Category Archives: Other

Stuff that doesn’t fit into “other” categories… or does it?

TUNR: Charge More for Violence

My response to: TUN Slow Down the Violence People play to learn. We want to learn things that are expensive to learn. Killing people is the most expensive thing that we know about, so it makes total sense to learn about it … Continue reading

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Stratasys Catalyst CMB file parser

A company I used to work for owned a Stratasys 3d printer. The program that sends print files to the printer is called CatalystEX, and while it imports industry standard STL files, it exports and saves in the (almost certainly … Continue reading

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PS Cast: Audio Experiment

You might well point out that this whole podcast thing is really just one big experiment, but this episode is even more-so. I’m not going to transcribe it. I was trying to record audio by using my headphones as a … Continue reading

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Christmas Times

As I am aware that a few of my non-facebook friends read this blog, be it known that there are a bunch of Christmas photos up on my website. Specifically, in this gallery: http://www.peripheralarbor.com/gallery/v/Christmas2014/

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Grendel Lives On

My six year old computer failed to POST when I pulled it out of mothballs after several years of disuse. I figured the graphics card might have been the problem (based on previous issues), so I bought a new one … Continue reading

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Toad(icus)’ List of Awesome KSP Mods

I play KSP.  I also write mods for KSP.  I further think that my opinions are generally super good ones.  So, I present to you my list of awesome KSP mods, along with justification for why I think they’re worth downloading. … Continue reading

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Maya .ma geometry convertor

So, Maya is a piece of 3D design software. Like most major software packages, it have its own file format. The file is plain text, which is nice, but even so there are no converters for it ANYWHERE (that I could … Continue reading

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Singapore: Boldly Go!

I recently spent a week in Singapore. I think I could safely say that it was one of my least relaxing vacations so far, but that’s entirely my fault. I didn’t even have my wife and kids with me, so I can’t … Continue reading

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Personal Programming History of the Toad Kind

After publishing his own personal programming history, Ziggy asked if I might like to write my own.  Since I don’t do a lot of writing, was referred to in the article, and mostly since he asked me to do so, I … Continue reading

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Today is an Excellent Day

Woke up this morning, soft morning light filled the room. Ate a quick filling breakfast, pet a tiny cute animal while looking out the window as the sun came out from behind the clouds. Watching different sized rain droplets out … Continue reading

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