Fancier Minecraft Pi Game of Life

[pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8gmHvJD2jyc/USH1uxHIu4I/AAAAAAAAC1I/ptVGYQdSylk/s144-c/IMG_20130218_012053.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100175922620194527589/InstantUpload#5846223975109671810″ caption=”IMG_20130218_012053.jpg” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20130218_012053.jpg” ] I spiffed up my last bit of Minecraft Pi Edition code by making the Game of Life fit into a smaller area of the world, making the world grid and live cells easier to see (by making dead cells Obsidian and live cells Diamond Blocks), and even adding… Read More Fancier Minecraft Pi Game of Life

18 February 2013 Jason Milldrum2 Comments

Conway’s Game of Life in Minecraft Pi Edition

Also known as “The slowest implementation of the Game of Life in 2013″. This is what happens when you have insomnia. [pe2-image src=”http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pIMUUJNK__k/URzHojTQSAI/AAAAAAAACxQ/MCZeLIlpebE/s144-c/IMG_20130214_031548.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/100175922620194527589/InstantUpload#5844765915904755714″ caption=”IMG_20130214_031548.jpg” type=”image” alt=”IMG_20130214_031548.jpg” ] What I did was first clear out the entire world, then place a plane of glass across the entire world at y=1. The actual Life cells are… Read More Conway’s Game of Life in Minecraft Pi Edition

14 February 201314 February 2013 Jason MilldrumLeave a comment

Exploring Minecraft Pi Edition

If you are a Raspberry Pi enthusiast, you may have seen that Minecraft Pi Edition was officially released yesterday. I don’t have the time to game like I used to, so I haven’t really played Minecraft, but this version looked intriguing since it’s free and it has an open API. So I downloaded it yesterday… Read More Exploring Minecraft Pi Edition

12 February 2013 Jason Milldrum2 Comments

3D Printed Enclosures

In my FDIM 2012 and Pacificon 2012 presentations, I mentioned 3D printing as a disruptive technology that could be useful to ham homebrewers in the construction of enclosures for our projects. This link has a good example of what I was envisioning, calling this application the “killer app” of 3D printing.

8 December 20128 December 2012 Jason Milldrum1 Comment

Mythbusters at The Tech

This year I made a quick trip to Pacificon (hopefully I’ll have a full blog post about the trip later) but I managed to squeeze in a little time on Sunday to visit with my Mom and Stepdad, who drove down from the Sacramento area to spend a bit of time together. They took me… Read More Mythbusters at The Tech

23 October 2012 Jason Milldrum1 Comment

Resurrect Dead

I imagine that nearly all of my readers are interested in radio in some shape or form, so I thought I would recommend a fun documentary that you can view on Netflix streaming called Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. If you enjoy the world of crazy conspiracy theories, pirate radio, and solving… Read More Resurrect Dead

30 June 201230 June 2012 Jason Milldrum1 Comment

Dayton Or Bust

I’ve got another grab-bag of miscellaneous news for this post, but I’m going to lead off with the big one: I’m going to be a presenter at the world’s preeminent QRP convention: Four Days In May 2012. The tentative topic for my presentation will be about the free and open source tools that I use… Read More Dayton Or Bust

1 February 2012 Jason Milldrum3 Comments

Another Harmonic

I can finally let the cat out of the bag. As I alluded to on Google+ a few weeks ago, lots of stuff was happening behind the scenes here. One of the biggest pieces of news I can now share with the world. You can probably tell from the image above: we’re having another baby!… Read More Another Harmonic

30 August 2011 Jason Milldrum4 Comments

Respect

Update Here’s a quote from Wes describing the equipment that he was using on his end: I hope that my signal was OK when we worked. I was in the midst of wrapping up a frequency synthesizer project and had it running on the rig for the first time. When I heard you… Read More Respect

31 May 20114 June 2011 Jason Milldrum3 Comments

This Is What Radio Is All About

Over the last few days, Jennifer has been off work, so I’ve been able to spend more time in the shack working on Project X. I only recently made my first QSO with the prototype rig (I think propagation was unfavorable for me when I was trying late in the evenings), so I’ve been leaving… Read More This Is What Radio Is All About

22 December 201022 December 2010 Jason Milldrum6 Comments

Ripples in the Ether

Emanations from Amateur Radio Station NT7S

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