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I implemented a linked list data structure in Swift. It seemed like a good idea for porting the Linkage source code from C++ to Swift but I’ve also read that using a linked list is a terrible idea. This is a bit of a rant on that subject……
Continue readingIf WordPress allowed for subtitles on posts, the subtitle would be: “How a person’s life can change drastically if they have a series of random events that push them far from where they were headed.” The idea makes perfect sense; random events, or rather events that are triggered…
Continue reading3.16 has been available for quite a long time but only as a Beta version of the program. Or should I start calling it an “app” since that’s the lingo kids are using today, lol. Anyhow, 3.16 is now the official non-beta version of the Linkage app. I…
Continue readingI was just looking at http://www.snappyxo.com and their site mentioned that they had the first planar linkage design software. I sent a contact form letting them know of their mistake and I got a really nice reply from the CEO that he knows they are not the first…
Continue readingI exchanged emails with a nice guy who was interested in the Linkage program. He had some useful feedback and also some suggestions and comments about an issue I had with triads. A triad, as I use the term, is a link with at least three link connections…
Continue readingAfter many more hours of work, I have a complete polyline editor. Each segment can be a Bezier curve or a straight line. Each node can be a cusp or have the control points smooth and optionally symmetrical. Nodes can be added and deleted and the curve can…
Continue readingFurnace is a board/card game by Ivan Lashin. The description at Board Game Geek starts like this: “Furnace is an engine-building Eurogame in which players take on the roles of 19th-century capitalists building their industrial corporations and aspiring to make as much money as they can by purchasing companies,…
Continue readingI had a fairly terrible idea to convert two $80.00 RC helicopters into a single CH-47 Chinook. The Chinook has two rotors, one forward and one aft (very different from the V-22 Osprey that has rotors on the tips of the wings). It’s a terrible idea because of…
Continue readingI drove the Defender around the house and took some video with my free hand (steering with my thumb). Here’s the video:
Continue readingI bought a new toy. I had an RC off-road truck back when I was 19 and I suddenly wanted one now because I saw just how awesome they are these days. This is a big 1/10th scale crawler with locking differentials, oil fill shocks, waterproof electronics, and…
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