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May 15, 2018

BlueFruit Project: Vehicle Autostart!

That’s right! My latest project is to turn my BlueFruit Feather into a functioning autostart for my old ’93 pickup. Looking back at my project prep posts, you will now […]

May 11, 2018

Fool’s Mate Friday: That move was the highlight of the game!

There were several computer GUI systems invented already, but the first (to the best of my knowledge, correct me if I’m wrong) computer GUI that would highlight your move options […]

May 8, 2018

JustNotes – when your notes are too long to read!

A user of my open source app, JustNotes, made an interesting observation… if your note gets too long, you can’t read it because it goes below the keyboard and you […]

May 4, 2018

Fool’s Mate Friday: En passant checkmate!

According to legend, Gary Kasparov once checkmated via en passant in an on-line game. However, I couldn’t actually find a detailed reference to that specific game. I was, however, able […]

May 1, 2018

Solder time! Fixing a GPX LCD photo frame…

I don’t know exactly when it happened. I just know that it eventually quit working. It is one of those picture frame LCD panels with a slot in the back […]

April 27, 2018

Fool’s Mate Friday: Is the King safe from pawns?

Pawns can be scary things. They can en passant, they can form chains and islands, they can promote to the all powerful queen. Not to mention they can checkmate you. […]

April 24, 2018

Ubuntu Touch: Make your own Jabber/XMPP app in 10 minutes…

You probably think that I’m joking, but I’m not. You can actually build a jabber/xmpp app in less than 10 minutes if you have a good internet connection, and have […]

April 20, 2018

Fool’s Mate Friday: 8 minute moves….

They say that the first complete chess playing program was written by Alex Bernstein in 1957. There were earlier renditions that could not play a complete game, but could solve […]

April 17, 2018

Ubuntu Touch: Making a new app

Realizing that there are a few apps missing from the Ubuntu Touch OpenStore, and being an Android app developer, I thought I would try to bridge the gap. Rolling up […]

April 13, 2018

Fool’s Mate Friday: One Player or Two?

It was interesting to me that white did not always move first in chess. Apparently, in 1857, a master of chess, Mr. Lowenthal made a recommendation to the First American […]

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