In the April 2021 Hackspace there is an article for Connected Little Boxes. The author assured me it was simple to make, so I decided to give it a go. Our 3D printer never did work, so decided to use a round sandwich box, which would fit the NeoPixel ring quite nicely.
Author: Snowy
Weather App – Kotliny Kotlin
I used IntelliJ to convert to Kotlin. It gave me the class below. While it compiles and works, it does not look like Kotlin. I would like to take the resulting code and use Kotlin’s features to make it look more like Kotlin
Weather App – Convert to Kotlin
Starting immediately, all future code needs to be in Kotlin. There is a tag in git, so I know where to go back to if it fails. My student colleague assures me it is simple to convert a Java class to Kotlin. Tomorrow’s job. Thanks to my colleague, recently a student, who inspires me with The full story here…
Phone Touch Torch
Android phone torch goes on accidentally every time you touch the side button? Embarrassed because your pocket is always glowing? Here is one solution.
Weather App – Changing API
My weather app is different from others, because it tells you how long until the next snow. It only looks in the foreseeable of course, but if there is snow on the horizon, I get a snow icon, and that is the most important thing for me. But the other thing I like about it The full story here…
Fix the Kitchen Scale
Our scale was not very expensive, we have had it for over a decade, and we could probably replace it at very small expense. But that is not the point, is it.
My First Git Pull Request
Found a very nice git repository with VisualCrossing sample code. Of course theirs doesn’t compile in my project – so this is my big opportunity – my first attempt at contributing to a project.
Weather App – API
In the week my weather app stopped working. Looked like it was getting no data. Tried connecting via wifi, on mobile data, checked we actually had internet – but nothing. Turns out their API has a new home. Thanks for nothing Apple.
How to Write a Book
I’m not going to tell you how to actually write a book. I have the words and the pictures. Now what I’m trying to figure out is how to put those words and pictures into a printable PDF.
Led Mask
I saw a post last year from Tyler Glaiel on Medium, and decided to copy his idea and make a mask.