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Just got my Macbook serviced. The screen had to be replaced, which means my local data would get wiped. I love visiting websites for information, but find that websites are designed to suck you in for a long time. RSS feeds allow you to dip your toes in the stream, and dive deep at your leisure. My netnewswire feed got wiped so I had t...

To install when I set up a new Mac

Install apps: -Hey -Beeper -Fantastical -Things Cloud -1Password -Chrome -BetterSnapTool -Highland 2 -Byword -Amphetamine -Effortless -Toothfairy -Front and Center Activate: -Tap to click -Three finger drag

Oakland Airport

I booked an 8:45am flight to Las Vegas using the Oakland terminal. I usually book SFO because of the AMEX lounge, but Oakland Escape Lounge has a partnership with AMEX. I booked this later flight thinking it would give me enough time to get from Berkeley to Oakland Airport, but as I reasoned through the itinerary, BARTing from Berkeley...

How to administer CAASPP

• Print out testing schedule • Get testing tote (clarify when I can get it) • Bookmark CAASPP • Re-register for User ID (First Time User? Request one now) • Write down path for all tests (ex. CAT ELA Grade 8/Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments/ELA/Grade 8 ELA CAT TEST) • Click on Test Administration Interface for all Online tests • ...

Ben Brode at GDC

Really want to see this talk from Ben Brode at the GDC, but decent summary here. I like playing games where I also learn something. That's why I want to make/play a game about Southeast Asian history. Or a game about cooking.

Build a CCG?

- [ ] http://theliquidfire.com/2017/08/21/make-a-ccg-intro/ - [ ] YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOoQ0JTWjALQGkiDWw_ws21fanM2za02B - [ ] https://punkx.org/unix-pipe-game/ - [ ] https://dulst.com - [ ] https://www.galgagame.com - [ ] https://play.thespacewar.com - Star Realms - Star Wars (Deckbuilding) - Kards (WWII)

Make a copy for each student in Google Classroom

You can only make a copy for each student in Google Classroom when you initially create the assignment.

Betting

+100 means if I bet 1 dollar, I make 2 dollars -100 means if I bet 1 dollar, I make 50 cents The higher the plus, the less likely it will happen The more negative the minus, the more likely it will happen

Marvel Snap stuff I learned about the hard way

* Spend your blue credits to upgrade your cards (faster upgrades from the shop are a ripoff) * Use your gold to buy daily mission refills * In the collection tab, cards that are upgradable (that have enough blue credits and boosters) will shimmer (you can also sort cards by clicking on that small left accordion tab on the lower left an...

Millbrae

My dearest of friends are getting married. My flight is at 8:50am, boarding ending at 8:30am. Up until the week prior, I figured waking up early and taking the first BART to SFO would suffice. Then, I remembered one BART trip I took one morning to take my Police Academy physical test, which got delayed by a mentally ill passenger - how...

Showing Teri how I use Hey

Cool huh?

Here's what I learned from playing 1 Year of Pickleball

It's just about 1 year of playing pickleball on a regular basis (3 days a week minimum for at least 2 hours, so 6 hours a week). But, if I do a true tally, it's more like 10 hours a week, now including Saturdays. Shout out to the Dars and where it all started: Booker T Anderson Park in Richmond. At first, of course I wasn't great. I do...

The bug for moving platform

http://192.168.0.1/img/2022031918422800-1DC473CEFCA17AB42EE8681FFF996D70.jpg It matters that the invisible box is connected to the first input, the real box to the last

Labo and Mario Kart Live

Going to experiment with 1 Mario Kart Live kit. Also going to buy a Vehicle Kit to see if we can print out replacement cardboard for the Labo.

[Playdate Pulp] How to create a game with 4 rooms

• Click on Game • Click on the + icon (under Games) • Input a name for your game (that rhymes) • To make a Room:• Click on Room • Click on World • Design (with tiles) as you see fit • To make an exit to a Room• Click on Room • Under Layers, click on World • Click on the light gray tile under Tiles • Create a "hole" exit (design afforda...

Playdate Pulp 1

• All rooms have scripts (upper-right hand corner) • Events: the game loading, [the player] bumping into something, entering a new room • How to make Chiptune music • Pulp docs • Pulpscript docs • In documents, I copied Pulpscript's HTML, to use as a prototype for GBG • Under Games, click the New button (+) and enter a filename for you...

Playdate SDK

It's out, and I don't want to deal with configuring Blot.

[GBG] Mystery Room-Step 2-The Treasure Room

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[GBG] Mystery Room-Step 1: Peeking into 3 Dimensions

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Teleporting on both sides

I made a bug when I overlaid the A and B Teleporation Entrances/Exits on top of each other. The bug makes sense. This was my solution, along with erecting a wall serving as a solution that draws the eye away from the teleporation points. I could refine, but this version 1 works. I also made both walls not solid so the moving platformer...

