Today I played some Minecraft! My friends and I started a new server on version 1.18 and I haven’t played since version 1.12 (2017). I’m excited to see what’s new in 1.18! I haven’t even read the release notes, so there should be at least a few surprises.
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Spray Paint, v1
Spray Paint! A drawing tool for all your spray paint needs. It’s like the Microsoft Paint airbrush tool, but with more controls. Paint with a huge brush, large dots, or turn down the speed and paint stars!
Reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, #2
Today I finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.I definitely did not expect that first twist. I was just reading along and then I was like, “Woah, wait. Did that just happen? xD” Overall, an engaging read. Would recommend.
Reading “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, #1
Today I started reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. I like how it skips the deluge of names and unexplained references which sometimes overpower sci-fi intros. It’s approachable and I really appreciate that.
Playing “Getting Over It”, #3
Today I made it to the bucket! I was expecting the difficulty to go to 11 after the orange, but it’s like, not that bad? Maybe there’s an insurmountable obstacle up next. Now for the real question: to ride the snake or to not ride the snake?
Playing “Getting Over It”, #2
Today I played some more Getting Over It! I almost made it up the rocks just past the orange. I’m also getting much faster at chimney and the wall with the playground.
Playing “Getting Over It”, #1
Recently I’ve been playing Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy. I know it has a reputation for being a rage game or at least extremely polarizing, and that’s why I’m playing it. I also love the surrealist art style and the concept. Anyway, here’s some observations so far:
Grid view is here!
I feel like content discovery on the site isn’t that great right now. The main blog section has 23 pages and only 10 posts per page. I know I wouldn’t want to have to click the next page button 3 times just to glance at 40 posts. Grid view should help surface more content and…
Unscripted, #2
Today I played some more with VCV Rack and the texture module in particular. I tried running a guitar Em chord through the texture module. Here’s the original sound:
Unscripted, #1
Today I played with VCV Rack, a software modular synthesizer. Here’s a random patch I made:
Unscripted, #0
Today I took the day off my normal projects to just rest. Then I had the idea to make this a series. Not a continuous series like 30 Days of Watercolor or Learning C, but a collection of unplanned/ unscripted things. I notice with the content creators I follow that I’m interested in what they…
Mini Blender Renders, #3
A book store closing. I’ve painted this scene before and I wanted to do it again in 3D.
Mini Blender Renders, #2
“I gaze down the aisle of storage units. Dandelions carpet the concrete. A cool breeze stirs them and lifts their essence of possibilities. I pick one. I blow the seeds and watch them twist in the current. Somewhere nearby, I hear a door slide open.”
Mini Blender Renders, #1
Lately I’ve been feeling inspired to make mini renders in Blender. Here’s two so far:
Bubbles on TI-83 Plus, Pixel Art
Today I made a bubbles screensaver mock up for the TI-83 Plus.I have several TI-83 Plus calculators and I thought it’d be cool to run the bubbles screensaver on them. I would need to program everything from scratch and I don’t have a link cable yet. Additionally, it may look bad due to the display’s…
Discovering Neocities
Do you remember Geocities? It was a land before my time, but I recently discovered Neocities, a new web hosting service like Geocities. It’s so cool! Browsing websites on Neocities is a refreshing break from modern web design. Try my boring web design test on Neocities; almost none of them pass. I want to make…
Toki Pona, #2
toki! It’s been a while since the last update. I’m still learning Toki Pona, it’s just taken a backseat to my other projects. I’ve memorized nearly all the words and now I’m focusing on getting lots of input. Maybe at some point I’ll write posts in Toki Pona. mi tawa!
NES Controller + retroUSB Review
TL;DR: The NES controller feels like how PICO-8 games were meant to be played and the retroUSB adapter is perfect. I recently played 100 PICO-8 games with my NES controller and I wanted to write a review. So here’s my review of the Nintendo Entertainment System controller (model NES-004E, 1991) and retroUSB adapter. Some background:…