Pimp my Windows Box
When I first started at Google, I wrote a short article on the essential utilities I add to an OSX machine when it’s brand new. A friend at work recently asked me what I do when I set up a Windows machine and thus…
Building a Hexacopter
It’s been a while since I last wrote about multirotors and I have learned a lot since then. The DJI Phantom I started with had a few upgrades done to it: Carbon fiber blades were added Body was painted black The mainboard…
Programming an Adafruit LED matrix
The plan For Halloween, I am making costumes that are like discos and for the costume I wanted to create a light setup that would flash colored lights off of the costume. I wanted to support various modes like a beating heart: a…
Would you [re]program yourself?
It’s been a running joke for me that, “Hey, what’s the worst that could happen if there’s a bug in this demo or example, right?” The joke came from when I was a young programmer and worked alongside many of…
A few odds and ends
I have a few odds and ends that I have been trying to put together into full posts, but for now it’s not gonna happen. Instead, I’ll share some thoughts as previews for posts that may or may not happen in the near or far future.
Multi-rotors, Drones, Quad-copters, oh my!
So…. I recently took the plunge into the hobby of multi-rotor robotics! I purchased a DJI Phantom (pictured during repairs): It’s an amazing piece of machinery and comes ready to fly (RTF). My first flight was a trip, I opened…
Dead simple App Engine static hosting
I have no idea why, but I have had tons of trouble finding a simple example for hosting app engine. I have been working on a client-side only site so all I wanted to do was host some static content….
Chromecast, wow!
A long time media geek’s initial thoughts on the Chromecast device from Google. I freaking love the device and was completely surprised about these things.
Manipulating sites using the DOM editor in Chrome
Ever visit a site and there’s just something about how it looks that you don’t like? Ever want to modify elements of your site in real-time without having to refresh the page? You can do all of this and more…