Category: Links
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An annotated digest of the top “Hacker” “News” posts.
“Not discussed: how to start a startup without ruining anyone else’s life.”
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How to Design a Cheap Plant Watering Sensor
The thoroughness of this post is inspiring. Cool project, too! A $5 plant moisture sensor designed from scratch. In this article I will talk about how I designed a cheap plant watering sensor. My goal is some kind of meta tutorial, where you can see the steps involved from the initial idea to the final…
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In heaven, everything is fine
Awwwww! From David Lynchs cult (and I mean CULT) film Eraserhead! Yes.. The amazing cinematography, lady in the radiator and Victor, the frighteningly cute baby. Why not pop your keys on to a Victor of your own? The Victor keychain is 8.5cm in length and 100 X that size in cuteness! Made from polymer clay,…
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FFMPEG Script To Save Off An Image Every Second, Minute, Etc.
`ffmpeg -i input.flv -vf fps=1 out%d.png` Very useful snippet on the ffmpeg site. You’ll see.
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Retropie Showing Only “Choose”
[This happened to me today][1] after a particularly hardcore bit of housekeeping on my Pi 3. Whew. [1]: http://sybarite.us/2015/09/03/retropie-showing-only-choose/ “Copperas Cove Capers: Retropie Showing Only “Choose””
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You Might Not Need JavaScript
>Examples of common UI elements and interactions with HTML and CSS alone. **You Might Not Need JavaScript** is doing the lord’s work. Maybe we *don’t* need to replace everything with some flavor of Javascript, huh? Maybe?
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“For The Love Of Dog” Wireframe Skull Featured on Adafruit’s YouTube Channel
I am truly honored to have my work represented by [this marginally-popular regular feature on Adafruit’s YouTube channel][link]. Seriously, so great. [link]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psWgfBCL-Ek “Wireframe Skull on Time-lapse Tuesday”
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From the Internet Archive: Every Issue of Nintendo Power
[Praise be to the gods.][1] Every issue, every cover. What a resource. UPDATE 8/11/2016: Nintendo poured cold water all over this a few days later. Bummer. [1]: https://archive.org/details/nintendopower “Nintendo Power”
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New Game: DIG_IT!
I just released the in-development version of my new game, DIG_IT!, which is a retro-inspired roguelike/dig-dug-like written in lua with love2d.
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New 3D Printable Object: NES Cart Covers
I designed [this simple NES cart cover][link] to use as little material as possible, but still be robust enough to print even on janky printers. Hopefully this will help keep your NES carts safe and sound for future generations. It’s available [on thingiverse][thing] for the low price of FREE. [link]: http://thisoldconsole.com/post/146951201585/original-nintendo-entertainment-system-cart-cover “NES Cart Cover” [thing]:…
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Video: Introducing Power Adapter Pro for Structure Sensor
Wrote, shot, edited by, and starring yours truly. Released June 22nd, 2016.
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New Video: Mixed Reality in Bridge Engine With No 3D Sensor Required
Occipital [recently acquired][1] Replica Labs. Also, now we can relocalize inside of Bridge Engine without a 3D sensor! Weird how those things go together. Anyway, I wrote, shot and edited this video to commemorate the event. [1]: http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/02/occipital-buys-replica-labs-to-help-turn-your-living-room-into-a-video-game-sooner/ “Occipital Buys Replica Labs To Help Turn Your Living Room Into A Video Game Sooner”
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“For The Love of Dog” Featured on Thingiverse
My aforementioned wireframe model of a skull has been featured on Thingiverse! It’s a remix of a remix of a
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A Video I Edited About Occipital’s Bridge Engine
Thanks a ton to our private beta partners. They made all this stuff in a week! For more info, see the Structure Sensor developer page.
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Rassler
[Rassler][link] is a little 2D 1980s-inspired pro wrestling RPG that I’ve been developing in my spare time, using the Love2d engine. It’s free, I’ve been doing updates pretty regularly, and plan on continuing to do so. Currently only built for OS X, but Windows builds are coming soon. [link]: http://philnelson.itch.io/rassler “Rassler”
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Spatial Computing
Working on a new niche-specific tumblr lately, [Spatial Computing][1], tracking how the growth of using new sensors and positional tracking will alter human lives. But in a fun way. [1]: http://spatialcomputing.tumblr.com “Spatial Computing on Tumblr”
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Super Micro Paint
Super Micro Paint is a very simple, very fun, web-based version of the simple pixel-based animation and drawing toys I had as a kid. It exports animated GIFs and has one-click upload to imgur, too.
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Transformy
[“Transform your whole list, with just one example.”][link] Paste in source data. Type in the format you want. Source data is massaged to fit new format. Very simple and works great. [link]: https://www.transformy.io/#/ “Transformy – change your data with one example”
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The Interactive Fiction Fund
[If you write interactive fiction, and have a cool idea to make in May, and want to get paid $50 to make it, this is the place to be.][link] [link]: http://iffund.net/ “The Interactive Fiction Fund”