Malarkey Software

Photo Grabbr v1.45, AWAD Desktop v1.1, work section updated

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:44:10 PDT

Good lord, where has the year gone??? 2011 has so far been a very busy year for me at the day job working on a medical app for the iPad. Anyway, the updates:

Photo Grabbr has been updated to v1.45 to fix a bug. I have to apologize for taking so long with this update. I blame the people who sign my paychecks.
AWAD Desktop has also been updated to v1.1 to fix a crash bug.
Lastly, I've updated the work section of my website to reflect the iOS projects that have been released.

Photo Grabbr v1.44

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:59:55 PST

It's another new year and while it doesn't necessarily mean a new version of Photo Grabbr, an update to it is available nonetheless.

Photo Grabbr v1.43

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:20:42 PST

It's a new year so that means last year's news have been archive off to their own page. The new year also brings a Photo Grabbr update that fixes a bug that has long been the other thorn in my side.

Neko Type-R Double Remix and dead.licious rebuilt

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:16:03 PST

A few people have been asking for bigger graphics with Neko Type-R and I finally had some time to do something about it so Neko Type-R Double Remix has been added to the
downloadable archive.

Also, I've gotten a few e-mails about crashes when running dead.licious so I've rebuilt it to remove 10.3.9 support which I suspect was causing the crashes.

Photo Grabbr v1.42

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:48:39 PDT

A bug with Photo Grabbr that has long been a thorn in side is quite possibly fixed now. One can hope!

Photo Grabbr v1.4

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:50:30 PDT

I'm starting to sound like a broken record with all of these Photo Grabbr updates but I've had some feature requests so it's now at v1.4.

I've also moved on to another project at work so the Work section has been updated accordingly.

Photo Grabbr v1.31

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:37:40 PDT

Photo Grabbr has now been updated to v1.31 which resolves the "API key expired" message that users were seeing. Unfortunately, features had to be removed to comply with the Flickr API's Terms of Usage so review the version history before you complain please :)

Also, license files will be going out this week as well as I catch up on things that are not the deadline I've been working on all month. If you don't get one in the next few days and you've sent in a donation, please e-mail me and let me know.

Photo Grabbr v1.3, Mine Swept v1.47c

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:29:06 PDT

Wow. So July and August were very busy times for me so I've pretty much been sitting on a couple updates for Photo Grabbr and Mine Swept due to lack of time to prepare them for public release. Anyway, major update for Photo Grabbr bringing us up to v1.3 and a minor update to the French translation for Mine Swept, bringing that one up to 1.47c.

Work section updated

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:19:30 PDT

The Work section of my website has been updated for anyone interested in seeing what I'm currently doing for my day job.

Photo Grabbr 1.21

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:25:52 PDT

Some minor bug fixes and additions to features have resulted in Photo Grabbr v1.21. Go forth and download, my friends. Hopefully this version will be stable enough so that I can work on a couple game projects that have been simmering on the ol' hard drive for a while.

Photo Grabbr 1.2

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:09:01 PDT

Photo Grabbr v1.2 is now available for your downloading pleasure. I finally squashed the bug where groups with spaces in the name could not be found and since a couple people requested it, you can now download a user's favorites.

Photo Grabbr 1.11

Wed, 21 May 2008 15:12:59 PDT

Ah... with new features comes new bugs. Photo Grabbr v1.11 is now available. Unfortunately, I still have not fixed the bug with downloading from a group with spaces in the name but rest assured, I'm on the job.

PhotoGrabbr 1.1

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:08:29 PDT

Photo Grabbr v1.1 has now been released for public consumption. And I guess on a somewhat appropriate note, pictures from my Japan trip have been slowly trickling in (ha!) on my Flickr photostream.

Minor update to Mine Swept

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:12:33 PDT

Minor update to Mine Swept to fix the French translation as well as some other cosmetic bugs.

dead.licious, Mine Swept, and Neko Type-R updated.

