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Trying out zsh (again, maybe?)
It’s been a very, very long time since I tried using a different shell than the bash shell. Back some 10-15 years ago I remember hearing about fish and trying it out. I think it broke some bash paradigms so I went back to bash. I could have sworn I tried zsh in the past,…
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Unity and JetBrains Rider on Fedora via Flathub
As I mentioned last year in my 2019 in Programming post, I created a bunch of 2D games in Unity by following along with the Gamedev.tv classes. I would watch the videos on Linux and jump over to my Windows computer for the programming, learning how to use SourceTree and Microsoft Video Studio in the…
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Review: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 142
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 142 by Neil Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars An almost perfect issue (in terms of my tastes) in which I loved all but one of the stories. Here are my thoughts-per-story, which may have some more text than my status updates if I came up against character limits during updates:…
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Web Browsers Update: Vivaldi on Windows Part 3 and Firefox
This post continues a series on exploring new browsers: Are Web Browsers getting exciting again? Vivaldi Part 1 Vivaldi Part 2 Vivaldi I’ve been meaning to get to this post for a while now, but the recent Vivaldi update blog post spurred me to go ahead and write it. Vivaldi continues to do a decent…
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Review: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 140
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 140 by Neil Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars A nice balanced collection. My favorite was Cold Comfort. Below are my per story reviews and/or thoughts. ——- A Vastness: A very interesting story of what we do when we’re so driven, we are willing to risk everything. And a great ending…
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Review: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 135
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 135 by Neil Clarke My rating: 3 of 5 stars Some COVID-circumstances led to me finishing the second-half of this two months after starting. So I don’t quite remember the themes that piece together this issue, but here are my per-story thoughts: The Rains on Mars: A delicate story of loss and…
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Review: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 138
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 138 by Neil Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars An issue in which I enjoyed pretty much every story. I didn’t detect the theme as easily in this issue as I usually do. The novella that anchors this issue, The Persistence of Blood, is really well-written. Here are my per-story thoughts:…
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Review: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 136 by Neil Clarke My rating: 4 of 5 stars This one was a tough choice between three stars and four stars. The stories I didn’t like: “Say it Low, Say it Loud” and “Her Smoke Rose Up Forever” I REALLY didn’t like. But from the stories I liked, some of them…
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Last Week or So of Programming: Python, CircuitPython, Scratch, Arduino, and MakeCode
Tons and tons of programming and electronics projects!
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Review: A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
A Man On the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts by Andrew Chaikin My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book that was used by Ron Howard, et al to make the Apollo 13 movie! I got this book as part of a space-themed Humble Audiobook Bundle. As I was choosing the next audiobook…
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Trying out the Code Syntax Block Plugin
I’m not a huge fan of plugins for key parts of the site. There are some blog posts that no longer make sense because they used, for example, the iframe plugin to embed Google Maps. That said, my previous solution for displaying code on the site – special CSS is also brittle because I lose…
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I can’t believe this blog is 15 Years Old!
I missed the 15 year anniversary this February because I was busy with family visiting and then COVID-19 happened and next thing I knew it was the end of July and I was realizing just how long this site has been around. The crazy thing is that in my first blog post on this blog,…
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Today in Programming: Python and Scratch
Scratch Once again I worked on some Scratch projects with the kids. This time it involved a sports theme. I let the kids choose which games they wanted to create and Sam chose to create the game where Scratch the Cat goes Skiing. Having done this for a few weeks now, it wasn’t too much…
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Vivaldi On Windows Part 1
This is the first post continuing my exploration of web browsers outside of Firefox and Google Chrome. You can read the introduction here. For the first browser I wanted to check out on Windows, I decided to check out Vivaldi. My thought process is that I’m most likely to end up with Brave, so better…
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Yesterday and Today’s Programming: Scratch
Stella’s Project Because last week was busy with house projects, this week I continued the ocean/water-themed programming from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The first project was a game I made with Stella (her first computer game creation), a boat race in Scratch. While we mostly stuck to the tutorial, we did partake in the challenges,…