1. Mentor Interview: Palandus (Jason Roberts)

    Developer of Empires of Eradia: Cataclysm of Chaos.

    Palandus was kind enough to speak with me about his work on TCOD and the customizations he had to make to support his requirements. His project has been in development since 2018 and I'm incredibly grateful for his input. We share a …

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  2. Timekeeper Incremental, a Game Jam Submission

    Game Jamming in 2022

    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 …

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  3. I Made Anpan

    Published: Mon 07 February 2022
    Updated: Mon 07 February 2022
    By John McCardle

    In food.

    Finished anpan buns and a bitten bun

    A First Attempt at Buns

    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 …

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  4. 3D Printed Plaques for Hams

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    Thank Your Peers With 3D Printing

    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 …

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  5. Plycard: structural cardboard

    What's the Structural Integrity of Garbage?

    I'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 …

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  6. An adjustable laptop stand

    December 2020: a CAD and 3D Print Project to Reclaim my Desk

    I 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 …

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  7. Tiny Tank - Resurrecting a Kit From 2010

    The finished Tiny Tank

    Tiny Tank

    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 …

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  8. Ode to Junkheap: State of My First 3D Printer

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    The Junkheap

    This post will be an overview of my journey keeping a piece of junk kit printer running.

    Getting Started

    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 …

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  9. Custom Gavels for the KSC Anime Club

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    A Tale of Two Gavels

    I'm an officer of Kennedy Space Center's Anime club, KSC Anime. We inherited the club, sort of, and I reckon we are about the 3rd generation of officers in as many years.

    This post is not about anything the club has done. This post is …

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  10. Setting Up DNS

    DNS?

    Domain 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 …

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