drewish


Projects

These are fun things I’ve worked on:

Time Block Planner (2021-2023)

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A ruby script to generate my version of Cal Newport's time block planner.

No Google Calendar Alerts (2017)

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A super simple Chrome extension to disable the Javascript pop up alerts in Google Calendar.

Plug In Colorado (2017)

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A podcast I've been working on with my wife Deana.

Cityscape (2015-2017)

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Using CGAL and Cinder to generate cities in the style of Donald Crews.

RSpec Rails Swagger (2016-2017)

Generate Swagger 2.0 docs for Rails apps using RSpec request specs. Test results can be captured as response examples.

UnionJack (2015-2016)

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A C++ library for Cinder to draw a 16-segment LED displays using OpenGL.

Boulder Trash Day Calendar (2015-2016)

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In the browser, generate an iCalendar file with Western Disposal's collection schedule for the year. No more wondering if collection is delayed due to a holiday or if it's a compost or recycling week.

Alphabear Helper (2015)

A tool to help you cheat at Alphabear or other word games.

Quick XPath Queries (2015)

A tool to quickly test out XPath queries in the browser.

AlienLander (2014-2015)

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Trying to recreate the landing computer screen from the 1979 movie Alien.

TrianglePaint (2014)

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A very basic isometric drawing program.

Learn Notes (2014)

Uses an algorithm inspired by the Ward Cunninham's Automatic Morse Code Teaching Machine to teach you to read music.

MIDI Monitor (2014)

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Combines the Web MIDI API and VexFlow, a JavaScript engraving engine, to display keys pressed on the keyboard on the screen.

Unicoder (2013)

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JavaScript to convert images into monochrome, Unicode bitmaps.

Logo JS (2011-2013)

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A simple Logo interpreter written in JavaScript which draws the turtle's path using SVG.

Timelapse (2012)

Videos I've shot by myself and with a friend.

textFlow (2009, 2013)

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Ruby script to display iTunes album art as ASCII or ANSI text.

CSS with vertical rhythm (2007, 2013)

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Helper to generate CSS with vertical rhythm.

MintyMouse (2005)

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I combined an Altoids tin and an optical mouse.

Image Color2 (2005-2006)

PHP 5 library for converting colors between different color models.

Phlickr (2005-2006)

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In 2005 I started using Flickr and, wanting to learn more about PHP 5, began building on an API client I called Phlickr. In 2006 Rob Loach and I co-authored a book on using it for various projects titled Building Flickr Applications with PHP which was published by Apress.

2-sided POV (2004-2005)

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PIC microcontroller flashes LEDs on a rotating bicycle wheel to spell out messages.