Learned about a YouTube channel that runs math videos: 3Blue1Brown. The channel is here.
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Category Archives: Notes
You are the future
I purchased a picture frame for a thing that I’m doing, and it came with the following as the default picture mounted in it. Aw. I’m gonna stick that on the wall.
Git from the Bottom Up
I found Git from the Bottom Up over here. Gonna try reading it today.
More shelving!
In addition to the new shelving I’ve added two more bits.
One is a shelf for my Chumby (or anything else) and the other is a 10cm plastic protrusion which I can use to hang my headphones (or anything else).
Those green drawers are made from cardboard and needed a little extra support under the left hand side on the bottom which is why I stuck one of my 4.5mm PVC sheets under there (but I also needed something to attach the 10cm protrusion, so two birds, one stone).
Those PVC sheets I’ve been using were 4.5mm thick clear Nanya PVC cut to order at 254 x 174 mm by Plastics Online. I had to order a bunch of them to meet the minimum order requirements (I think I ordered 8 and they sent 9).
There’s space between my three stacks of drawers for one or two component boxes, so looking forward to making something interesting to stick in those.
Temperature Conversion
Got my temperature conversion chart printed and installed so I can talk to the Americans. The HTML I used to generate the charts is here.
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time
Some interesting rules of thumb for user interface design: Visual design rules you can safely follow every time.
One note I want to make for later on is to use #222222 instead of #000000 and #F2F2F2 instead of #FFFFFF.
Core Knowledge Sequence
I found this, it’s really interesting: Core Knowledge Sequence. Pedagogy is such a fascinating topic.
Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools
Today I enjoyed reading Build tools around workflows, not workflows around tools. Taken with John Romero’s advice to build your own tools I feel I am on the right path with some of my current projects.
Writing a book: is it worth it?
Today I read Writing a book: is it worth it? which turned up on Hacker News. I’m thinking about writing a book so this was a good read.
Programming Quotes
I came across these Programming Quotes over on cat-v.org today. Their Bumper-Sticker Computer Science is also good.
My favourite was “You can’t trust code that you did not totally create yourself.” — Ken Thompson