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:39:36 PST

A whole lot of projects got updated. Neko Type-R had several new features added based on user feedback (and some bugs fixed too while I was in there) while both Mine Swept and dead.licious received minor bug fixes. Oh, and the Work section was updated to include Mr. Do's Castle for mobile devices.

Did you donated and not get a license file?

Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:39:25 PDT

Anyone else not get a license file from me? I just realized last week that a couple people had donated for Symbolical last month and I neglected to send them a license file (a situation that I quickly rectified). In checking my records, I have a few other donations that were either anonymous (the Amazon Honor System donations usually falled under this category) or the donator failed to specify which project they were donating for and didn't respond to my follow-up e-mail. In one case, one kind soul purchased something for me from my Amazon Wish List. So if you're one of these generous souls that have sent me something for my programming trouble and didn't receive a license file in return, please contact me with the details of your donation (amount donated, date the donation was sent, etc.)

dead.licious 1.4

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:04:23 PDT

Wow. Was my last update really that long ago? Maybe I should update my dev-log with my whereabouts of the past couple months (hint: the day job got busy). Anyway, I've updated dead.licious to v1.4.

Symbolical

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:03:30 PDT

New project added: Symbolical. It's been a while since I've put up another game and actually, this one has been in the making for a while. I finally got off my lazy bum and gave it a proper artistic finish. Well, as best an artistic finish that I could manage.

Hot Spot X mentioned in Japanese magazine

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:18:46 PDT

Hot Spot X got a mention in "Mac Fan", a magazine from Japan. For the Japanese reading-impaired (like myself), you can check out the Google Translation. They were also kind enough to send me a PDF of the print page.

Jem

Mon, 28 May 2007 10:23:24 PDT

New project added: Jem.

dead.licious 1.31

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:33:10 PDT

Otis over at Simpy.com had some excellent suggestions and noticed a few bugs with dead.licious so it's now at v1.31. Enjoy!

Books, books, and more books

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:53:25 PDT

Well, I doubt that anyone is really that interested in my and my girlfriend's book collection but it's online now for your perusal. It's also a great way to help support this site because if you buy a book from Amazon.com through me, I get a small referral fee.

dead.licious updated, UPCToISBN added, and I have a sick kitty

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:20:20 PST

Man, I really need to stop working on dead.licious so much. Anyway, it's at v1.3 now and I've finally added the Keychain support.

Also, I've brought UPCToISBN out of my project graveyard since I've been using it recently to help catalog all my books.

Lastly, I had to take my cat into the vet recently due to some urinary tract issues he was having. Well, I don't have pet health insurance so the medical bills were rather high so if you haven't donated before (or even if you have!), now would be a great time to send some money my way so my little guy can get better.

Free Code section updated.

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:00:55 PST

Updated the Free Code section since someone over at iDevGames' forum was asking about how to access the information that Apple System Profiler gives you at the API level.

Dev log linked to, work section updated.

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:22:43 PST

Added a link to my development log. Also, the work section of the website has been updated (now with more links).

dead.licious 1.2

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 12:54:17 PST

dead.licious has been updated to 1.2 which should fix (fingers crossed here) most of the problems people have had with it getting stuck on certain websites. Also, it should work a lot better for those of you who have Ma.gnolia accounts.

Neko Type-R updated.

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:23:50 PST

I dredged another project out from my archives and updated it so that it's a UB and runs properly under 10.4. Neko Type-R is now at v1.1. If you like it, let me know.

dead.licious, Web Dailies receive updates

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:27:28 PST

dead.licious has received a minor update and one of my older projects, Web Dailies, gets a little work done on it.

Mine Swept now comes in French

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:16:11 PST

Mine Swept updated to v1.46 and comes in French now.

dead.licious updated to v1.1

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:58:31 PST

dead.licious is now at v1.1. This release includes several new features (such as 10.3.9 support, a log window, and more).

