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I recently went out and bought an Android phone. Specifically, I got the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate, on a three year term with Rogers. And how do I like it? I love it. While this phone has one big drawback (battery life), it’s benefits far outweigh it’s shortfalls. It has a ginormous touch screen (4″), [...]

Quick Update: I’m currently working on implementing playlist functionality for WP Audio v3.1, so the examples on this site may not be working currently! I recently downloaded an awesome simple & clean MP3 player for WordPress blogs developed by Todd Iceton called WPAudio. It’s simple to implement into your blog, and allows your blog readers [...]

Another week, another post, another change to permalink structure, and another “something new”. Welcome back to the continuation of my autonomous turret project based on the videogame “Portal”! Be sure to subscribe to future updates by clicking the orange RSS button over there. –> Well, the last few weeks have been all about design and [...]

SPp4: Summer Project part 4 :) It would appear I’m two weeks behind on my updates! Eek! I’ll just have to post another update really soon. I blame the tardiness on watching Trololo Man over and over too many times. So, continuing on with my full size autonomous “Portal” turret project, this week I’m playing [...]

Hi all! So, this is a continuation of my summer project blog, where I am making a full size Portal turret, as pictured to the left. Remember, if you want to be automatically notified of new posts, simply click the orange RSS button in the sidebar to the right. —-> Having finished the basic wooden [...]

Hi all! So, this is a continuation of my summer project blog, where I am making a full size Portal turret, as pictured to the left. Remember, if you want to be automatically notified of new posts, simply click the orange RSS button in the sidebar to the right. —-> Onward! In the last post [...]

So… I’m the kind of person who enjoys having a project at all times. Whether it be job/school hunting, producing music, or creating replica swords out of foam insulation and glue, I need to be busy doing something. So, this summer I thought I’d be ambitious. …Really ambitious. Recently, I re-downloaded Steam, Valve’s online videogame [...]