AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

EveryBible hits the OpenStore

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After much work, I have finally released EveryBible on the OpenStore! [1]

While far from perfect, I feel that the app is ready for general use. Some of the main features so far are:

  • Over 100 Bible translations
  • Over 340000 cross references
  • Dark/light mode which follows the system theme …

Copy and Cross References in EveryBible

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Another milestone was reached today on my work with EveryBible [2], a Bible application for Ubuntu Touch that features 140 different translations. Today I have wrapped up the commits for displaying cross references!

The way it works is after selecting your version, book, and chapter, your verses are displayed. You …

Using my new Playstation controller

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Recently I had a birthday where I was given a new Sony Playstation 5 Dualsense controller [1] (not an affiliate link). I actually don't have a Playstation, but the idea behind it was that it should work well with Ubuntu, and possibly Ubuntu Touch. This was a really cool gift …

TreeFrogUI on an SF3000

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After weeks of saving, mowing the grass for a little extra cash, and putting his meager allowance money into his proverbial piggy bank, my son finally saved up enough dough to buy a retro gaming console. I helped him look through and review a lot of options, and he settled …

Mounting my HTX-212 in my 1968 Chevy Pickup

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A while back I wrote an article about hooking up my HTX-212 to a signalink-usb and using it for APRS and Winlink from my 78 Chevy pickup [1]. I recently moved it to my newly restored 1968 Chevy pickup, and had an issue with it, so I thought I'd share …

Making EveryBible for Ubuntu Touch

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A really big project (for me) that I've been working on recently is a new Ubuntu Touch app that I'm calling "EveryBible". An app that allows you to read numerous Bible translations with linked in cross references. When I first started using Ubuntu Touch after a many years hiatus, I …

Updating older apps

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A friend of mine on Ubuntu Touch reached out to me the other day about one of the older apps that I maintain. It's called Ambient, which is a simple app that plays background noise for a set period of time. Apparently, my friend uses it every night to help …

NesJs for Ubuntu Touch

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After several weeks of toying with it, I have finally completed my click of NesJs for Ubuntu Touch. Now, when I say that in the geek community, they typically think by NesJs, that I mean the really big NesJs library [3] that was written in typescript and is used in …

Published CitySim

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After months of trial and error, grinding and chipping away at it, and generally slow but steady work, CitySim is done! That's right, I've released version 1.0 and published it on the OpenStore[2]! Ubuntu Touch users can now download and play my simple city simulation game.

I did …

Singing and translating CitySim

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Never a dull moment for CitySim! I was blessed to be able to get lots of work done on it today, as I had a little extra free time. The two major things I accomplished were fixing the sound, and getting it ready for translations. The sound was relatively easy …