Punching (GBG)

* Destroy objects Nodon (configure to the object you want to destroy, in this game's particular instance: sphere) * Connect it to the Person nodon (in settings, change the action to "Punch", so your person is facing forward) * Get a Button nodon, and connect it to the Person nodon

Background music (GBG)

Connect a Constant value of 1 to Play BGM

How to add a countdown timer (GBG)

- Get a *Number object* (Objects/Special objects/Number objects) - Get a *Counter object* (Middle/Flag-Counter-Random) * Change Mode to “Range”, Count range to 0-whatever max number you want, Count timing to “When not 0” [to count down]. * Connect it to the Number object - Get a *Constant object* (Input/Constant) * Change Output value ...

How to add a moving platform (GBG)

• Counter needs to be adjusted to the dimensions of the game screen • Two boxes needs to be attached to the Free Slide Connector, one has to be switched off for visibility

Platformer

Platformer I've been obsessed with (developing for) Playdate, so much so, I have been looking at GB Studio (since Playdate's SDK isn't out yet). If I were to make a platformer, it would have to do with eggs, or food, and learning more about food (to help people become more educated about how to cook and be self-sustainable). Which remi...

Workflow to Post Nintendo Switch posts (GBG)

The photos * Go to Photo Album in Nintendo Switch * Click on photo/video (you want to post) * Click "A" button and select "Send to Smartphone" [can do "one" or "batch"] * Scan the QR code 1 to generate QR code 2, which brings you to the local webpage on your phone, to download to your phone's gallery * On your selected photo(s), send t...

How to create teleporting portals

Need to figure out how to change the person object view.

Toothbrush Robots

• Having to think about how to Blot this post was rough, so I am back on this Hey blog because posting is as simple as writing an email. Also, my Dropbox is out of space too, I may be slowly not being a member of blot anymore. • Noah G ran a wonderful workshop at ACE Makerspace • Cutting the rubber band and tying it to the motor is the...

Notes on students

One of the hardest things to do in grading students is jotting down notes, or observations, about individual students at the end of quarter or semester. Those jotted notes just tend to get lost in the mix of daily life. I’ve been thinking about how to capture these notes fast, particular to the student. I was seriously thinking about g...

Post-Mortem: New Professor Um video

One of the reasons I pick up video projects (or any project within my skillsets) is what I could learn from (working on) it. I use Final Cut Pro. - Asset Management: I learned how to organize my video cuts better, which is actually something I learned when I designed a training booklet last year (managing my Pixelmator/Illustrator laye...

Budgeting: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Subscribing to the various (digital, usually) services seems like we are saving money, that they are all affordable because “it’s only 10 bucks.” Man, do all these services add up. Best way to keep the budget in check: log every single subscription into a single spreadsheet. After all, “what gets measured, gets managed.” I’ve centraliz...

Series 5 Apple Watch Set-up

Took a long time (to download the software update, even with fast internet). Happy I set up the watch, though it took a couple of hours in total. I am excited most about setting up Streaks habits as part of my "Complications." I will do whatever is always staring me in the face (akin to the "Schedule it and it becomes real" adage). Bru...

What Professor Um Means to Us

When war washed over Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, our families found themselves like driftwood, fleeing sodden and splintered, to countries whose names they couldn’t pronounce, to camps and trailer parks where the closest place to eat was this place called McDonalds, lost not just for words — simply lost, floating like hunched phantasms...

Practical tips for working with law enforcement in these times of A...

(from what I learned studying to be a 911 Dispatcher/Police Officer in Oakland/Berkeley): - When you call 911, the first thing you tell the dispatcher is your location, so tell them the cross streets (and where the suspect is headed if possible), then what happened/or is happening, as calm as you can (so you can be heard clearly, so th...

New Old Apple Watch

I spent a lot of time (about an hour and a half) trying to buy a new OLD Apple Watch. Not one of the snazzy new ones, but the years old Series 5 Aluminum. It has the always-on display (nice to have when talking to people, without being rude). The Streaks app (sooo good!) I just downloaded has a watch face for it (Series 4 and up). My S...

Google Chrome Not Working

That was annoying: Google Chrome wasn't loading any websites. After going down rabbit holes (many of them), I found the article that reset the browser to it's default settings. Persistence pays, but man, an hour of my life I will never get back, and all because I wanted to use Peardeck.

What a Difference a Project Makes

One of my students who hasn't done any work during the year, who would show up to small group sessions, but still not turn in any work - started engaging with the class, with me, when we started making a video game in Scratch. It started with some comments trickling in from him during Synchronous Zoom meetings. It took me by surprise, ...

Rocket League and Among Us

One of my students video projects (their top 5 games) inspired me to play Rocket League this morning. What was supposed to be a quick 15-minute game, turned into an hour. Gosh, I love this game. It’s the speed I’ve always wanted in a Soccer game, because of well, cars. Cars playing Soccer - life is beautiful. I’m also playing it again ...