Ammo Box Panniers

I bought a new bike and was stunned at how much bike panniers cost. Some waterproof ones I liked were over $200, which is galling given they are just a kid’s backpack with some hooks. So, nuts to that. Instead,…

Simple 555 Project

I have put together a simple 555 project using the toner transfer method. My aim was to blink two LEDs out of phase, with no particular timing in mind beyond something that might look good on robot costume at Halloween. The…

One off the List: Dolphin Fun

Dolphin Fun is a simple side-scroller for Android I wrote with artistic direction given by my seven year old daughter. Game play is simple: eat fish without running out of air, and don’t get hit by the boat. Not terribly…

The Upside of Planned Obsolescence

I have experienced many disgusting things in my time, but nothing could have prepared me for what lay under the keys of my IBM Model M keyboard. I try to keep it clean, but alas, there comes a time when…

I hereby resolve to get off my lazy ass and complete the following in 2013: Learn to use a mocking framework for unit testing. Write JIRA plugin to present nice graphs of service monitoring data (uptime, service changes, etc.) Automate…