Aren’t data backups and compression so fun?
Learning and Assisting with the Godot Engine
Over the past couple of years, I have been studying and making things with the Godot Engine. This has been mainly for the end goal of creating a big multiplayer game possibly in the same vein as Borderlands. While I have not made anything of real worth, I feel that I have gained enough knowledge […]
Creating a Nostalgic Piece of Technology in a Fictitious World
A Walkman (or just a cassette player) has become an iconic piece of technology from the 1980s and the 1990s. This piece of tech became the mediator through which a music listener consumed their media. People who grew up (or at least lived) through these decades may look fondly on a piece of technology like […]
How Can You Generate Revenue With an Open Source Product?
I was reading a BBC article months ago about a guy who tried to sink his business. The reason why he wanted to sink his business? The problem, as he saw it, was that this simple code was open source – that is, it had already been made available to developers at no cost – […]
The HP x2 2-in-1 Notebook, and How Well It Runs Fedora
[Update November 26, 2019] – Hans de Goede, a Linux kernel programmer, has figured out a way of partially fixing the suspend issue. He has since written patches for the kernel and have submitted them upstream. Apparently, he found that the embedded controller (EC) on the notebook isn’t like other ECs, and so doesn’t handle […]
Marketing, Research, and Chasing Trends in Video Games
Marketing trends change constantly, so can a marketer quickly find the best metrics for this trend? Turns out that it’s pretty hard.
A way of describing IT audit
You know how your day goes? You know how you use all of these widgets and doohickeys, and that’s how you usually converse or get any information? It’s my job to keep all of that stuff working (at least, I would like to). I’m not talking about just making Windows work on your computer, or […]
How Digital Coupons Work
If you’ve been to a few supermarkets lately, you may have heard of digital coupons. If not, they are virtual savings which customers at brick and mortar stores can use towards their purchases (these are in contrast to discounts given in digital stores). So how do these imaginary savings work? In this article, I’ll give […]
How GNU/Linux is different from other OSes
If you’ve heard of GNU/Linux and want to try it out, then congratulations and welcome to the world of open source OSes! I hope that your experience with using GNU/Linux is a joyful and informative one. If you’ve already done a little homework, you’ve found many variations (called “distributions”) of GNU/Linux, and may be mystified […]
For Calculating a Whole-Numbered Grocery Bill
This is a little piece I wrote in 2014. Here’s the formula for calculating an even amount for your groceries at the supermarket. Let ”T” be the total price of the order, ”P” be the price of a non-taxable item, ”G” be the price of a taxable item, ”t” be the tax on a taxable […]