Friday, November 28, 2014

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 67)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we return to the Internet of old and looks to the Internet ahead, make a box and eat a game.

  • First, Hank Green refreshes your memory on all of the Internet dance crazes you may have forgotten. Also reflects on a few potential high points for the vlogbrothers project.
  • Next, Adam Savage makes a box. Why is this a favourite? Because boxes are awesome, this box is particularly awesome and making things is cool.
  • Finally, Rosanna Pansino makes a chess board cake and edible chess pieces. 

Friday, November 21, 2014

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 66)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we sing songs of work and of drug stores and also laugh with the vlogbrothers.

  • First SuriOokami composed some lyrics for the Earthbound Drug Store Song and then sang them! 
  • Next we get the joy that is John and Hank together in the same room. Always a fun moment. (And hey, remember when video responses were a thing?)
  • Finally, Watsky tells us the Moral of the Story of getting where you want to be.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 65)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we are strong like trees, get things done and rock out in the forrest!

  • First off Laura Shigihara shows off why she's an awesome video game composer.
    • Don't forget to check out the trailer for her new game Rakuen!
  • Next from Weekend Confirmed, which feels way back in the day, Brendon Chung answers some questions about how (and why) to get things and discusses beginning at the end. 
  • Finally, Watsky is Strong as an O-A-K.

Friday, November 07, 2014

Project Update Post

I've managed to get behind on projects again, mostly due to having research and teach commitments that need to get done with a higher priority. Still I've managed to get a bit done and in this post I'm going to update my deadlines to give myself something to shoot for again.



  • Project 5 - SNES Coasters and Project 12 - Chrono Trigger Sprites
    • I've had to hold off a little on working on these due to house sitting and wanting to make sure that I'm using the same iron while testing.
    • The SNES Coasters have been holding mostly steady, but I've decided that I want to build and test one of the bigger size before making others since that way I don't waste quite as much if I don't like the size. 
      • I'd like to finish and start testing the test SNES coaster by November 15, 2014.
    • I spent a long time going through the Perler bead colours and discovered that I actually DIDN'T buy all the colours and I'm missing a few that might be helpful for the sprites. However I think I have enough on hand to make it through the small scale test.
    • I've also done all the colour matching and think I have a plan for which colour of beads I'll use for each of the colours in the Chrono sprite.
      • I'd like to finish a test block (just the colours) by November 15, 2014 and the small scale Chrono by November 30, 2014.
  • Project 13 - Bubble Puzzle
    • I haven't had time to start on this one at all yet, so I don't have much to report other than that I've decided to do a test with Unity that works well enough to shoot bubbles at other bubbles.
      • I'd like to finish this Unity test by December 31, 2014
  • Project 14 - Flash Fiction
    • I also haven't made much progress on this one either so I think given that I'm still fairly early in November, I'm simply going to slide this back a month and hopefully put up my first piece by November 30, 2014.

Blog: Favourite YouTube Videos (Volume 64)

In this volume of my favourite YouTube videos, we go back to my favourite dance / music / politician / mma fighter / thingy.

  • One nice thing about working on my favourite YouTube videos is that it's a good reason to go an d check out the channels of people I don't favourite regularly and when I did my last volume on
    WORLD ORDER オフィシャルサイト, I, ended up with some more favourites.

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