Here's my report on doing a 2-week game jam that started on the first day of the year.
Let me summarizing by saying I loved the team, had a great time, learned a ton, and would love to work with any/all of them again. So …
read more
I had a TDY to Guam when I was 19 or 20 years old. While there, a Japanese guy sold me a bun with a filling unlike anything I'd ever tasted. Thanks to the language barrier, I never knew what it was called - I just …
read more
In January 2021, I made some plaques to thank my fellow officers for their service to our amateur radio club.
I used GIMP, Inkscape and OpenSCAD to convert every color of our club's logo into a different height on a 3D object. You can …
read moreI've received a lot of shipments over the pandemic. The boxes can be broken down flat, but they're in truth not that easy to rip apart or fit into a garbage or recycling can. I've thought about burning them. But, all this gently-used cardboard …
read moreI use some 3D printed laptop stands to reclaim desk space from my laptop-centric computing setup. The angle on those stands is fixed, but they're very sturdy. However, I was getting a bit annoyed reprinting customized stands to …
read more
I dusted off a kit tank I've had laying around for a decade (+/-).
I built the project I would have always liked to, but this time with a Raspberry Pi Zero W. I salvaged almost all of the hardware (chassis, motor controller, motors) and had an analog infrared …
read more
This post will be an overview of my journey keeping a piece of junk kit printer running.
In September of 2018, I bought my first 3D printer: an Anet A8 kit for $170. I did plenty of reading before it arrived, and I made some mods …
read moreDomain Name Service / System. In a nutshell, this converts domain names like "kn4obl.net" to an IP address like "45.33.99.51". Only IP Addresses can be routed over the internet, but humans have a much easier time remembering words or phrases. In the distant past of the …
read more
I'm John McCardle, an upcoming Cyber Intelligence graduate from University of South Florida.
I have a very diverse set of interests, as my degree would suggest. Other than the courses my Master's degree requires, here's a few of the things I've worked on since becoming a graduate student in …
read more