Today's hack-a-day project was the Cookbook 2.0. I wrote a collection of my recipes in 2020. I've updated it with what I've learned in the last 5 years. Among other things, it has 57 new recipes.
You can read it online in a couple formats.
Enjoy!
Today's hack-a-day project was the Pokédex -- the fictional companion that tells you about pokemon in the game. My main goal was just to get the info into a reasonable database format, but along with way I built a little viewer too.
The plan is to make some kind of art game where you do pokemon fanart, a coloring book, or even a tracing game in the coming days. And now I'm ready, with art of each pokemon on hand.
Today's hack-a-day project was the German Language Reader. It shows you the text of "German Legends" by the Brothers Grimm. Yes, the same brothers known for "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and perhaps less-so, the first dictionary.
If you highlight a word, you get the definition in english.
You can try it online. As usual, source code is on github.
I had hoped to have a German mode, but the German wiktionary API has been down for a week!
If you're technically inclined, it's not too bad to substitute in your own book. You'll need it in TXT format (to extract the words), and HTML format (to display).
I'm happy with this project, although I am posting it on the 10th, quite a bit late.
Enjoy!
I'm not sure what the correct name for these parts organizers is. I usually call them "Tackle Boxes", even though that's not quite right. People tend to use them to store tiny screws and so on. I use them for electronics.
Today I designed little paper insert to go into them (in CAD), so I can label which electronics are which and find them more easily.
Sadly, US letter is not quite big enough to cover the whole box.
Printable PDF is available in A4 or in US letter. You can also see the SVG I was given originally which inspired this.
I recomment holding the paper in place with double-stick tape. If you don't have that, the usual trick is to roll normal tape into a small loop facing outwards.
P.S., to crop a PDF from A4 to US letter (assuming everything fits on both) without inflating the file size, use:
# Keeps all physical dimensions the same
pdfcrop --bbox "0 0 792 612" smallthing-on-A4.pdf smallthing-on-usletter.pdf
I got a copy of The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book. It's a nice book that has 40 different one-page and two-page RPGs by a wide variety of authors.
I'm running a local event where we play a new game, and I wanted to quickly find which RPGs in the book are suitable for the number of players at the table. Unfortunately the indices at the back do not include this option.
Here's my custom index for the book. You can print it easily if you want (9 pages, one for each of 1-9 players).
I drive a 1998 Toyota Corolla. For reference, here is a guide to the rear lights.
Note that the brake light also serves as a tail light, which makes it easy to tell if it's out even solo.
To test the backup/reverse light, you need to put the car in reverse (but can keep the brake down). This needs a second person.
All the rear lights are easy and cheap to replace. (The front lights, only cheap.)
Here’s a list of books I read in 2024. The ones in bold I recommend.
Fiction:
Nonfiction:
Here’s a list of books I read in 2023 (a year later!). The ones in bold I recommend.
Non-Fiction