Learn, code, build, grow. A blog by Sherri Wheeler.
This will be a living document for me to record and save all the methods I ve used to remove AI from search, browsers, software and other aspects of my digital life, in the cases where it s getting in my way. I honestly can t believe how much it s being shoved down our throats and how hard [ ]
Despite having built our ninja course 2 years ago, we finally got around to painting the wood with a wood sealer. We happened to have two different types of this product Thompson s WaterSeal and Olympic WaterGuard. We didn t have enough of either kind so we used both. This also was quite an involved project [ ]
My main PC is a Ubuntu machine that I use for work (development) and gaming. Over the last several years, PC gaming on Linux has graduated from a long-shot to a nearly commonplace certainty. Games working well, and working for multiplayer are the norm even if some of them need some tinkering made easy [ ]
This is a summary of my notes taken during a Web Accessibility seminar hosted by Hackforge and taught by Jason Pomerleau. This is mostly in short-hand and only touches on main/common topics. WCAG 2.0 is the baseline standard. Level AA is what most legislation targets. Common Considerations Visual Impairment Colourblindness Hearing Impairment Mobility Considerations Cognitive [ ]
Continuing the fun of adding to our backyard ninja course, I wanted to make curved hanging holds that you typically see shaped like bananas. It turns out you can make these with a few dollars of hardware store supplies and less than 15 minutes in the garage. Supplies (prices in CAD): I really like these [ ]
A while back I had to research CMS options to compliment our work with WordPress. At the time I was looking at the two main competitors to WordPress in the PHP CMS category, Joomla and Drupal. Both of these choices are solid, established and flexible options. There isn t a clear winner between them, however I [ ]
Three years ago I wrote a post exploring the new integrated programming language, environment, online editor and pipeline called Dark. I thought it looked pretty cool but lacked a lot of necessary features that would make it useful at business scale, and it also came with major vendor lock-in risk. I concluded by planning to [ ]
It s difficult to be a gamer or a D D fan these days and not be inundated with news and information about how great Baldur s Gate 3 is. Happily I have a great group of gamer friends always up for trying new games. My husband was a big fan of the Divinity games so we re giving [ ]
This summer we tackled the largest DIY project that I ve ever done in my life. My husband and I and our 3 sons are big fans of the American Ninja Warrior tv show, and last winter I installed gym rings in the rafters of our basement so the kids could swing through the laundry room [ ]
In this post I will document a few handy scripts and tips that my son and I have figured out while using the fun game development tool RPG In A Box. I strive to create scripts that are reusable and read values from the context they were called from. Damage/Harvest An Entity And Give a [ ]