know me personally, you are probably gasping at the thought of me writing and publishing a book. To tell you the truth I am surprised too! I have never liked to write or read. But this is something that I think I will enjoy in my free time and hopefully plenty of other people will like to see my work.

So one section in the short book I am writing is called:

“Pioneering Media at NMZ”

The book is geared for an audience of other small churches who are struggling to start their own media or need some kind of direction for their media department.

Coming from a small church without a media budget but still accomplishing a lot with a little with my six years of working to build the media at North Mt. Zion, I have developed a heart to help small ministries make a big impact through media. This book will share the short history of how the church slowly developed a successful media ministry with only a handful of volunteers and will help encourage and drive other churches to follow in it’s footsteps and do the same.

Hopefully I will have this book completed and available for digital sale for all eBook readers including: Nook, Kindle, iPad, PDF and an online version. Also only for special orders I will try to have a physical printed copy of the book according to the printing costs. I will hope to publish the book around the end of June 2010 at a small price of only $10.

I will have more details on how to get the book in digital or print form closer to the publish date.

So here is a short excerpt from the book for your reading pleasure:

“Back in the day, I actually had nothing to do with the video recording. I only put the scripture on the screen with SongShow Plus and a windows 98 machine. We had just gotten a camera donated and for the longest time it was MiniDV tapes with boxes to hold them. If anyone wanted a copy of the service we transferred the un-edited ugliness straight to a VHS tape.”

Further editing may change any quoted text.

Thanks and make sure to let anyone you know about this upcoming short read! Also, the goals and objectives of the book are changing continually. The hardest part is trying to write to a small niche audience while still trying to appeal to as many people as possible. This is a hard balance. But, I’ll keep ya updated and more excerpts when I get closer to publishing the book!

We are Back!

I discovered just last night that my server had gone down for more than a whole day!
This was something on my provider’s side and not mine.
What had happened was, even though I paid my bill for my sever on time, they had already queued my account for deactivation and somehow it didn’t get pulled from that queue until I had to actually call support and complain.
So, my statistics have dropped to almost nothing for the past three days and I don’t like that!
Something I found also was that not all the Weekly Digest emails went out on schedule as a side-effect to all the down time, as well as my back-ups and everything else that has a scheduled cron job!
So, here is a nice brand new post going to everyone that we are back up and running! So come read the content and glance at the advertisers!
And, just for a quick heads up. With my new job and actually working 40+ hours a week now, I will try my best to keep the content rolling in. And my book scheduled completed dates are also having to be pushed back.
So thanks for the support and I hope to see ya soon!

Demystifying Ryan: Part 2 of 5

Myth #2 Ryan Farmer is an Organized Person

So Ryan really seems to have his stuff together right?  I mean, he has a blog, he makes cool videos, he seems to know about finances and the ultimate proof is that he is about to graduate.  Sounds pretty organized, right?

Well, you’re right, Ryan has a very organized system which he uses to sort everything. If it is paper, it either lays on the kitchen table, the coffee table, the dresser, or the living room floor. If it is a box, it finds a spot against a wall. If it has an Apple logo on it (trash or not), he keeps it. (This usually means laying it on top of the papers) If it is a cable, wire, cord, etc. it belongs anywhere and everywhere.

The most important part of his plan to de-clutter the apartment is this last point; If he will need it tomorrow, the next day or within the week (2 or 3 sometimes), it should remain in a convenient place (the coffee table, or in the case of clothing, every seat in the house) until the time comes that he needs to use it, after which it will probably be returned there for future use. As I said, Ryan maintains a very organized system which allows him to function in a space free of distraction (or a place for anyone else to sit).

This level of organization is what enables him to spend time efficiently so that he has time for other pursuits, such as writing this blog. Now just don’t ask me to explain the thought process which gives him the ability to structure his life so well. His thoughts are so far beyond mine I just know I’d be lost trying to unravel those mysteries.

Myth #2—Busted or Not?  I’ll let you decide

Chris Jackson

Full-Time Maid

Demystifying Ryan: Part 1 of 5

Myth #1 Ryan Farmer is a Great Communicator

Okay, so maybe you would just say a good communicator, I mean just look at all the things he’s told you about:  Fashion, Technology, Girlfriends, Finances, etc.  Well, you’d be wrong.  In fact, most of the time Ryan doesn’t even use English he just mumbles and makes random noises. (bau is not only a word but sometimes a phrase or even a sentence) The scary thing is that after 2 years I’ve actually learned to understand him.  At moments I’ve even begun to respond in like manner before I even realize its happening…crazy.  Sometimes I have to translate as he attempts speaking to others in this strange, not quite language.  Let me just say, for most people, random bau’s and pew’s do not a conversation make.  Though sometimes I wonder if he’s not a “great communicator” just experimenting on whether or not he can teach a non-existent language by immersion.  Then after (what he considers) a tough day he goes and says something like “I’m suck today” and I remember he’s just weird ol’ Ryan who sometimes forgets how to talk.

I’d say Myth #1—Busted!

Chris Jackson

Roommate to the (in)famous Ryan Farmer