Fixed some issues with dead.licious

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:45:24 PDT

Fixed some minor issues with dead.licious that I missed before releasing version 1.0.

dead.licious

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:00:38 PDT

Wow! News that isn't about Mine Swept! Anyway, dead.licious, a tool for anyone with a del.icio.us account, has been added to my slowly growing list of projects. Long story short, it checks the bookmarks in your account to see if they're still valid.

YAMSU [Yet Another Mine Swept Update]

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:54:54 PDT

And the Mine Swept updates continue to come in. Also, as of v1.45, Mine Swept is now a Universal Binary.

Hot on the heels of Mine Swept v1.43...

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:15:24 PDT

Mine Swept updated yet again to version 1.44.

Mine Swept v1.43 and HexDecBin added as new project.

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:31:41 PDT

Mine Swept updated to version 1.43.

Also, if you're nerdy enough (like myself) to need to convert between decimal and hexadecimal numbers quickly and easily, check out HexDecBin on the projects page. OSX and Win32 versions are available.

Hot Spot X updated.

Sat, 20 May 2006 23:58:29 PDT

Hot Spot X updated to version 1.22.

More Hot Spot X tiles.

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 14:22:39 PDT

Wow. More tile sets for Hot Spot X just keep on pouring in. This time, it's CircSym and Elements from Jeff Ross.

And speaking of more tile sets, I added another one at the behest of a color-blind player and repackaged the Hot Spot X archive. I've also made it available as a separate download. So if you have any color-blind friends who enjoy puzzle games, please pass the word along.

Lastly, I just had hand surgery so if you enjoy my games and would like to help me out with my medical expenses, please head on over to the donation page.

Fixed South Park tile set link.

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 12:26:01 PDT

Whoops. The South Park tile set was linked to the wrong file. It should be fixed now.

Hot Spot X and Mine Swept updates.

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:05:16 PDT

Hot Spot X updated to 1.21 to fix a couple things. Also, South Park was added as a player-contribute tile set.

Mine Swept updated to version 1.42, as well.

Mailing list added plus a another Hot Spot X tile set.

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:04:49 PDT

Malarkey Software now has a mailing list. Check it out, yo!

Added Animals, another player-contributed tile set to Hot Spot X. Anyone else want to contribute one?

On a more personal note, I think I may have broken a finger so if you send me an e-mail, don't expect too prompt of a response please.

Speaking of e-mails, I've been getting some with invalid addresses. So if you've sent me an e-mail and have not heard back from me, chances are I didn't get it.

New tile set for Hot Spot X

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:31:46 PST

Added Runes, the first player-contributed tile set to Hot Spot X.

Hot Spot X updated to 1.2

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:55:08 PST

Hot Spot X received a massive update and has been bumped up to v1.2. Please download and enjoy.

Mine Swept updated.

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:10:52 PST

Mine Swept updated to version 1.41. This release fixes some bugs, makes some tweaks, and adds a couple new features.

Hot Spot X updated.

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:02:46 PST

Hot Spot X updated to version 1.12 to fix a couple bugs.

Doh!

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:05:29 PST

I'm an idiot. I left in some test code in Hot Spot X by accident which killed the game when the first tile was placed.

Mine Swept, Hot Spot X updated

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:41:54 PST

Whew! Lots of updates. Mainly because I forgot that I had a News section of my website and that I should update it when I update the RSS feed. So yeah, the updates:

Mine Swept was updated to 1.4.
Hot Spot X was updated to 1.1.
New project added: Chemical Bonds.
New host and website address! Of course, if you're reading this, you're already here...

Other projects are getting updates too so more on those as I complete them.

New website design

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:41:45 PST

New website design! Thanks to the wonderful folks over at OSWD for making it possible for people like myself to have a decent looking website without spending forever and a day trying to figure out how to do it.

OMG contest entry: Chemical Bonds

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:41:41 PST

Added a new completed project: Chemical Bonds.

Mine Swept updated.

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:41:35 PST

I finally got off my lazy butt and added some changes based on comments from users.

We're moving!

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:41:28 PST

The website is now accessible under the address http://www.malarkeysoftware.com/. Please update your bookmarks as the old address will go away soon.