AI
DALL·E Shenanigans
“Photograph of a disappointed Android engineer who wants his $15 back.” – DALL·E 2
3D Printing
#ThangsBambuContest
My first real foray into 3D printing started a couple months ago with the new AnkerMake M5. However, since then I’ve upgraded to the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon. (Isn’t this also the name of a Thinkpad laptop?) The Automatic Media System (AMS) is pretty cool for automatically swapping filament for Read more
AI
ChatGPT Shenanigans
I asked ChatGPT to do these things and am saving the responses here for posterity. Write me a specification for a programming language that is similar to JavaScript but doesn’t suck. Here’s a specification for a new programming language that takes the best features of JavaScript and improves upon its Read more
Home
Privacy Time
The web/email server that I rolled myself almost 10 years ago and runs on a Digital Ocean droplet is seriously outdated. It originally started as an Ubuntu 12.04 x32 system and migrated several times. However, because it is a 32-bit x86 architecture, there doesn’t appear to be a clear migration Read more
Computer Builds
Far Cry 5 on Nvidia RTX 3070
Two years later, I swapped the two Nvidia GTX 1080 FE cards in SLI for a single Gigabyte RTX 3070 Aorus Master 8G. A 19.3% improvement in average framerate. (35.3% vs a single GTX 1080)
Raspberry Pi
Peppers ❤ Python
Fun fact: I’ve been growing chocolate ghost pepper plants in my office for the past year. Although, due to the oversight of growing these in an office building, I’ve produced plenty of flowers but no peppers because there’s nothing flying around to pollinate them. But, that’s a problem for another Read more
Android
Muzei Saver 2.0.0
Muzei is a pretty awesome live wallpaper app for Android created by Google developers Roman Nurik and Ian Lake. It has an API that allows it to be extended and use custom sources that change throughout the day. I’ve been using it (somewhat ironically) to change my Android wallpaper to Read more
Android
OpenVPN Quick Settings Tile
This app provides an Android Quick Settings tile which launches an OpenVPN Connect intent to connect/disconnect a specific VPN profile. One day I’ll release this to Google Play. Or, even write the actual README file for the GitHub repo. But, in the meantime, here it is. Google Play GitHub (source Read more
Computer Builds
Far Cry 5 on KINGPIN
When running @ 1440p with Ultra graphics settings, on average enabling SLI results in an additional 19 frames-per-second (an increase of 24.7%). Worth it? Even with a 144 Hz G-Sync monitor, probably not. Here’s the fancy output from the game’s built-in benchmark with SLI enabled.