Category Archives: General

Running Google Chrome on a High DPI Windows Machine

Chrome is my browser of choice. I’ve just moved from an original Surface tablet/laptop to a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro. Chrome was a bit touchy on the Surface. Or I should say not so touchy. The relatively high DPI screen … Continue reading

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Playing With Chaos, August Update

The book is done! Well, not done, done, as in out-the-door done. But I finished all the chapters and all the code and all the images. I’ve worked over every chapter 2-3 times myself and now the book is over … Continue reading

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Playing With Chaos, revisited

A little over a year ago, I announced that I would be writing a book about fractals, entitled “Playing With Chaos”, based on a few presentations I did that went over really well. I set about writing the book and … Continue reading

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Joining the Magic Kingdom

I purposely held off until today to break this news as I didn’t think anyone would believe it if I posted it on April 1. After 5 1/2 years with Infrared5, I am moving on to new endeavors. Specifically, I’ve … Continue reading

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Building a MAME Arcade

Background I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. The golden age of arcade games. My best friend and I would hit up the various arcades in the surrounding town, and at 25 cents a game, I’d easily spend $10 … Continue reading

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Microsoft Surface Pro

Background A few years back I was invited to Microsoft for a day with a small group of other bloggers to be briefed on what MS had going on and to speak with Bill Gates himself for a full hour. … Continue reading

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Circle Layering

If you were wondering where my last post was heading… Oops, gotta turn off the “capture cursor” on that screenshot program. 🙂 Anyway, this was an idea I first explored several years ago on my art from code site, but … Continue reading

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2012 in Review

Following a tradition several years in the running, I bring you my personal retrospective into 2012 and a glimpse into the new year. In fact, 2012 followed much the same pattern as 2011 – some interesting stuff in the start … Continue reading

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Look Who’s Back In Town

You know what I hate? Subscribing to a blog and that blog doesn’t get updated for months and the blogger shows up and says, “Sorry I haven’t been blogging, been really busy, blah, blah, blah. But I’m really going to … Continue reading

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STProjectMaker – Sublime Text 2 Plugin for creating new projects

Note: I changed the name of the plugin from “SublimeProjectMaker” to “STProjectMaker”. The github address is also different now because of that change. I love Sublime Text 2. But one thing I’ve always felt was missing was the ability to … Continue reading

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