Yearly Archives: 2003

FileMaker Holiday Lunch

December
20
,
2003
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Pictures rom the FileMaker Engineering Holiday Lunch (2003):
(I don’t know who was taking these pictures but I recovered them from the engineering web site.)

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Stephen and Vivian’s Baby Shower

December
08
,
2003
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Pictures from Stephen and Vivian’s baby shower, at my place – “yes, but where’s Vivian??”  Click on through for the full gallery:

 

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Exploring Kaua’i

November
30
,
2003
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This is a collection of images from a trip to the island of Kaua’i in Hawai’i.  The first six days were part of an adventure tour group trip “Kayak and Hike Kauai” sponsored by Match.com and REI Adventures and provided by Kayak Kauai.

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Halloween at the Wellers

October
28
,
2003
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Lots of pictures from the Wellers’ 2003 Halloween party – click through for the full gallery:

 

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Home Theater Upgrade: Sony VPL-HS20 Projector

October
15
,
2003
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Okay, back in February of 2002 I said I didn’t expect to upgrade my home theater projector until full HDTV resolution was available, but I spoke too soon. It looks like affordable full HDTV projector resolution is still years off, so I’ve just sprung for the new Sony VPL-HS20.  It boasts much improved contrast, more input options, better computer signal syncing, quieter fan, better pixel fill ratio, etc… all for half the price that I paid for my 10HT three and a half years ago. And yup, I looked around and found the best price at ProjectorPeople.com again. (Hey, if you buy from them, please mention me as a referral.)

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David’s Birthday

July
28
,
2003
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Click through for a gallery of pictures from a little gaming party for David’s birthday at my place:

 

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Wrath of Denethenor – Cheat myself back

July
12
,
2003
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Hiya.  I was wondering if you knew (or remembered) the offsets (and such) in the Apple ][ code for WoD to well, cheat.
I got very far into WoD when I was 16 years old (I’m 33 now!).
Somehow, my game disks (one of them?) became corrupted, and I couldn’t finish the game.  I recently downloaded an Apple ][ emulator and found roms to your game!
(Is this ok?)  Anyway, I’d like to cheat myself back to where I was, or at least remove the stamina reduction over time functionality and such.  The “Applewin” program seems to have a decent debugger.. though I’m racking my brain to remember 6502 assembly language. =)
I know it’s been a LONG time, but if you remember anything, I’d appreciate it.
Thanks for writing such a great game.  Playing it again brings back some great memories.
-V-

 

Geez… talk about a backlog of old email….  sorry for the (yikes!) year long delay!Thanks for writing and thanks for your interest in WoD.

Here are some of the key offsets from the character file.  (No, I most definitely am not recalling this from memory!!)  I believe all the values were in BCD (binary coded decimal) — in other words, 255 would be represented in hex as “0255” not “00FF”.  hit points: bytes 26 & 27,  stamina: 28 && 29,  gold: 30 & 31

Enjoy!

– Chris

Hehe, I was wondering why you never responded. ;)

Thanks for the answer!

Take care,

-V-

ps. I have some great memories of some of the first games I’ve ever really loved when I was just getting into computers in my teens.  Thanks for one of them.

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Waterskiing on San Antonio Lake

June
25
,
2003
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Here’s some pictures and videos from a day out on San Antonio Lake in central California to try waterskiing with Ralph, Belinda, Jeanie and another friend of theirs.  Alas, I was not successful… and I feel like I about pulled my arms out of their sockets.  But riding the inflatable raft around was hysterically fun!  Click on through for the full gallery:

 

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Cache Creek Rafting/Camping

June
18
,
2003
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Here’s pictures from a weekend of super-fun, self-guided rafting on Cache Creek in Northern California with a bunch of friends and friends of friends.  Click on through for the full gallery:

 

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South Fork American River Rafting

June
01
,
2003
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A day of rafting with Dave and Troy on the South Fork of the American River in some cold spring water courtesy of American Whitewater Expeditions.  Click on through for the full gallery of pictures:

 

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Wrath of Denethenor

February
26
,
2003
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> Hey!
>
> I loved that game on the ’64. Almost finished it. Apparently, the only
> thing I didn’t try was speaking “uren duir esex” from RIGHT NEXT to
> Denethenor. :( Tried it from further back… I was under the impression
> from “choose your steps wisely” and “approach like a whisper” and “the
> unspoken spell” that it had to do with a step pattern, and hitting the
> “say” button, then f7 to make it say “nothing.” Oh well. It was a fun game
> in any case.
>
> I’m also a Mac dude, so have had experience with old Claris works. Did see
> your name in the credits… :D
>
> Ethan Larson

Hi Ethan,

Thanks for your message.  I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the game!  You certainly were awfully close to finishing it — just a couple of steps away!

Thanks again,
Chris

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Tahoe Ski Weekend

January
30
,
2003
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A ski weekend at Heavenly in Tahoe with Ralph, Belinda, Jeanie and friends.  Click on through for the full gallery of pictures and videos:

  

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Exploring Costa Rica

January
12
,
2003
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This is a collection of images from a pair of trips booked through REI Adventures and provided by Costa Rica Sun Tours.  The first was their “Jungle and Sea Escape” from December 20-27, 2002 and the second was their “Costa Rica Multisport” trip from December 28 through January 4th, 2003.

   

 

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