I’ve been working on poker saver throughout the day. Just wanted to post another screenshot.

View Poker Saver Alpha Screenshot

As you can see, I’ve got the money and icon columns working to display the proper kind of information for their column. There is still a bit of work to do on this screen though. Currently the data is still from the SQLite database imported from the php script. I should be working on the C# importer tomorrow if I get the chance.

It’s about time for me to add a favicon for this site. I lost the original .psd of the burntpopcorn logo that a friend made for me (thanks Scopes), and he lost it too, so I decided I would attempt remaking the image in the copy of Fireworks that I won. I couldn’t figure out what font he used though, so I scrapped the entire thing and decided to just use the .gif and clean it up a little bit and resize it. It turned out ok so I’m not complaining.

After that, I decided to throw up a quick page and logo for Poker Saver. Also, I’ve added a quick screenshot of pokersaver for you to gawk at. Well, not much to look at yet, but it’s going to own. What you see is loading the SQLite database using the ADO.NET provider for SQLite, imported using the PHP scripts I wrote for the original website version. I’m still not sure if I’m going to release it as open-source or not though. If I do, it would be under a BSD or Apache-style license, or maybe even a source-viewable license.

I’ve put up a small utitlity just now to calculate odds and the required pot size for calling bets. You can go to it by visiting the link to it on the right. I’ve also added a link (unworking) to the site I’ve just registered, pokersaver.com. I plan to use it to write a c# program similar to Poker Tracker but more extensive than it, including tracking for games other than hold-em. Originally it started as writing a web-based application with a game playback feature, but after creating the database for it and everything I decided that there’s too much data being sent to make it feasable for a web application. Mainly it’s because the software is $70, and I think I can write something better than it. Only time will tell.

As an aside, I’ve recently purchased Programming C# by Jesse Liberty and published by O’reilly to help me learn C# enough to do this project. It seems like it’s geared for people with a lot less programming experience than I have though, so I don’t know if I’d reccomend it to other experienced programmers. It definately has a lot of information in it though.

For robot updates, I’ve bought makings for another robot, which is going to tentatively be called FryDrumBot, which won’t be anythin like anything I’ve seen as an antweight, and hopefully it’ll be good too :). Also, I’ve got plans for FryBot 3.0. Basically, it’s going to be the same as FryBot 2.0, except with wedges built into it. I don’t know what I’m going to do with the pneumatics kit right now though. Maybe I’ll make a third robot or find a way to fit it into FryBot 3.0 :). I’m going to be working on my robot history page today, so it shows history of my robots.