AGMS

@agmsmith.ca

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Long time game (C++ at Artech Studios, Ottawa, Canada) and BeOS/Haiku OS (C++ apps, file systems) programmer. Used Ruby on Rails for a less evil social media reputation system experiment. Now (2025) distracted by Nth Pong Wars, a Nabu Z80 game project.

[Screen shot of a table of shows, times and locations in an example schedule, with waiting time between shows calculated based on walking speed]
Screen shot of the table of shows/times/venues that lets you pick the ones you see. Shows an extra row with the path to walk and walking time between selected shows.
Champlain bridge ancient sidewalk fence with water no longer near the first rung of the fence. April 27 2026.
Ottawa city councillor Jeff Leiper at the podium introducing the next speaker.
Pan from Ottawa river across paths showing water flowing over the paths and into the forest.
Large black crow lying on the ground, feathers made from shards of old car tires.
View of the piers of the Champlain Bridge with April 22 2026 flood waters rushing under. Note water is almost at first rung of fence at under bridge ancient sidewalk, the 2017 level (2019 was half way to 2nd rung).
Pan across the piers of Champlain bridge in Ottawa, Canada, April 19 2026. Ends showing under bridge original sidewalk where the fence is a good reference point.
Five piles of wood chips in the foreground, looking like they were dumped on the ground by a truck (not formed by chipping on site), and more in the distant background. In the Remic Rapids Ottawa forest, with leafless mature trees and dead park grass inbetween.
Stack of yellowing Analog and Asimov and OnSpec (non-yellow) magazines. With some extra books on top, and more magazines crammed into the gaps around the pile sides.
River shore with white snow containing light brown rocks sticking up, arranged in patterns. Open river and Gatineau buildings across the river. March 2, 2026.
Dave the groomer on ski-do dragging grooming equipment, passing lots of new skiers on the Kichisibi Winter Trail, Feb 27 2026.
A typical piece of the trail. Well packed snow with a light dusting for or perhaps from skate skiers. February 5, 2026.
[Big white heat sink with sharp fins obscuring a tiny CPU chip somewhere underneath]
[Nth Pong Wars in action, lots of movement and colour, see the script text file in the blog link for words explaining it]
[Colourful rotating squares leaving behind trails of tiles on a 1982 computer screen]
White jar of CeraVe skin moisturizer cream, with label visible.
[Players as small colourful squares with shadows roaming around the board, leaving behind trails of tiles in their own colour. Occasionally they collide with each other, and in this version they bounce off and don't stick together.]
[Long list of times, show names (with notes), and venues, in a nice table format. Summary statistics at the bottom for boasting.]
An example listing of 3 shows, with most of the text being a list of places on a path between one venue and the very far out Cafe Alternatif.
A screen shot of a show listing which says: Alex's Ottawa 2024 Fringe Festival Schedule Thursday, June 13, 2024 18:30 50 4 THE KID WAS A SPY ODD Box 19:30 55 30 THE VEXED AND THE VIGOROUS Arts Court Theatre 21:00 60 25 The Williams Family Reunion Arts Court Theatre 22:30 55 - UNSUNG: The Accidental Villains of History Arts Court Theatre Friday, June 14, 2024 17:30 50 35 Tales of a Reluctant World Traveler Studio 1201 19:00 60 22 How To Lose Friends and Irritate People Studio 1201 20:30 55 -1 A Little Bit Much ODD Box 21:30 60 - soil Arts Court Theatre Saturday, June 15, 2024 13:30 60 25 A One Woman Titanic Parody in 59 Minutes or Less La Nouvelle Scène A 15:00 60 25 Murder, She Read La Nouvelle Scène A 16:30 55 30 Joshua’s Witnesses La Nouvelle Scène A 18:00 50 35 Trainwreck La Nouvelle Scène A 19:30 50 35 The City Aquarium is Proud to Present: The Marvelous Mermaids of Merriment™ La Nouvelle Scène A 21:00 60 5 Dressed as People – a Triptych of Uncanny Abduction La Nouvelle Scène A 22:30 55 - THE VEXED AND THE VIGOROUS Arts Court Theatre Sunday, June 16, 2024 13:30 30 25 Awesome Ghosts of Ontario Arts Court Theatre 14:30 50 2 Boys’ Club Arts Court Theatre 15:30 60 25 Filmed Before A Live Studio Audience LabO 17:00 60 25 Drinking with Plants LabO 18:30 60 25 Campfire Cabaret LabO 20:00 60 25 Roselia’s Tea House LabO 21:30 55 - The Outrageous! Comedy Sketch Show LabO
Trail quite a distance above ground due to snow drift fence working really well.
Blue snow scoop on a flat roof in Ottawa, with most snow removed.