SophistimaCalc Programmable Calculator for iphone/ipod touch: It’s alive

SophistimaCalc is now live on the app store.

Itunes link:  http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=317192851&mt=8

I am giving away the following promotional codes for SophistimaCalc so you can try it out:

1. APXLANWT6WPF
2. 4LM4Y9KTAW3P
3. PWR3JYK6YKP9
4. LX3AWK6NW4J6
5. YKLTHKNKKJFW

Please post a comment/reply if you use a code to let others know.  Thanks.

Manual is here: http://freescifistories.wordpress.com/sophistimacalc-manual/

Wee Basic 0.7 Released

Wee’s in for an update yet again.

changes:

- editor bugs inserting text and backspacing fixed: many thanks to Peter Reissner (aka s54boc) for fixing these
- new splash screen
- cursor starts in correct position on launching wee basic
- comments can now be made in program.  Just start with ‘rem’ and everything is ignored until a ‘*’.  For example:

rem this will be ignored *
print 1 “This will not be ignored”

- cursor is now off-screen while a BASIC program is running

Download here: Wee07

Change .ppt extension to zip and you’re right to go.  A always, use at your own risk.

(Above, Peter Reissner’s program)

Thoughts out of the Body

Don’t f*cking hate, dissociate,
Four am,
And I was carried away,
Lost my way in the shadow,
But I’ve got to stay,
In the present but I moved away,
Obi wan and the force and God,
Superman and Zod,
His great speed,
Needed to intercept that missile,
But do not interfere in human history,
Even if there’s misery.
I won’t God,
I promise,
I’m not the type,
The ambulance can’t shine its lights,
If no one’s sick,
So I’ll stick to the plan,
Please make me the man,
Of steel so I can save the world,
And not have to worry,

Wake up clown,
You’re dreaming,
You’re nothing again,
Kick some sh*t,
And then slave in the pit,
Of misery,
Like you want to be,
Dead.

Sophistima what? (coming soon to ipod/iphone)

Oh my, I have offended thee oh my loyal viewers and personalities.  I am truly ashamed at my iphone bingery.  I’ve made 3 cents selling my “deluxe” ebook and it’s given me a hunger for more $$$$$$..err..cents.  I want to make 5 cents, nay 10 cents… and then I will be a millionary (of cents?).  I have no sense of my cents.

So I have failed thee once again as I introduce my latest creation: Sophisica…Sophit?… Sophisticated…. SophistimaCalc?  What?  Here’s the ad:

SophistimaCalc calculator is a fully customizable solution.  It performs common scientific calculations but its great flexibility lies in your ability to create and save your own equations and algorithms.  The dual screen layout allows you to input  a whole set of formulas or a complex set of algorithms and then execute all of them in one click.  If you want  a financial calculator, input the formulas using the built in memories and then save the complete set of formulas for later use.  If you want a physics calculator, do the same.

Features:

- performs multiple calculations at the same time by having:
(a) separate input and output windows;
(b) allowing all equations and commands to be inputted before processing
(c) performing all calculations set out in the input window at the press of a button
(d) showing completed calculations in the output window
(e) edit calculations in the input window – you can even use the standard iphone keyboard
- save and load contents of the input window to file to reuse complex equations and algorithms
- 100 memories, each with a name of your choosing, that you can allocate and manipulate using the ‘mem’ command (eg mem mymem=1, mem mymem=mymem+ sqr(50))
- solve linear equations using the ’solve’ command
- perform conditional calculations
- repeat calculations until a condition is satisfied
- create complex algorithms
- make calculations based on a correct order of precedence (eg multiplication and division first then addition and subtraction)
- use the following in your calculations: +, -, *, /, ^ (power), ! (factorial), %, log, ln, sqrt, sqr, sin, cos, tas, asin, acos, atan, sinh, cosh, tanh, rnd (random number), abs (absolute value)
- see our website for a complete manual
- we are always open to suggestions.  Let us know of any improvements, new features and we will endeavor to include them in updates.
It really is good.  Pic:

There’s even a manual here: http://freescifistories.wordpress.com/sophistimacalc-manual/

It will cost a whole US99 cents and equivalent.  It’s availability is subject to Apple’ approval which should hopefully be any day now.  I’ll post the itunes link once it becomes available for sale.

Anti-reality deluxe – freebie for a limited time

Get it while it’s hot… or not… when the app store gets around to updating the pricing to nada for a time:

Edit: 6 April 2009 – Well it was good whilst it lasted… or not…  Time to add to my billions again *in debt * so the app is no longer free.

Wee Basic 0.6 Released

Summary

Good news for me and myselves. The new version of Wee Basic has arrived.

Where exactly are we on this road map to hell? Wee basic now has:

- backgrounds
- sprites
- sounds
- microphone
- key presses (keyboard and most hardware keys)
- stylus touches (touch recognition and coordinates)
- motion
- primitive graphics
- basic printing and coordinate printing
- both screens can be used
- core basic commands
- usable editor with save/load, using text files

(But don’t pee in your pants yet my lovelies).

