From The Lab
RGB Fire Demo
My early programming experiences could be described as “wandering.” I spent a significant amount of time writing code in the only interpreter I had access to, but rather suddenly jumped […]
Plane Spotting with ADS-B
I wanted to select an aviation topic for this Lab Day, and in exploring potential projects found that an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) receiver and decoder could be built on […]
Tool recommendations and Bash Snippets
While reading links from an article on dotfiles in the first issue of Paged Out I came across a tool I hadn’t seen. I like reading about other people’s tools […]
Minesweeper solver
Minesweeper has always been a fun little game that you can throw up in your free time that still requires a minimum amount of logical problem solving in order to […]
Using the Fourier Series to Draw SVG Images.
The Fourier Series is a method of approximating a periodic function with a sum of sine waves. This was invented as a means to solve the heat equation, which is […]
Using Build Configs to Change Variables in Android Studio
In Android Studio it is possible define a “Build flavor” to set variables for different configurations of an app. By default there is already 2 build type, release and debug […]
First Apple Watch App!
For my lab day project in December, I decided to try my hand at making an Apple Watch app for our beta DTR app. I followed this tutorial from Ray […]
Automatic Price Detection from a Product Page
I love finding deals online and have been thinking a lot about how to monitor sites during this holiday season. The past few months I’ve been playing around with Google […]
Playing the Blues by the Skin of your Teeth
The Problem While working on projects around our house, my wife Emily and I listen to music using our esteemed Bluetooth speaker. Often times, though, our quest takes us into […]
Procedurally Generated Art from Perlin Noise
I’ve been really interested in procedural generation after seeing all the things it can create. A month before this, on the previous lab day, Andy used a noise function to procedurally […]