Archives for October 2008

Ultimate Tournament

Sunday October 26, 2008
9AM BUDA Fall Hat League Tournament
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 65 F, Partly Sunny
Field: damp
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Sunday’s end of the season fall hat league tournament was a long, great day of ultimate as usual. After being beaten in our first two games, we finally rallied to win our last two! [...]

Ultimate Chilly

Wednesday October 22, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 43 F, Windy, Drizzle
Field: damp
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It was cold and raw for Wednesday’s game but that’s not what bothered me. I’m still battling my heel injury and am hoping I can make it through tomorrow’s all day BUDA fall hat tournament.
Ultimate Statistics (since January [...]

Ultimate Defeated

Sunday October 19, 2008
10AM BUDA Fall Hat League Game
Fernald School, Waltham, MA
Weather: 41 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It was a chilly morning for our last regular season BUDA game on Sunday. Our team had a tough go of it this fall. Last fall I played on a fall hat team that [...]

Ultimate Heel

Friday October 17, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 55 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
My heel problems continued during Friday’s game. The symptoms are identical to the plantar fasciitis I experienced over a year ago. The solution last time? Limited playing time, over-the-counter orthotics, and the standard stretching, strengthening and [...]

Ultimate Warm

Wednesday October 15, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 72 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Likely the last of the warm weather on Wednesday.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 114
Total Hours Played: 133

Ultimate Painful

Monday October 13, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 70 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It was a decent game on Monday, but unfortunately, it appears I’m starting to develop some heel pain. About a year or two ago, I had a case of plantar fasciitis plague me for a couple of months [...]

Ultimate Morning

Sunday October 12, 2008
10AM BUDA Fall Hat League Game
12PM BUDA Fall Hat League Game
Fernald School, Waltham, MA
Weather: 60 F, Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Sunday we played two games equaling four hours of BUDA fall hat league action. Our team is still a bit disorganized and lost both games again. We must be saving [...]

Ultimate Catchup

Friday October 10, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 65 F, Partly Cloudy
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Typical Friday game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 110
Total Hours Played: 127

Project Darkstar and Unit Tests

In my previous Project Snowman post, I mentioned that when developing games using Project Darkstar, there is a strong tendency to make gratuitous use of the AppContext class throughout all corners of your game server. Why is this a problem? Let me give you an example. Consider the following code:

public class Monster [...]

Ultimate Marathon

Wednesday October 8, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 65 F, Partly Sunny
Field: dry
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Yes I played ultimate yesterday. However, I would like to take this opportunity to point out that Katy has been accepted onto the Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge team for the second year in a row. She’ll be running [...]