The Poker Nerd

Back in New York, plans going forward

Posted in php, adwords, ftops, mysql, ajax, c#, css, xhtml, tournaments, magazines, HomeGame, programming, wsop, wcf, Las Vegas, shameless hucksterism, wcoop, personal, poker by The Poker Nerd on the July 23rd, 2007

Wifezuki and I returned from Las Vegas early Sunday morning and have spent the day recovering from the travel, the vacation, and jet lag. Now that I’m settled in and rested, I’m looking forward to getting on with poker, programming, and building up this site to more than just a blog.

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WSOP & WCF

Posted in wcf, HomeGame, programming, wsop by The Poker Nerd on the July 3rd, 2007

Just a quick update: I haven’t had much time to do anything about HomeGame in the last week as I’ve been focused on getting to the WSOP. Packing my bags, wrapping things up at work, extracting cash from my bank, and getting in as much poker as I can before leaving for Vegas have left me with almost no time.

I did start reading Programming WCF Services by Juval Lowy this week and it’s forced me to re-evaluate my approach to the transport protocol for HomeGame. Originally, I was going to write about the idea of HomeGame as a protocol, along the lines of something like HTTP or POP3. The idea was clean and elegant and would allow easier debugging through telnet using a client like puTTY. In that model, HomeGame would open a port and listen for text-based messages and reply with text-based responses.

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