var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-1632905-2’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @otanistudio)http://blog.otanistudio.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zl5vbXXs1qd79im.png"/></p> <p>Back in March 2012, I spent my train ride from San Jose to San Francisco writing a <em>Space Invaders</em> clone. Here are the results:</p> <p><a href="http://otanistudio.github.com/dominvaders/" title="DOM Invaders!"><a href="http://otanistudio.github.com/dominvaders/">http://otanistudio.github.com/dominvaders/</a></a></p> <p>The details on the how and why are here:</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/otanistudio/dominvaders/" title="DOM Invaders! Github Source"><a href="https://github.com/otanistudio/dominvaders/">https://github.com/otanistudio/dominvaders/</a></a></p> <p>Should I do more of these?</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/23006985188http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/23006985188Sun, 13 May 2012 17:23:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyrtkkPio01qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Play is the work of children. It’s very serious stuff.” — Captain Kangaroo</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/16920704731http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/16920704731Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:57:56 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyb8w2Ha6F1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Marvelous Bed Head (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/16410349700http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/16410349700Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:09:38 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvev6qYBx1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/6704761379/" title=" "> </a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15924274812http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15924274812Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:57:06 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxej37Xhcq1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a></p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15422090735http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15422090735Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:09:07 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxce3twtwG1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h3><a href="http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15357718017/3m-command-strips-and-functional-yoga-im">3M Command Strips and “Functional Yoga?”</a></h3> <p>I’m trying out 3M Command Strips, the kind for picture frames that contain a “Velcro” style middle-layer to join each half of the strips. The hook-style ones worked out well for hanging Christmas stockings over the holidays, so I’m giving these a try on the kids’ fifteen-pound (6.8 kg) magnet board with the goal of avoiding drills and screws. Secured at six points around the board’s frame to a semi-gloss coated half-wall that we have in our family room, they appear to be strong enough to withstand one of the greatest forces of nature: Toddlers.</p> <p>Uh, so in order to set the adhesive, I laid down and used my feet. I got bored, and took this photo. I may fall into a meditative trance (code word for “falling asleep.”), which may commence a whole new practice of yoga: <em>Functional Yoga?</em></p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15357718017http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15357718017Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:26:00 -0800stupid pro-tipstriviafunctional yoga<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx8wzmPm2l1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/6629302267/" title="Zenzai">Zenzai</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>A sweet red bean (<em>azuki) </em>and rice cake (<em>mochi</em>) “soup,” eaten as a… dessert. The red beans are simmered in a simple syrup for hours. We rice cakes are toasted over a hot charcoal grill until they “puff” and turn golden brown.</p> <p>Of course I cheated by using canned azuki beans thinned-out with a bit of hot water, and the oven’s broiler to toast the mochi on a cookie sheet with parchment paper.</p> <p>My Cajun-Welsh-Scottish-American wife still finds sweetened red beans (very) weird, whereas I find it to be a comfort food and have it at least once every new year. Fundamentally, it seems there are many cultures that have variants on a “red beans and rice” recipe as a dish symbolizing good fortune.</p> <h4>Read more</h4> <ul><li><a href="http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2011/03/sugar-rush-ushiwakamaru-zenzai-dessert.html">Ushiwakamaru’s Zenzai</a></li> <li><em>Sekihan, </em><a href="http://www.lovelylanvin.com/2010/10/24/sekihan-japanese-red-bean-rice-for-project-pink/">Savory Japanese Red Beans and Rice</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/red-beans-and-rice-recipe2/index.html">Classic Southern American Red Beans and Rice</a></li> </ul>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15262635629http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15262635629Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:23:00 -0800japanese foodazukumochijapanese new year2012<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/6614991145/" title="2012 by Robert Otani, on Flickr"><img alt="2012" height="1024" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7164/6614991145_a9327cd1c4_b.jpg" width="576"/></a></p> <p>Our extremely humble <em>kagami mochi</em> display for New Year&#8217;s Day 2012.</p> <p>Let&#8217;s get this New Year rollin and kick some ass!</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15265392955http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/15265392955Sun, 01 Jan 2012 08:00:00 -0800new year2012<p>In Terminal:</p> <p><code> chflags nohidden ~/Library</code></p> <p>That&#8217;s it. I wonder when that option will simply be added to Finder preferences or somesuch.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/9297009790http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/9297009790Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:08:00 -0700Forgetful ProTipsos x<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpncrtBUfY1qd79im.png"/></p> <p>After installing OSX Lion on my MacBook Pro, I was annoyed by a dialog upon startup that stated:</p> <blockquote> <p>To open &#8220;CS4ServiceManager,&#8221; you need a Java runtime. Would you like to install one now?</p> </blockquote> <p>(My answer: &#8220;No.