Version 0.6

Fixed:

- editor has been completely revamped thanks to Alan’s txtwriter source code. See http://ds.spacemonkeymafia.com.
I modified some of txtwriter’s basic editing code for the Wee Basic editor.
- bug in boolexpressions (for if/while) using strings

added/changed:

- added motion commands (untested)
motion (keyword initializes motion – throws an error if no motion card detected)
motx, moty (motion coordinates)
example:

motion
let x=motx
let y=moty
print 1 “Motionx: “+x
print 1 “Motiony: “+y
end

- playmp3 now has optional settings
Syntax is playmp3 <filename> <volume>,<pan>,<bitrate> (each is an integer or number variable)
You can still use playmp3 without options if you want to keep it simple

As usual, download wee06.ppt and change extension to zip – enjoy. Usual rider – use at own risk.
Download: wee06

Personality no. 35 creates Anti-Reality Deluxe (rest of me weeps)

Okay, I’ve done it now – an actual paid app for the iphone/ipod touch.  Before you torture me with insults (and believe me I’m used to it – except for personality no. 23, who is a bit sensitive and cries on a whim), it’s only being sold for pocket change (99 cents in the US store and equivalents elsewhere) – assuming you still have pockets in this economically catastrophic depressing recession.  For that small amount, you get these extras:

- four exclusive new stories that are only available in this app
- automatically bookmarks your place in the book for when you return
- customize your experience: choose your ebook background (white, parchment or cardboard) and text color

But wait!  There’s more!  You’ll get the app, a set of steak knives, the nose picker, foot rubber, thong cream, brain enhancer, backdoor vacuum and hair deodorizer all for the one low price!  Eh, who am I kidding?  Forget it – how am I supposed to become a billionaire with all of that?  Times are tough.  Just the app (there goes my career as a salesman…)

If you want  it, it’s here:

If you don’t, just join the rest of humanity and ignore this post.  As always, it’s your choice.

Free iphone/ipod touch story compilation

Wondering what myself and my 42 personalities have been doing all of this time?  (I know – no one cares but I’d like to at least fantasize a bit).  I’ve got good news for those with iphones/ipod touches.  I’ve ebooked (real word?  who cares!) an edited compilation of my short stories.  The result is an iphone/ipod touch ebook app (what a mouthful) that lets you read my stories on the go.

Here it is:

Go on then… Start downloading.  I want to get rich.  Oops.. I guess a million times zero is still zero.  Better start working on iAlsoFart mega fart flashlight ringtone app.

To Zomboula: Wee 0.5, sounds and all

Commenter zomboula’s gonna be mighty pleased with this new version of Wee Basic because:

- it has SOUND (can play mp3s); and

- you can record and play from the DS MICROPHONE.

Yipppppeeeeeeeeee!!

One more surprise: some of you my be happier with the editor. Not brilliantly astonishingly pleased, but a tinsy bit happier.

As usual, download the ppt file and change the extension to zip. Archive includes a sample program to test the new commands.

Happy programming.

PS Wee Basic manual is now a separate page on this site. Enjoy my friends. (Sorry for being presumptuous – I really have no friends except for me, me and me!

wee05

(As always, use at own risk)

Worry

Oh my, help me please.....

There are two possibilities. I can worry or not worry. If I worry, I am in pain all of the time. I think of the worst. It’s agony. If I don’t worry then I might be okay, but I won’t anticipate what might happen. Then I may be caught unprepared and there will be a lot of pain.

Maybe if I worry then I can prepare for the worst and put myself in a position where I don’t suffer as much. On the other hand, if the worst happens then I will be in pain anyhow and maybe there’s nothing that I can do to avoid it.

Problem is that I can’t be certain whether or not preparing for the worst will put me in any better position. This means that, by not worrying, I am taking a risk that I could have done something whilst I still had the chance. But this all comes at a great cost. If I begin to think about the worst then I freeze. This is a problem because the fear takes an almighty grip on me and I might fail because of the fear.

I don’t want to fail because of fear as that is a self fulfilling prophecy.

Why am I in so much pain? Why can’t I relax? More importantly, why can’t I just live in peace?

Every day I have to go through this. I can never be certain that bad things won’t happen. It’s like living on the edge of a precipice. What can I do?

Okay, I get it. I’m supposed to just say that the worst doesn’t always happen. If I keep saying that then I can wait and see. If something bad happens then the pain will only crystallise at that point in time. In the meantime I can live in peace.

I’ll try that. I just can’t stop thinking about the risk of not preparing though. There must be something I can do.

I understand now. I feel that I have to be in control because I will be blamed if something bad happens that causes pain to my family. They’ll say that I caused it. I should have managed things better. I didn’t try hard enough. I failed. I am to blame. That would be very hurtful on top of the pain. I would never intend for that to happen.

I guess the problem is that I am fallible. I make decisions all the time that I think could be of detriment in bad times. For example, if I spend money now, I can be blamed later if I lose my job. They could say that I should have saved more and managed my money better. They would say that the pain and suffering is my fault.

If others didn’t depend on me then I could live with whatever happens. I just don’t want to be the reason for other people’s pain. Especially the pain of my children. I don’t want them to be hungry, for us to have nowhere to live, for me to lose them, for them to be taken away from me, screaming and crying and wriggling violently to free themselves of their captors.

It would break me.