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Timeline

A very brief timeline of important events, mostly to remind myself that I actually get stuff done.

09/05/2020

Published the first edition of "Writing PHP with Emacs".

15/03/2020

Ran my first marathon.

06/10/2019

Ran my first half marathon.

13/04/2018

Rebuilt beeminder.el. Cleaned up a bunch of internals, added tests and generally made it usable.

05/04/2018

Created blitxmax-mode, an Emacs major mode for editing BlitzMax files.

28/03/2017

Created php-beautifier.el, an Emacs extension for formatting PHP code.

31/01/2017

Mini Shinobi Released

My first "proper" game release in over 3 years.

25/08/2016

sodaware.sdf.org is born.

I needed a place to stick technical notes and write about boring stuff that I didn't want to forget.

20/04/2012

Ludum Dare #23 -- Ineptia Released

27/03/2011

Reddit Game Jam #6 -- Psycho Bean Released

05/01/2011

First version of Craft Roulette released.

14/12/2010

Reddit Game Jam #4 -- Monster Mash Released

11/06/2010

Moved to Raleigh, North Carolina.

04/04/2009

Wedding day.

15/01/2009

Moved to the United States of America.

Coming from England to Florida is a bit of a shock.

08/06/2006

First post on PhilNewton.net

07/10/2005

Sodaware.net opens

1994

Write my first "proper" game, a text adventure called "Sonic's Adventure".

1992

Go to the local library and pick up a book on computers. It starts.

10/10/1982

I was born.