TCL Flip2: A Modern Flip Phone, Cure for Doomscrolling, and a Fashion Statement
I start using a flip phone as a replacement for a smartphone to distance myself from modern culture.
scuti's text garden
scuti's blog about programming, video gaming, and whatever else.
Latest posts
Second Job Interview 2026: Unicorn of a Company and an Emotional Rollercoaster
(RSS only) My second interviewing experience of the year. I found a very rare type of company.
(Multiplayer) Games
The LAN and WAN multiplayer games I play and whether they are FOSS or proprietary.
Gulliver's: A last day to see it
I take pictures of a 56 year old English steakhouse in Irvine, California closing down and also pester people in the parking lot about a house resolution.
LayerOne 2026: Nutella Pizza, Graphics Programming, and Last Hours CTF
I attended LayerOne 2026. Got Nutella pizza, an IDE for a demoboard set up, and played in Qualcomm's CTF.
Robot Hands
I got two robot hands, an idea of what to do with them, and some notes so I don't forget how I set things up.
Speak of the Devil: I did my second talk
The full title is 'Speak of the Devil: Runtime Disassembly and a Live Demo'.
SCaLE 23x: Anti-Mugshot Life and the Dark Calling of the Car Fire
I went to SCaLE23x. Acted like a total tourist in the city 2 hours north of me. Also saw a car fire on the road; therefore, I'm being summoned for another pull request by the universe.
(POLL) Index Page Redesign
(RSS only) I redesigned my index page. Which looks better? The old one or the new one?
My First Online Job Interview Ever
(RSS only) That day I learned Firefox isn't a mainstream browser where I can expect web apps to work. Guess how the job interview went.
Every time* I Publicly Complained About Using a Smartphone
RSS-only blog post about not-so-secret complaints OTI, also announcing my phone is off on the weekend.
I did my first talk @ DC858
The full title is 'The Algorithms of Creating Money and Their Effects on Inflation and Wealth Distribution'.
Hello Little World! My Micrograph Gallery and 3D Printed Microscope
I built an OpenFlexure Microscope and used it to look at plant cells, a dead spider, and other stuff. Check out my micrographs and the microscope.
Not my fault! My trip to LayerOne 2025
I attended LayerOne 2025 for Memorial Day weekend. Check out the badge I soldered, a cool gamehacking talk, and a Meshtastic war from a third person perspective.
Where is the money ($)? C Programming or Python?
Everyone hears about the mean or median earnings of a job. But let's take a deeper look at annual compensation beyond averages and maybe compare apples and oranges.
Intro to Machine Learning (UD 120): Online Course Review
I took Intro to Machine Learning (UD 120) on Udacity both for a glimpse into the subject of machine learning and to see how good Udacity is.
I went to SCaLE 22x! Snow in March and Sushi at "GameStop"
I went to the Southern California Linux Expo for March 8 and 9th. Took too many photos at the Expo Hall, made new friends, and attended Open Source Career Day.
Playing with Fire: My Contributions to Pyrogenesis and the Game 0 AD
I joined Wildfire Games as a contributor in December 2024. About two weeks later the city two hours north of me (Los Angeles) catches on fire.
Your comments are welcome
You can comment on some of my blogs because I'm pulling posts from the Fediverse by using a Pandoc filter written in Lua.
Minetest: Digilines Ice & Drink Machine
scuti builds a drink machine in Minetest which has an unintended effect of creating infinite buckets.
hanvon-linux
I wrote a userspace driver for a very old pen tablet (Hanvon Graphicpal 0504) and used it to scribble in Krita.
Minetest: Digilines Vending Machine
scuti made a vending machine in Minetest with the Digilines mod and programmed it in Lua.
reflex2q3 retrospect
reflex2q3 is a video game map converter that converts maps from Reflex Arena to Radiant (Quake Engine) map editors.