
This is the personal blog and portfolio of Jacob Fike. I like to build web sites and applications using PHP, MySQL and AJAX. Read more »
LATEST PROJECT: InstantAction
Well, I have moved to Oregon and am now hard at work at GarageGames. We are working on some great stuff, which will become public very soon. These guys are great and it is a blast to work here.
On a side note, Overlord development may stall for a bit, but pretty soon it will take [...]
As I have been struggling to redefine the underlying structure of my Overlord software, I find myself ‘borrowing’ more and more concepts from Ruby on Rails. I am not stealing the code behind these ideas, I am simply following in their footsteps, so to speak. I found many of their methods and solutions to be [...]
Now that there are no major bugs left in Overlord, I have a bit more time to spend on other projects, like creating a map for Warcraft III and starting, or rather restarting, my RPG inventory project. The point of the project is to create a simple interface for keeping track of an inventory of [...]
As I work on the Overlord source code, I find myself starting on one new feature, getting it mostly done, and then starting on another new feature. This cycle usually repeats itself until I have quite a few not-quite-done features, which then takes a while to work out all the bugs and get it ready [...]
I have updated this website to use Wordpress 2.0 as the site engine, allowing me to post random ramblings about random topics and making it easier to update my portfolio and such. I have made a custom theme based on the default theme that resembles the old look of this site. I will consider putting [...]