I already wrote the article on my custom Vue sockets library, and in that post, I discussed my interest in streaming tech:Since the pandemic started I started watching more and mor…

Now for the latest entry in the most unexpected saga: Worms 68K for the TI-89. 22 years in the making, lol.You can find the project's source code and build on GitHub:https://github…

Many years ago I was trying to program an application that was way above my skill set. But one feature I wanted was a powerful window manager similar to how Blender's UI works. Win…

Back when I worked at AT&T I was often using ThreeJS to make projects to each Internet safety & security concepts.My workflow was pretty simple - I'd use Blender to make co…

When JPop / KPop fans goto concerts, the pen light is an integral part of the experience. I went to my first concert like this last summer - the Hololive All 4 One concert in Radio…

Many years ago I wrote about a project I made called Node Bucket. I didn't know it at the time, but I had effectively made CPU-based shaders using a node graph to program them.I've…

Since the pandemic started I started watching more and more live streamers on YouTube and sometimes Twitch. While I don't plan on streaming my self (yet), I got interested in the t…

While I am a super huge van of the Vue framework for web development, I don't have a lot of React code in my github / portfolio. When I was asked to freshen up on React for work, I…

I like using my skills to do surprise community projects for various discords. During the holidays in 2024, the streamer Aurelia Cassiopeia did a community watch along of the Santa…

Recently the vTuber Natsu Kashii recently had her 1 year streaming anniversary. To celebrate she released some really cool merchandise. 1:1 scale magnets of a pretend "Natsu Kashii…

When Skiddosaurus Rex said she wanted to her original song on a music box someday, I thought this would be a perfect community Christmas project.'My first idea was to see if I coul…

Recently I applied to work for the Dots game company, and part of the interview process is to recreate their classic DOTs game in the Unity game engine. I had no problem doing…

While talking with one of my friends who also enjoy's playing Pinball machines, I brought up how odd it is that Nintendo's Mario had not one, but two physical pinball machines…

While developing my Worms World Party TI-89 remake, I realized that after 18 years of development experience that I wasn't as intimidated by the C language as much as I previously …

Joking around, my friend and I were talking about "Bredtangle Pizzas" that were rectangular pizza's often sold in schools in the USA. We were tired from work, at the end of the day…

There is an update on this post here.Several years ago I wrote about a code project I made for my Texas Instruments TI-89 Graphing Calculator. It was a Worms World Party fan clone.…

I was browsing Reddit the other day and someone drew a spiral clock: https://www.reddit.com/r/drawing/comments/44kfdd/quick_drawing_i_did_a_while_ago_i_like_time/ I liked the idea,…

Check www.classetta.com for a quick demo. Part of being a programmer is knowing and working in many different languages. While most languages follow the same basic principals, thei…

A long time a go I wrote a paint-bucket style painting application. Just for fun I decided to make a special mode where the paint bucket would randomly change colors at various tim…

TL;DR: I made a plotter that uses rotations to draw, and it's hypnotic to watch.So recently I imagined an interesting way for a robot to draw images. Typically drawing robots (some…

The Story I love going to the flea market - over the years I've found many items money can't buy. On a recent trip my friend and I discovered a music kiosk store display for only $…

As I wrote about earlier, I recently got an Oculus Rift. Because the current version isn’t consumer-ready, it’s marketed as a developer prototype. As such, Oculus currently in…

During my childhood, The Adventures of Lolo was one of my favorite Nintendo (NES) games. It was a basic top-down puzzle game that had a really good balance of puzzle elements …

Click here to check out the project! A couple years ago I had a housemate named Rachad. He was a big fan of the California State Lotto, and he asked me to help him buy lotto ticket…

Important: All the comic artwork below is not my property and is copyright by Paws, Inc. and Jim Davis. I do not claim any copyright what-so-ever, and only wrote the code to random…

Click here to check out the project! Update: The site is no longer online, but there's a web archive snapshot availble, but is no longer playable:https://web.archive.org/web/201011…

My friend recently reminded me of this Troll project, so I decided to upload it. Back in high school I made a prequel-satire of Microsoft word, including a Clippy parody. Warning: …

IntroductionI built the website for Swirls Frozen Dairy and Juice Bar, www.swirlsyogurt.com. The boss had mentioned that he had an extra touch screen display, possibly for a k…

IntroductionAt the time I wrote this, I was still in High School and Pheonix was one of the most popular games for TI-Calculator handhelds. It was on more models than jus…

Introduction Just like my Worms for TI-89 project, this was inspired by an already existing game that I wanted to re-do.Super Mario Quest described it self as: "The …

IntroductionBack in the day, Worms World Party was an amazing game, that my friends and I poured hours into. Because I was a TI-Calculator addict, I was pleasantly s…

IntroductionDuring lunch break at high school, the computer lab filled with all the geeks that weren't out chattin'-it-up in the courtyard. The popular game to play was Jippii…

Introduction I've always loved Physics. Well, maybe that's not true. Ever since taking a class freshman year of high school at least. Before then I was terrified of the math involv…

Introduction I saw a screen saver for Suse linux that basically caused the screen to disintegrate before your eyes. I decided to recreate this effect. But I had another idea: make …

Sandy Stec, who I've written about a couple times before asked me to make her a separate site for her comedy tour, Leaving Milpitas.If you're unaware, Milipitas is a really boring …

A friend of a friend needed a new website for his autobody shop in SF. Check out citytechsf.com on the web archive…

Sandy  Stec is a radio personality and stand up comedian.You should definitely check her out. Anyway, my friend noticed I was getting better at making websites and offered her…

My ex-coworker for Cisco was an active member in a wild-west style quick-draw gun club. They have a cool set up in Los Banos, CA, where you can pack a revolver with wax slugs and f…

This is a fun story you'll wanna read... woot.com is known for it's "bag of crap," which was a mystery-surprise bag. woot.com usually sells cool stuff, but occasionally they e…

I had a roommate who was a lawn-care expert. Besides just cutting the lawn, he knew everything about planting, weeding, watering, and generally caring for lawns.He asked me to make…

I needed a car, but I didn't exactly have a lot of fluid cash to spend. I came up with a plan.I noticed that a local used-car dealership didn't have a website. Without asking I whi…

Check out http://lolfiction.com/.This was a major fun project. I had just finished my first full stack web project, and for the first time in my life I wrote PHP, MySQL, CSS, AJAX …

Please excuse the obnoxious green background. Although I was young both in my design ability and my web-dev ability when I made this site, I did not chose the background color! But…