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Happy Pi Day!

March 14, 2016March 14, 2016 by me_simba@yahoo.com

This year I decided to make a pie for Pi day. Not just any pie, but, in honor of the new RaspberryPi 3 I made a raspberry pie. Again dusting off my mother’s pie crust recipe. Well actually, it is from a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook. But it is the one she made for … Read more

Categories Food, RasberryPi

New Downwind Sail For Aiya

March 2, 2016February 18, 2016 by me_simba@yahoo.com

Diane and I decided a spinnaker would be a good addition to Aiya. Mostly because she is a big heavy boat and the summer breeze around here is light and nearly always blows up river. It was amazingly difficult to come up with a color scheme we liked with the limited color pallet available. We … Read more

Categories Sailing

Ahhhh, Thanksgiving…

March 2, 2016December 4, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

While digging through our recipes, I found a handwritten recipe for apple pie from my mom. I thought it might be fun to try and make one. Mind you, I virtually never make crust from scratch. After the first batch of dough, I was on the phone with Diane suggesting she bring a couple pre-made … Read more

Categories Food

Free Code Camp Front end Developer (Whoot)

March 2, 2016November 17, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

Here is the long awaited certificate. Guess I know Javascript now…

Categories WebDesign

Simon sez

March 2, 2016November 17, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

One more Free Code Camp project. A variation on the old Simon game. Some liberties taken to simplify things. Check it out here.  

Categories WebDesign

Headed north for the summer

March 2, 2016October 19, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

This blog was originally supposed to be about sailing. So I thought I should have at least one article on that subject. We recently took our boat from Portland, OR up the coast to the San Juan islands for some extended cruising. While the wind wasn’t too favorable for sailing north, we did manage to … Read more

Categories Sailing

Another class project

March 2, 2016October 19, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

This exercise was to build a calculator app that would look good on and iPhone as well as in a standard web browser. You can try the calculator here.

Categories WebDesign

Pomodoro

March 2, 2016October 7, 2015 by me_simba@yahoo.com

As part of a class I am taking, I built this little timer app. Click here to run the timer app. You can read about Pomodoro here.

Categories WebDesign

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