Been a while since I’ve updated.  Electronica hasn’t been abandoned; I’ve simply had other vegetables in my garden, so I haven’t been able to tend to it.  Meanwhile, a surprisingly similar app, ElectroDroid has sprung up, if your patience has run out. ;)

So what sorts of foodstuffs have I been tending to, if not that?  Well, my very sudden and rather deep addiction to Minecraft has left me very much interested in Java and OpenGL.  The idea of a Minecraft world viewer (not one you can play, but merely view) for Android has perked my interest… and also revealed how woefully unprepared I am for such a feat.  So naturally I’m crash-coursing myself with the required skills, one of which I’m missing is apparently common sense.

And on top of that, I’ve forked off on a second coding tangent.  I recently acquired a $59 Roku HD digital video player.  I can’t recommend it enough: very slick little device.  But what I didn’t know, when I bought it, was that they’ve opened up their SDK so anyone can code for it, and develop their own custom channels.  Unfortunately it’s not based on Java, or Lua, or even C, it’s… a form of VBScript.  Seriously.  Anyway, the SDK documentation is pretty good, but it’s kind of a bumpy road to get started.  I’m considering writing a quick article with what you’ll need to get going as a newbie.  Once you get the kinks worked out, it’s actually kinda fun: