Jay McGavren
@jaymcgavren.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Author of Head First Ruby and Head First Go. Web developer. Wannabe game developer.
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Portrait by https://dribbble.com/drawsgood
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Also, I'm seeing HUGE similarities between portions of Second Reality (1993) and Jeff Minter's Tempest 2000 (for the Atari Jaguar, 1994). Can't find anything saying Minter was inspired by Second Reality, though. Maybe their similarities just reflect the state of the art at the time?
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Also, I'm seeing HUGE similarities between portions of Second Reality (1993) and Jeff Minter's Tempest 2000 (for the Atari Jaguar, 1994). Can't find anything saying Minter was inspired by Second Reality, though. Maybe their similarities just reflect the state of the art at the time?
Also, Inkscape downscales (or upscales) the stroke width proportionally when you scale a shape, possibly leaving you with struts too thin for the laser cutter. To fix this, you can select all your shapes, and set the stroke back to a single width on all of them at once. (Prior to "stroke to path".)
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Also, Inkscape downscales (or upscales) the stroke width proportionally when you scale a shape, possibly leaving you with struts too thin for the laser cutter. To fix this, you can select all your shapes, and set the stroke back to a single width on all of them at once. (Prior to "stroke to path".)
STOP! Don't follow the prior tutorial! Instead, use a regular shape with no fill, and a stroke width matching the width you want your laser cut's struts to have. Then use "stroke to path" and you'll have a pair of paths separated by the width of your former stroke; that's where the laser will cut.
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
STOP! Don't follow the prior tutorial! Instead, use a regular shape with no fill, and a stroke width matching the width you want your laser cut's struts to have. Then use "stroke to path" and you'll have a pair of paths separated by the width of your former stroke; that's where the laser will cut.
I, ah, did have to remove a few of the inner layers as the fine spindles literally caught fire in the laser cutter on my first attempt. 😅 Also switched to a thinner plywood, which was much easier to work with.
September 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I, ah, did have to remove a few of the inner layers as the fine spindles literally caught fire in the laser cutter on my first attempt. 😅 Also switched to a thinner plywood, which was much easier to work with.
Note that if you delete or move the blank-new-tab folder, the extension will stop working; Chrome always loads it from disk. You may want to remove the extension, move the folder to a more permanent home, and load it again.
August 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Note that if you delete or move the blank-new-tab folder, the extension will stop working; Chrome always loads it from disk. You may want to remove the extension, move the folder to a more permanent home, and load it again.
If you don't like the blinding white screen, you can get "dark mode"...
Add this to the <head> of newtab.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="newtab.css" />
Then add this newtab.css file in your blank-new-tab folder:
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: #000000;
height: 100% […]
Add this to the <head> of newtab.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="newtab.css" />
Then add this newtab.css file in your blank-new-tab folder:
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: #000000;
height: 100% […]
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August 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
If you don't like the blinding white screen, you can get "dark mode"...
Add this to the <head> of newtab.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="newtab.css" />
Then add this newtab.css file in your blank-new-tab folder:
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: #000000;
height: 100% […]
Add this to the <head> of newtab.html:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="newtab.css" />
Then add this newtab.css file in your blank-new-tab folder:
html, body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: #000000;
height: 100% […]
To load it:
- Open Chrome
- "Window" -> "Extensions"
- Turn "Developer mode" switch on
- "Load unpacked"
- Select your blank-new-tab folder
That's it! Open a new tab and you won't see all those distracting icons any more.
[continued...]
- Open Chrome
- "Window" -> "Extensions"
- Turn "Developer mode" switch on
- "Load unpacked"
- Select your blank-new-tab folder
That's it! Open a new tab and you won't see all those distracting icons any more.
[continued...]
August 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
To load it:
- Open Chrome
- "Window" -> "Extensions"
- Turn "Developer mode" switch on
- "Load unpacked"
- Select your blank-new-tab folder
That's it! Open a new tab and you won't see all those distracting icons any more.
[continued...]
- Open Chrome
- "Window" -> "Extensions"
- Turn "Developer mode" switch on
- "Load unpacked"
- Select your blank-new-tab folder
That's it! Open a new tab and you won't see all those distracting icons any more.
[continued...]
- Drone shows are, at least at this point, not displacing gunpowder fireworks in the least. A fleet of drones is too expensive. In California alone there are hundreds of shows every 4th of July, and the few drone operators can't possibly cover them all.
August 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
- Drone shows are, at least at this point, not displacing gunpowder fireworks in the least. A fleet of drones is too expensive. In California alone there are hundreds of shows every 4th of July, and the few drone operators can't possibly cover them all.