I have a friend who recently got the one/two combo of a Mac Mini and AppleTV.  (Hi, Micha!)  Starting with digital files from the iTunes store is all well and good, but he also has a nice collection of DVDs that he’d like to slurp into the Mac for easy access.  There aren’t too many [...]

This past weekend was the Portland Afoot game.  This was a sort of transit scavenger hunt put on by Portland Afoot, Portland’s 10-minute newsmagazine on buses, bikes, and low-car life.  The whole event was themed like a murder mystery (who killed Faire LeSequare — that name being an inside joke for local tran

Posted in: As you may know, I like pen-and-paper for taking notes.  It is a little more quick and freeform than using the phone.  Remove phone from pocket.  Wake up.  Enter passcode.  Go to home screen.  Find app.  Launch app.  Start ‘new’ note.  What was I going to note, again?  A Space Pen in one [...]

Posted in: I’m hateful, I’m hateful of the 1st of April the asinine hoaxes and lies I see no reason why this goddamn season should ever have been wrought. Remember, Remember (the April 1 variation) is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read Comments

I decided to do a survey of a few of the more popular alternatives to Google Reader. These are my conclusions.Surveying Google Reader replacements is a post from: Netninja.com

About a year ago I designed and printed a 1/4 cup measuring cup. You see, I needed a good way to measure cat food. I only needed the one size, so buying a whole set of measuring cups seemed like a waste. With a MakerBot in the other room, I figured it was best to make just the one size of measuring cup.

Inspired by the book "Gödel, Escher, Bach," I designed a 3D-printable monogram cube that you can customize with your own initials.A monogrammed cube for you is a post from: Netninja.com

Last week I posted "Use the best available braille" as an intro to an online braille generator I wrote. This sparked off a conversation with a friend about the possibility of interpreting braille upside-down. Writing an ambigram in braille sounded like a neat idea.

Posted in: Unicode character support in fonts beyond the standard “western” letters and punctuation is a wild and largely unexplored territory.  Font designers can be a little more free and have a little more fun because those characters are so rarely used.  After all, how often do you “type in” a

Posted in: I can’t say I fully believe in omens, but if I did, today would be one very interesting day. I had a dream last night in which I was a ghost.  I was not one at first; I was some guy who was hanging out with ghosts.  One of those ghosts was having [...]

Posted in: Yesterday I taked about fixing a cat toy.  Today, I should briefly mention the one I designed a couple of weekends ago.  I’ve had the idea kicking around in my head for quite a few months to design a treat-dispensing cat toy.  Surprisingly, there is not one already on Thingiverse.  I sketched out [...]

I ordered quite a lot of the wrong batteries for a cat toy. Instead of getting rid of the batteries, I hacked the toy.Good news, bad news, good news, good news: cat toy edition is a post from:

Posted in: ARG Tools, the iPhone app that gives you puzzle-solving tools and reference in your pocket just got a dictionary.  You may already know of ARG Tools, but in case you haven’t, it’s an iPhone app that provides a set of tools, reference material, and links for anyone who plays Alternate Reality Games,

In coming decades you'll be able to 3D print a reliable gun. No license. No background check. Continue reading →

Warning, Spoilers Ahead Notice: This blog post is a peek behind the curtain to reveal the design of and thought process behind a Puzzled Pint puzzle.  It contains spoilers about said puzzle.  This is the second post in this series.  If you …

Of course, I wrote an iPhone app to keep code sheet references handy, but sometimes I want paper code sheets. Continue reading →Moleskine code sheet is a post from:

He came by and took photos during lunch. That's me in the red shirt. Continue reading →Why, yes, I

Yesterday, Black Friday, was a wonderful and relaxing day. Kim and I did nothing. Continue reading →Do Nothing Day is a post from: Netninja.com

Warning, Spoilers Ahead Notice: This blog post is a peek behind the curtain to reveal the design of and thought process behind a Puzzled Pint puzzle.  It contains spoilers about said puzzle. If you were at the October 2012 Puzzled … Continue

Until recently, the iPhone has always had both the headphone jack and power button on the top and the syncing port on the bottom.  And until recently, things were good.  When the iPhone 5 came around, they moved the headphone … Continue reading

Glow sticks plus construction paper plus a dark setting: Recently I saw a couple of crafty articles flow across my RSS newsreader that involved making creepy glowing halloween eyes by using glow sticks and empty toilet paper tubes. I thought … C

Test post 3.  Please disregard.  Upgrading WordPress. Test Post 3 is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read CommentsTest Post 3 is a post from: Netninja.com

Test post 2.  Please disregard.  I’m upgrading from TwitterTools 2 to TwitterTools 3. Test Post 2 is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read CommentsTest Post 2 is a post from: Netninja.com

Test post, please disregard.  Upgrading TwitterTools for WordPress. Test Post is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read CommentsTest Post is a post from: Netninja.com

When Apple introduced Photo Stream as part of its iCloud offering a year ago, I jumped on board.  By that time, my iPhone was already my primary camera.  The old Canon point-and-shoot was collecting dust in a corner.  And Photo …

We all have “those” Facebook friends.  You know — the kind that post a big flowery picture with text splattered across it that is supposed to inspire you, but it really says “I’m too much of a lemming to type … Co

Windows Natural Scrolling and Synergy A little over a year ago, I wrote about setting up “natural scolling” on Windows. I tried it for a week or so and never quite got used to it. One of the biggest setbacks … Continue reading

I guess it’s official now.  I’m on the roster! Pints and Puzzles is a post from: Netninja.com ✽ Write Comment ✽ Read CommentsPints and Puzzles is a post from: Netninja.com

ARG Tools just got bigger!  …well, taller, actually.  Today’s 1.8 release is a maintenance release to support the taller iPhone 5 screen.  Work on the next major ARG Tools release is already underway, but Apple had to interrupt that effort …

ARG Tools just got bigger!  …well, taller, actually.  Today’s 1.8 release is a maintenance release to support the taller iPhone 5 screen.  Work on the next major ARG Tools release is already underway, but Apple had to interrupt that effort …