Like driving, walking on snow or ice presents a few challenges not seen in normal movement. My advice can be condensed into a few rules. Prefer no ice or snow to ice or snow. Yeah. Prefer to walk on snow instead of ice.Snow provides far more traction because it is… Read more“How to Walk on Snow and Ice”
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Day 2
Second day of working on Anthropomotron: spent four hours upgrading PhoneGap, the underpinnings of the app, from 1.8.0 to 2.2.0 (enough changes have been made from version to version that I have to inch up by tenths of version numbers). Ran into some difficulty but made a breakthrough so I… Read more“Day 2”
Next: Anthropomotron 2.0!
I’ve worked out a routine where I have one major project that I work on for fun, along with various smaller projects that I do to fill in the gaps of my time. Earlier this year the project was to get Anthropomotron into the App Store. When that was done… Read more“Next: Anthropomotron 2.0!”
How to Drive in Snow
Since the snow is coming down relentlessly in Columbia, I thought it would be good to give some advice on winter driving for grad students who find themselves in new climates. Being from San Diego myself, it took some learning to get comfortable with winter driving. To begin, when you… Read more“How to Drive in Snow”
Keeley: Comic Hero Extraordinaire #4 is Done!!!
I just uploaded all of the pages that comprise Keeley: Comic Hero Extraordinaire issue 4 to Ka-Blam.com, my comic printer of choice. It’s done! Amazing what I can do with no immediate pressing concerns and a self-imposed deadline. It will take around two weeks to get a physical copy. Once… Read more“Keeley: Comic Hero Extraordinaire #4 is Done!!!”
I’m working on page 19 of Keeley issue 4! I worked a little harder than I had intended on the background. On the plus side I like it. But man am I tired. I penciled myself in the corner by arranging the characters in a way that conflicted with how… Read more“”
Introducing Data Compare-o-Matic!
Chantastisoft is proud to present a second piece of software geared toward making scientific research easier. Introducing Data Compare-o-Matic! As part of my work at the School of Nursing, I was asked to find easy-to-use software for conducting comparison of double-entered data. This method of data entry has two people… Read more“Introducing Data Compare-o-Matic!”
Speaking of A Thousand…
Anthropomotron has been downloaded over 1000 times in the App Store! I never thought that it would get so much attention, or that I would get the wonderful feedback that I’ve received. In January I will start working on the next version to add more cool stuff and keep it… Read more“Speaking of A Thousand…”
Español en Mil Palabras
Lifehacker has an interesting link to an article about learning a new language. The takeaway message: get a grip on the most common 1000 words of the new language and go from there. For a segment of the population, here is a site with the 1000 most common Spanish words…. Read more“Español en Mil Palabras”
24 Hour Comics 2012
24 Hour Comics 2012 has come and passed. Due to a personal matter, I was feeling especially unmotivated so I decided to draw a number of “Things” instead of pages. In all I drew 9 Things between noon and 2AM. Here are DeviantArt links to them in order of completion…. Read more“24 Hour Comics 2012”