Blender Keyboard Map

May 1, 2017

https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.4/Reference/Hotkeys/Map https://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/blender/useful-keyboard-shortcuts.php http://www.giudansky.com/design/51-blender-map

Blender – Coffee cup tutorial

May 1, 2017

Blender interface (Some non-intuitive stuff explained here – important) Coffee cup tutorial Source File Blender_coffee_cup.blend Press F12 to render.   Getting started with Blender Introduction to hard-surface modeling with Blender https://www.youtube.com/user/blendercookie/playlists

Senno ecto gammat

April 21, 2017

Face-to-face communication is always preferred over electronic or phone communication.  As soon as there is even only the slightest chance of invoking an emotional response you should think twice about using email.  Knowing this, I still find myself occasionally falling short of proper email etiquette.  I sort of wonder if when it says “is a […]

Windows Gadgets

April 13, 2017

I use Windows Sidebar Gadgets (originally developed for Windows7) in Windows 8/10. You can install 8GadgetPack from the internet to do so. I like being able to use my computer as an alarm clock to show me a message after X minutes or at a specific time.  Most countdown / alarm clock timers play a […]

Duma Key

March 30, 2017

“It was RED”   “Life is more than love and pleasure, I came to dig for treasure. If you want to play, you gotta pay, You know it’s always been that way We all came digging for treasure.”   “Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won’t carry a quitter. ” “If I kept saying […]

Geodesic domes

March 25, 2017

I should really build a colorbond shed. I should really build a starpicket / polypipe shadehouse. I should really build a romantic garden gazebo. But then there is this: geodesic domes.  Oooh, shiny! I should build a model using drinking straws and pipe cleaners! Or use leftover fiberglass rods from a cheap dome tent. Pros […]

Tropical Cyclone Debbie (March 2017)

March 25, 2017

Tornadoes and twisters Tornado and twister are different names for the same type of storm—a violently rotating column of air over land associated with a severe thunderstorm. Tornadoes range in diameter from metres to hundreds of metres and generally last from a few seconds up to half an hour. They have an intense updraught near […]

Our planet

March 24, 2017

Earth earth is soil.  Earth is a planet.  Capital letters matter. Earth spin – 24 hours – Day/Night cycle Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction.  For an outside observer the Earth spins left-to-right or west-to-east along its rotational axis. This is why for an observer on the surface the (stationary) sun and the night sky […]

AoC 2016 Advent of Code (Python)

December 31, 2016

Advent of Code (AoC) is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. Go check it out: Advent of Code Input files: adventofcode2016inputs.zip 2016 Day 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 […]

Arduino + HC-SR04

November 4, 2016

Description The HC-SR04 ultrasonic sensor uses sonar to determine distance to an object like bats do. It offers excellent non-contact range detection with high accuracy and stable readings in an easy-to-use package. From 2cm to 400 cm or 1” to 13 feet. Its operation is not affected by sunlight or black material.   Acoustically soft […]