Things are still settling down, but I think I’ve finally completed the first step of my migration of Asymptomatic into this new server.
While I’m sad to leave Habari as the software that operates this site after so much good that it did for me and others, I think it’s time for this site to serve the two functions it always has: Allow me to write and let me experiment with the technology that is of most interest to me at the time.
With my exploration of things in the small microcontroller space - like Arduino, NodeMCU, ESP8266, Teensy, etc. - I've been considering a handful of projects that really need some kind of casing. I've always been enthusiastic about natural cases for technology devices, and my latest project idea includes an opportunity to produce a case in natural wood.
What I am intending to build is a small alarm clock for Riley. It will have a small white-pixel screen, with a resolution of 15x7. The pixels can be dimmed and animate, and should be able to display a time reasonably well, along with some animations for alarms and different events.
I've rewritten this year's Brewfest website using an old design I liked on top of Phoenix. Phoenix is an MVC framework, like Rails, but for Elixir. The rewrite has been interesting.
The design requirements include displaying a single-page website that describes the Brewfest, while capturing information from brewers about themselves and the beer they plan to bring to the fest to share. I wanted the "login" to be extremely simple so that brewers didn't need to go through a whole enrollment process. The information they enter should also go through an editorial process before anyof it is published to the site. Some nice-to-have features include displaying ticket sales information/graphs, and the ability to edit the single-page site content from an administrative area on the site (protected by a preset http-authenticated login).
There is some notion that one can believe in science. Science is not a belief. Science is science. If you don’t believe in science, you are a denier. You deny that evidence that is examined and evaluated can predict future results. It’s that simple.
You can certainly believe that facts are not true. You can believe that experimentation will not produce repeatable results when the conditions are controlled. This doesn’t make you correct or thoughtful. It makes you ignorant.
Time for yet another post wishing I had an app to do a certain thing...
Over the past few months I've been waffling between written (with a pen) note-taking and taking notes via a computer. These options both have their trade-offs.