Okay, the user interface is pretty much working for gears. Gears Now I need to work on the simulation. This sounds simple, but there are some issues that I still need to work out. To start with, the existing simulator does not “follow” the kinematic chain. No Simple…
Continue readingThe fastening feature of the Linkage program is at bit of a kludge. Or maybe not. But it is weird in my mind. The user can create a mechanism and then draw some things on the drawing layer. These drawing elements are very simplistic and still get the…
Continue readingMy previous post described making a link also be a gear. I realize now that this is a limitation that doesn’t need to happen. But removing that limitation causes other problems. Here is where I am with this project: A gear is a link, but not a link…
Continue readingI have the user interface in the Linkage program working somewhat. I have a serious dilemma with the simplicity of it. The concepts are good, but the details are troublesome. I’ll explain. Various gear Configurations In the image above, there are four gear interface situations shown. The user…
Continue readingI have a little bit of the user interface working. I took out an optimization feature where joining a lone connector to another connector would just discard the link that was part of the lone connector. Now, a lone connector might have a link that is a gear,…
Continue readingI was just having a discussion with my dad about gears. Every now and then, I think about how to add gearing to the Linkage program and I think that I now have a way to do it. I’m writing down the ideas for future reference, and because…
Continue readingI found a site that had commentary about the terrible Computer Engineer Barbie book that came out recently. The book is apparently really sexist and makes Barbie out to be an idiot who can only get by with the help of a couple of guys. The site had…
Continue readingI am a big believer in owning things. I don’t license my TV for use, and I don’t license my car for use. I also think that when you pay for software, that you are buying a copy of it, not buying a license to use it. If…
Continue readingThe AutoResponder, described in more detail here, is a program, a set of web pages, and some scripts, that automatically respond to email and SMS text messages. I wrote the AutoResponder a few years ago for a puzzle race. During a race, it is handy for teams to…
Continue readingI did a search to find out how to change my browser control background. I’m using the Windows Phone 8 SDK and the WebBrowser control. The reference that I found on this subject seemed to be related to the flicker that shows up when the page is displayed…
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