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Celebrating 20 Years of Wolfenstein 3D - The Game That Started It All

Celebrating 20 Years of Wolfenstein 3D - The Game That Started It All

Updated: March 31, 2014 For over 15 years, Yahoo offered a set of classic multi-player board and parlor games for you to enjoy. Yahoo Games deeply appreciates the passion and dedication you've shown in that time. As of March 31, 2014, the existing Parlor Games and related League pages were closed while we transition to a newer technology platform that will provide a better, more consistent gaming experience. For a list of the older games affected, please see below. Please try Pool, Poker and Bingo and watch for new games as we announce them. Thank you for being a Yahoo Gamer. - Yahoo Games Team List of affected classic games: *Chess *Spades *Canasta *Euchre *Pool *Dominoes *Pinochle *Literati *Hearts *Backgammon *Gin *Cribbage *Bridge *Checkers *Freecell Solitare *Pyramids *Hold 'Em Poker *Klondike Solitaire *Bingo *Blackjack *Sheepshead *Deuces Wild Video Poker *Yahoo Towers *Reversi *Mah Jong Solitaire *Crossword *Chinese Checkers *Go *Naval Command *Spelldown *Word Racer March 10, 2014

20 JavaScript Frameworks: MVVM Templating, Licenses etc. | FariDesign.net There a lot of developer who is working with server-side application. Modern web development is getting more and more into in-browser client-side. It’s not just server-side code, HTML, CSS, little JavaScript and jQuery. As web applications move farther into in-browser development, Javascript frameworks have sprung up that operate on a higher level of abstraction than DOM manipulation frameworks like jQuery and Prototype. Such high-level frameworks typically offer support for client-side view rendering, routing, data binding, templating, animation, drag-and-drop actions etc. These JavaScript frameworks are listed alphabetical order below with descriptions and related links based on their website information. Below a quick overview about differences in MVVM templating, licensing, dependency, and size between JavaScript frameworks. Luna is one of those hush-hush private frameworks that people have been talking about. Choco brings the MVC to the client side!

Reversi Tips and Strategy Reversi Tips and Strategy Winning at Reversi requires considerable skill and strategic thinking. Here are a few strategic concepts to consider. Look ahead In Reversi it's not enough to simply try to capture the maximum number of your opponent's pieces on each turn. Computers are much more proficient at looking ahead and analyzing possible outcomes than humans are. Take the corners The advantage to taking the corners is obvious: a corner piece cannot be flipped by your opponent. Limit your opponents options To achieve your objective, you need to make plays that limit your opponent's options and force them into certain moves. One example of this is the so-called "minimum disk strategy". More Othello strategy resources The above discussion is nothing more than a primer to introduce you to a few concepts of Othello strategy. Othello: A Minute to Learn a Lifetime to Master - 162 book in PDF format by champion Brian Rose Strategy at Yahoo Games - Nice explanation of basic strategic concepts

Jam - The JavaScript package manager Space Invaders - The classic videogame // Play Space Invaders on Spain.js - A Summer JavaScript Conference in Spain I am a "technical expert" for the R&D Team at Centralway, Zurich. I make a living evaluating new technologies, coaching our employees and having an eye on the overall code quality. I also write a lot of code - either for our open source tools or internal projects or in my free time, just for the fun of it. The web is my favorite platform, but when I have to use a computer, I prefer linux. Our company has been developing web sites and web applications as well as mobile applications for iOS and Android for many years now. The recent step to dump pure-native iOS and Android development in favour of HTML 5 + Javascript + CSS 3 hybrid apps was a tough but fruitful one. There are many different options to pick from, many decisi ons to make and various roadbumps you're likely to run into.

Ascii Street View Ascii Street View Real-time Ascii Art conversion of Google Street View panorama's done in WebGL. You'll need Chrome, Firefox 8+, or another browser that supports CORS WebGL textures. Coded by @peter_nitsch. Read about this at Teehan+Lax Labs. Map data ©2014 Google, ZENRIN Terms of Use Map Satellite Thirdmanlabs : New GitHub repos per year,...

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