Duolingo Disillusionment
Duolingo was once a super awesome place for me to experiment with language, and I really enjoyed using it. Nearly 5 and a half years of a daily streak later, I have become disillingoed.
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code, audio, and life developments by michael chadwick
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NebyooAxe is Live
Occasionally I like to look up guitar chords and their proper names. Why? Cuz it is edifying. The web has many tools that can help with this, but none of them are mine. And now one is.
Online Guitar Tools Brainstorming
As a guitarist, I sometimes need to reach for tools to facilitate the proper plucking of strings on my axe. While plenty of existing options exist, they never seem to perfectly fit what I want, and I start thinking about making my own versions. But what and how?
Making SoundLister Work Offline
SoundLister lets you listen to arbitrary audio using a web-based player and playlist, but if you lose network then it fails to be useful. That is, until now.
YouTube Video ID Allowance
All current existing YouTube videos can be filtered by a single 11-character id. Does that really seem like enough?
Anti-Social Mediation
After many years of sharing my life in a public broadcast kind of way, a server upgrade kills my love for even the last bastion of social media I still use consistently.
The Binge-Purge Tech Cycle
You begin life simple and slowly become more complex. Within that life there are often multiple periods of growth and reduction. This is evident quite clearly in one's interests. My life is no different.
Defolding My Love For 2D Gamedev
Season two of Hacking the Grepson is all about making a game. After some consideration, the decision to use Love2D and/or Defold, two different game engines, was made and a concentrated effort to tinker with both of them has begun.
Event Listener Ephiphany
Being able to use Javascript event listeners to check when certain things happen, and then trigger useful tasks when they do, is not always as straightforward as I'd think.
New England and Parts Further Northeast
Sometimes, you just gotta get away from it all, see something new, and do something else. Thus, it is time to recount the recent travels of me, my wife, and our daughter, after 3 weeks spent in New England and Canada. Be it by car, ship, or plane, we traveled to new places, saw new things, and had new experiences. Buckle up: here is the account of said adventure.