Robert J WoodheadOptimizing NAND2Tetris assembly codeOne of the joys of writing assembly language code on any processor is that since you are so close to the bare metal, you can indulge in…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Robert J WoodheadRapidly Rebooting Roamio and the Flashing Lights of DoomThis weekend, our beloved TiVo Roamio started repeatedly rebooting every few seconds. Occasionally it would “catch” and continue to reboot…Oct 10, 2022Oct 10, 2022
Robert J WoodheadHacking Autocomplete Priority in ThunderbirdMozilla Thunderbird has a useful autocomplete feature when entering email addresses; it displays all the partial matches to whatever…Feb 11, 20192Feb 11, 20192
Robert J WoodheadFallout 76 Optimal Mutation Farming StrategyFallout 76 has a feature called Mutations. A player will randomly gain mutations (there are 19 of them currently) when exposed to…Jan 10, 20191Jan 10, 20191
Robert J WoodheadThe Hitch-hiker’s Guide to Colonizing the GalaxyAll it takes is patience… lots of it. No, really, you have no clue how much…Sep 20, 2017Sep 20, 2017
Robert J WoodheadMake an Eclipse Telescope in 10 minutes!Here’s my take on building a simple pinhole telescope for viewing the eclipse next month. This should be a fun project for science-inclined…Jul 27, 2017Jul 27, 2017
Robert J WoodheadCasting a 1:24 Scale Model of Riding Bean’s Buff the Roadbuster, Part 2Continuing our story from Part 1, the next step was to cast the wheels.Jun 14, 2017Jun 14, 2017
Robert J WoodheadThe Rationalist’s PrayerInspired by a Facebook post of an acquaintance, I got a little poetic.Jun 7, 2017Jun 7, 2017
Robert J WoodheadCasting a 1:24 Scale Model of Riding Bean’s Buff the Roadbuster, Part 1Mistakes were made. Fun was had. Skills were developed. Lessons were learned.May 20, 20172May 20, 20172
Robert J WoodheadConway’s Game of Life in ElmI’m always on the lookout for new and interesting programming environments, and for the last few months I’ve been noodling around with Elm.Feb 14, 20171Feb 14, 20171