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Exploring Javascript SVG Animation


Click the image to animate! And no, that's not a GIF either. It's an SVG drawing being animated and manipulated with Javascript and the Snap SVG library. Read more to learn how I did this.


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Date: May 22nd at 11:01am

Gizmos and Gadgets


Since the 3 months teaching Gizmos and Gadgets at CTYI are over, I've decided putting the slides I made for the course online. I hope those of you who did the course enjoyed it and learnt something along the way. Feel free to get in touch if you want to know more.

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Date: March 18th at 5:34pm

Exploring ActionScript


As part of my first assignment for Media Programming, I was tasked with creating a Flash tutorial of an Actionscript technique. What follows below are the steps I took in building it.

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Date: March 17th at 7:52pm

Unlocking the Galileo's secret serial port


Since I haven't blogged for some time and I'm only getting back to working with the Intel Galileo again, I've decided to write up a quick tutorial to make up for lost time. In this tutorial I'll address a key drawback to the Intel Galileo and a handy solution to remedy.

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Date: January 26th at 9:14am

Tweeting Galileo


Since I've recently succeeded in getting my Galileo online, I've wasted no time in pressing it to its full potential as an IoT board. In this tutorial I'm recasting the Galileo as a Twitter-Bot to post my tweets to the world!

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Date: December 6th at 12:16pm

Internet Sharing with the Galileo


As a continuation on since my last post, I wanted to take things a little further and enable WiFi sharing on my Mac over ethernet. In turn, allowing my Galileo to access the internet. Do it yourself in just five steps.

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Date: December 5th at 2:31pm

Ethernet on Galileo with static IP


Since I've decided to migrate over to Eclipse in order to program my Galileo, I've needed a persistent IP address in order to make a target connection. Since I couldn't find much in the way of instructions online, I decided on writing my own tutorial to guide others through the process, step by step.

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Date: November 25th at 11:13am