Today's soundtrack is Cephalopod: Eater öv the Void. After a moment of inspiration on my break at work today, I spent this evening's time composing a new riff for the Cephalopod project.
04.10.2018: One Lesson of Python
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
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.
04.04.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Cephalopod: Eater öv the Void. I'm continuing to work this evening on my song that starts with an acoustic guitar intro. I found an awesome 80s-sounding proggy synth; I'm excited with the direction that this song is taking.
04.03.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Cephalopod: Eater öv the Void. This afternoon's project is fixing the amplification and reverb on the drum tracks of the songs I've written so far for this project to clean up the kick-drum sound.
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
04.01.2018: 30 Minutes of Songwriting
Today's soundtrack is Rebecca Black: Friday. This afternoon, I'm working on my music; I've decided to go in a new direction and I've started writing about fuzzy bunny slippers and iPhones.
03.31.2018: One Lesson of Python
Today's soundtrack is Mastodon: Emperor of Sand. I'm continuing in Coding Projects In Python; this evening I'll be working on the chapter called "Starry Night," a project which uses the Turtle module and the Random module to scatter stars across a dark sky. I started by importing turtle as "t," then made commands dictating the … Continue reading 03.31.2018: One Lesson of Python
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
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