&#8221;)</p> <p>This is a Photoshop CS4 nag utility that I didn&#8217;t want to have running on my machine all the time. I also did not want to install a Java Runtime just to run this stupid thing. How did I get rid of it?</p> <p>Photoshop&#8217;s support site was barely supportive: <a title="not-so-helpful Adobe knowledge base article" href="http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408711.html">A knowledge-base article informs us that we can create a custom plist file to disable CS4ServiceManager</a>.</p> <p>Ugh. Instead of doing that, l used <code>launchctl</code>:</p> <p><code> launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist </code></p> <p>Haven&#8217;t seen it since.</p> <p>Now, I won&#8217;t receive auto-update notices, but there are some apps that I prefer to manage on my own time. (If forced to choose, I would prefer that my app check for updates during launch.)</p> <p>(P.S.: With <code>launchctl</code>, I can also disable a bunch of other auto-updater agents, like Google&#8217;s App Engine updater by applying <code>unload -w</code> to <code>com.google.keystone.agent.plist</code>)</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/8680407275http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/8680407275Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:13:00 -0700os xForgetful ProTips<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln8927flRW1qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/5862530256/" title="WTF is on My Peephole?">WTF is on My Peephole?</a> on Flickr.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6817580458http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6817580458Wed, 22 Jun 2011 22:10:56 -0700waspmud daubernestpeepholewtf<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/5817454462/"><img height="480" width="640" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3304/5817454462_745bcbe487_z_d.jpg"/></a></p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6692774446http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6692774446Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:07:00 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmwiws1p171qddgdao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Google Voice transcripts are fun!</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6598491546http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/6598491546Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:12:29 -0700<p>IMVU&#8217;s first mobile game, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hide-and-seek-by-imvu/id426808659">now available on iOS</a>.</p> <p><a title="Hide &amp; Seek by IMVU" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/5756325399/"><img height="428" width="640" alt="Hide &amp; Seek by IMVU" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/5756325399_cbb44ce2e5_z_d.jpg"/></a></p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/5817838718http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/5817838718Tue, 24 May 2011 17:56:00 -0700iosobjective-cprogramming<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll5jjm82s21qd79im.png"/><br/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll5jdq1qz71qd79im.png"/></p> <p>&#8230;an iOS App. Details will follow as soon as we&#8217;re approved.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/5458665710http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/5458665710Fri, 13 May 2011 13:55:00 -0700ios<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c166200917&photo_id=5494052996" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=c166200917&photo_id=5494052996" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>While learning iPhone game development, I wrote a test game inspired by our own Stella-The-Dog, and I can’t stop cracking-up!</p> <p><em><strong>Also</strong>: </em>I would love to learn about your recommendations for OSX screen recording software.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3617577136http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3617577136Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:59:00 -0800iosprogrammingstupid iphone trickscocos2d<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lheoox5rC81qddgdao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I gotta say that this cocos2d for iPhone stuff is pretty fun (and you’re probably wondering “WTF is that?”)</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3591651893http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3591651893Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:12:00 -0800cocos2d,stupid iphone trickswtf<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbdybzUR51qddgdao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbdybzUR51qddgdao2_500.jpg"/><br/> Roots were around old pipes<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbdybzUR51qddgdao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbdybzUR51qddgdao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhbdybzUR51qddgdao5_500.jpg"/><br/> Pink Hello Kitty boots FTW<br/><br/> <p>Replacing the “Lollipop Holly” in the front yard with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia_stellata">Star Magnolia</a> (<span>幣辛夷)</span> with help from my daughter. We also added a Coral Bark Japanese Maple (イロハモミジ) to the yard.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3560105875http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3560105875Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:32:00 -0800<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/5460995104/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5257/5460995104_f543d63d32_z_d.jpg" height="425" width="640"/></a></p> <p>Outside <a href="http://superhappydevhouse.org">SuperHappyDevHouse 42</a> at The Tech Museum. This is Market Street in San Jose looking Southeast.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/sets/72157626092658672/with/5460995104/">There are a few snapshots of what happened inside The Tech that night via my Flickr set</a>.</p> <p>Twenty-second exposure with a Nikon D90 at ƒ/11, ISO 200, 11mm (17mm equivalent). &lt;3 The starburst from the street lamp near the base of the hotel.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3420495788http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3420495788Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:39:00 -0800shdh42san josephotography<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treborinato/5454524405/"><img height="428" width="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5454524405_3e64bd3e60_z_d.jpg"/></a></p> <p>And something new. In the upper left corner: My new desk.</p>http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3355152605http://blog.otanistudio.com/post/3355152605Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:22:01 -0800