I 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…
Continue readingI updated the geometric constructions page to have a circle intersection demo. Circle Intersection Demo I also added a few links to see the HTML/PHP code for the page as well as the javascript for the page. PHP is nice enough to supply a function for displaying the…
Continue readingI just got ten of these ball joints. I figured out that I needed four of them for the sculpture, but now I just need two. These are very cool, so I’ll need to figure out how to use a few more. The pen shows the size. These…
Continue readingI’ve got a more refined plan for the new RBS. This rolling ball sculpture will have a multi-stage lifter that has a 90 degree change in rotational direction. The top part in the video below will be rotated 90 degrees from the other parts below it, but my…
Continue readingI want to use some wooden balls that I have sitting around. They are 1.5 inches, or close to that size, so all of my track gauges are the wrong size. I’ll build some new ones for the new track size. Then I’m going to build another lift…
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