Today's soundtrack is Jacob 2-2: Herbivore. I've finally made it through the tedious "Turtle Graphics" section in Coding Projects in Python; I've now made it to the "Playful Apps" section, which sounds much more interesting. I get to start using Tkinter (Python's GUI) today; I'll be building a countdown calendar that will let users know … Continue reading 04.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
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04.08/09.2018: Special Edition – Potato Soccer
Today's soundtrack is Supertramp: Crime of the Century. This evening's entry is a special one: I spent the last two days putting together a rough top-down homage to Rocket League. It's now available to play on the Scirra Arcade, and it is named Potato Soccer. The majority of my time was spent on programming a … Continue reading 04.08/09.2018: Special Edition – Potato Soccer
04.07.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Lemaitre: Closer. This afternoon`s project was a commissioned piece for CalcFit; they wanted something similar to Lemaitre`s song `Closer`.
04.06.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Rhye: Blood. I'm now on the next chapter of Coding Projects in Python, "Mutant Rainbow." I started by making a new file in IDLE, then imported the modules that I needed - random and turtle. Then I assigned lengths to the lines that I wanted the turtle to draw by creating a … Continue reading 04.06.2018: One Lesson of Python
04.05.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Cephalopod: Eater öv the Void. This evening's goal was to expand on the song I've been working on. I also found a new synth VSTi which improved the proggy power-metal feel of the song.
04.02.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is Fleetwood Mac: Rumours. This evening, I'm reading a selection from Chapter 6 of Children With Exceptionalities in Canadian Classrooms. This book isn't part of my usual reading list; it's a textbook from one of my college courses, and as I'm going to be assigned to a student with Fragile X Syndrome when … Continue reading 04.02.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
03.30.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is 2nd Chapter of Acts: Very Best Of. This morning I'm continuing The Bedside Book of Algebra; I've finished reading the introduction, and I'm now on the first chapter: "Algebra Basics." There are several number sets: natural numbers (positive numbers other than 0), whole numbers (positive numbers including 0), integers (positive and negative … Continue reading 03.30.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
03.28.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Devin Townsend Project: Epicloud. I spent this morning's session setting up GVST's pitch correcting VST, Gsnap, in Reaper. I was able to set the vocal sources to accept the inputs of both my USB mic and Midi commands from a separate track, allowing me to input desired notes on the track. I … Continue reading 03.28.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
03.27.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
Today's soundtrack is The Alan Parsons Project: I Robot. This evening, I'm continuing Ayn Rand's Philosophy: Who Needs It; I'm now on the second chapter, titled "Philosophical Detection." Rand begins the chapter by lamenting the decline of philosophy; she believes it has been abolished by Linguistic Analysis and Existentialism. She says that "the best way … Continue reading 03.27.2018: One Chapter of Nonfiction
03.24.2018: 30 Minutes of Raspberry Pi
Today's soundtrack is Florence + The Machine: Lungs. I'm working with Raspberry Pi for the first time today. I started by plugging the HDMI cable into the second slot of the family computer's monitor, as it has dual input capabilities. I have a second keyboard and mouse ready to use (though I really have no … Continue reading 03.24.2018: 30 Minutes of Raspberry Pi
03.23.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Falkenbach: Asa. This afternoon's lesson in Coding Projects in Python continues work in Turtle Graphics. This lesson is called "Kaleido-spiral"; in it, I'll be learning to tell Python how to make pre-programmed repeating shapes and patterns. I started by importing Turtle, then making the background black, setting the turtle speed to fast, … Continue reading 03.23.2018: One Lesson of Python
03.16.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Cephalopod: Eater öv the Void. Spring [break] has sprung! I spent today's session working on the title track of the project; I had the rough sketch of it made up in Garageband, so today I transcribed it in Reaper and wrote up a cool acoustic intro for it.
Steven Mills 