AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

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

Updated KPPD Control app for Android Oreo!

Now that Oreo is out, I needed to go through my apps and make adjustments and updates for the new platform. One of the biggest problems I found was that of the KPPD Control app.

For some reason, assets in the asset folder are not transferring with the apk. I …

Fool's Mate Friday: Identifying the board square by number.

Identification please! Did you know that there have been numerous cases of mistaken identity for the masters of chess in print? There are so many that websites have even devoted entire pages to these mix ups! You can check out some good ones here, where among others, Bernhard Kagan was …

Ril-daemon control app for LG G4 AOSCP Oreo!

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I'm sure many of you are already using Kessaras' great AOSCP Oreo Rom for the LG G4!

One small current issue is the ril-daemon sometimes needs to be stopped and started to make your sim card and cellular work properly. In the past, you …

Fool's Mate Friday: JustChess, shaken, not stirred....

Well, I suppose the Bond reference does sound a bit out of place here, but perhaps if we break it down it will not seem to be so.

In the 1963 movie "From Russia With Love" James Bond is facing a fierce and brilliant opponent, Russian agent Kronsteen, who during …

Project prep: Digital output on the Bluefruit feather!

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While I continue to prepare for my big project, I still have a few more things to test. Namely, I need to test the digital outputs to make sure that I understand how to use them. So, I wrote this little ditty to get the job done. Note that I …

Fool's Mate Friday: Chess books ancient and modern....

There are many ancient writings about chess and the various pre-chess games that obviously inspired chess itself. The first recorded European chess writing was a poem called 'Versus de scachis', in 997 AD. According to wikipedia, the first book to be completely about chess is the 'Göttingen manuscript', written in …

Project prep: Testing analog input on my Bluefruit Feather!

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I'm getting ready to use my Bluefruit Feather in a big project, well, big to me anyways. Before I do that, however, I needed to test a few things to make sure that I understand how it works. So, I added to my "cylon …

Fool's Mate Friday: My Favorite FICS Commands

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Last week we talked about Jin and FICS a bit, but I wanted to make a post to break down some of my favorite FICS commands, which help show why I like to use it for playing online chess. Don't worry, we'll be getting back to our chess programming project …