Blog Posts (54)

Simple Board Games in ReactJS

To ease into learning ReactJS, I took a shot at implementing a simple tic-tac-toe game with React. This is covered in the official Facebook React tutorial, but I haven't actually looked at how they did this yet. Instead, I wanted to see how far I could get on my own, and then fallback to the tutorial if I needed help. I heard that there are many different ways that React components can be organized and structured in a React project, so I wanted to see how my results compared to what the official tutorial recommends.

Arch Linux Installation Guide

A comprehensive guide to installing Arch Linux

Building a 3D model from 60 photographs with VisualSFM and Meshlab

My first attempt at photogrammetry

Rendering SketchUp models with Kerkythea

These are some results of an architectural model I rendered with Kerkythea. Kerkythea is an open source rendering program that has a SketchUp plugin. I worked with an architect who made the original plans by hand.

Python script for generating 2D n-state Langton's Ant animations

Visualizing variations of the classic Langton's Ant cellular automata

Setting up a Django app on Heroku

This is a simple guide to setting up a Django project on Heroku.

Related subreddit graph exploration with NetworkX

This notebook explores some basic concepts of graph theory. A few weeks ago I set up a script to scrape data from reddit.com with the goal of visualizing the network of related subreddits (forums on specific topics) and related data.

PCPartPicker data

In the summer of 2016 I built two high-end computers, something I haven't done since 2011. I used PCPartPicker to research the components and read about PC builds similar to the ones I had in mind. It's a relatively new site that has a strong community of builders, helpful tools to help with part compatibility as well as extensive user reviews on PC components.

Home media center meta-tutorial with miniDLNA, Raspberry Pi, Deluge and Apple TV