Board Gaming

Games we own. These are all available for game night with the North Tahoe Tabletop Board Game Meetup group....

Art Projects

I have worked on various art projects over the years. This is a collection of some of those projects....

Programming Projects

I have worked on various personal and professional computer programming projects over the years. This is a collection of...
Computers & Programming

PriorityStackPanel

The PriorityStackPanel class is a Panel element that I built for my Windows Store app. The idea is that the panel should adapt the content to the display based on a set of rules. The existing panels in C# and WinRT are totally useless for this task because…

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Sculpture and Art

Rolling Ball Sculpture Lift #2

Manufacturing has begun on ball lifter #2. Design Animation of Lifter #2 The lower mechanism lifts the ball off the entry track to a position where link 3 at connector F can catch it. From there, it is lifted and dropped onto a short track about half way…

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Computers & Programming

CullingStackPanel

I have only used this horizontally. This panel will shrink down to zero size if needed, which might not be what you expect. The important parts of the code are commented. This is my first attempt at this particular feature and the code may be incomplete. I have…

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Computers & Programming

ClippingStackPanel

I’m writing a Windows Store app, as many previous posts have made obvious, and I’ve got a new need that might not be fulfilled by any Microsoft tools. I need a StackPanel that hides any children that can’t be shown in their requested size. My plan is to…

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Computers & Programming

Don’t be a Programmer

I was reading an old blog post http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-programmer/ and came across this line: “Anyone describing themselves as either a Java programmer or .NET programmer has already lost.” The point he was making, and continued to make after this line, is that programming languages don’t matter. It’s an old…

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Computers & Programming

Variable Base Numbering System

I had a project that required key codes. These are codes sort of like the key codes used by software companies to activate your software. For my situation, the most effective way to pass around these codes is as long integers. Otherwise, math on these values, like to…

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Games

Jet Hoverbike 2.0

The second version of the Trials Fusion Xbox One hoverbike track worked out well and is a lot of fun to play. Some people can’t manage to make it work or just don’t like what they found when they played it. So this skill game is never going…

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Computers & Programming, Games

Trials Fusion Skill Game

I built a fairly complex skill game for Trials Fusion on the Xbox One. Jet Hoverbike Challenge was created by me, rectorsquid, as a sort of Lunar Lander style game. Jet Hoverbike Challenge Gameplay Trials Fusion, and earlier versions of the game like Trials Evolution, have a track…

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Games

Castle Panic Game Review

The most recent game that we tried, my family and I, was Castle Panic. I must admit that I’ve been buying games that I’ve seen on TableTop. There are many of the games on the show that I have not bought and are not appealing to me. But…

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