The Adventures of Alf
I wrote this back in 1993, one of my first complete working programs. Its a DOS platform game which I wrote and sent to PC-Plus… Read More »The Adventures of Alf
Computers
Mandelbrot in HTML5
A Mandelbrot fractal calculated in JavaScript and drawn on an HTML5 canvas: This complex fractal pattern is based on the simple iteration: Z = Z2 +… Read More »Mandelbrot in HTML5
Pi Music Box
In this project, I describe how I transformed an inexpensive amplified speaker unit into a network-connected music player by embedding a Raspberry Pi Zero. Components… Read More »Pi Music Box
Acow – Command line accounting
Acow is a command line accounting application that I wrote as an experiment in the use of SQL (using MySQL in particular). It is a… Read More »Acow – Command line accounting
R/C outlet control software
A client/server software system to control a modified remote outlet system via a USB Bit Whacker board. This is free software, and is released under… Read More »R/C outlet control software
Hacking R/C power outlets
I wrote this up as an article which was published in Make: magazine: Hacking R/C Power Outlets Switching mains appliances from your computer or microcontroller… Read More »Hacking R/C power outlets
R/C power outlets
Impressed with a remote controlled power outlet system that I had bought, I undertook quite an extensive project to discover exactly how it worked, and… Read More »R/C power outlets
Binary clock
A binary clock for the Windows system tray. After getting used to using a binary clock in KDE, I was unable to find a good… Read More »Binary clock
Portrait in HTML
Pixelated portrait using an HTML table. (try standing back!)
Text stereogram generator
A program that produces Single Image Random Text Stereograms (SIRTS). Here is a sample input file and the corresponding output – you’ll need to view these with a fixed-width font for… Read More »Text stereogram generator