mrdoornbos

I’m not particularly materialistic, but I do have a few prized possessions. My grandfather had several pocket knives. He used this one was used so long that it’s almost a toothpick from being sharpened so many times. I’ve carried a pocketknife since I was 4 (not kidding) and while very different, I suspect my currentContinue reading “Pocket knives”

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Professionally packed… just like this loose rattling around in a box. Sigh.

I’ve been on Udemy for a decade and started but never finished many courses. And this is now the second one I’ve completed this week. Learn. All. The. Things.

Creating a simple hello world DApp. Have I ever mentioned how much a loathe nodejs and Javascript in general? Urg.

This is gonna need some work. My shots at 25 yards are consistently grouped like this which ain’t gonna cut it. Practice practice practice.

So cool. Made a jet engine sounding cook fire with a handful of dry twigs. Science is awesome.

Pocket knives

This numworks calculator is really fast

Doing a couple thousand-word article on the history and some usage of the Logo language, including code examples. Here’s an example of some supporting stuff I’m creating for it. Fractal tree on Python (turtle) next to the same algorithm on a C64. Super fun. #commodore #python

I’ve signed up for 43 Udemy courses over the years. This is the VERY FIRST course I’ve EVER completed to the end. And… I’m planning to go through it from start to finish again.

The Commodore 64 was introduced 40 ago at CES. You couldn’t get one until about August, but you could argue that today is its 40th birthday. It was and continues to be a heavy influence in my career. This very C64 was in my bedroom for a decade. Still runs like a champ #commodore