Category Archives: Random crap

Because of how badly laid out I found my room is in the last post, I’ve been designing a new desk in SketchUp.  After a million iterations, here’s my design:

Using SketchUp for this has been awesome…it’s really opened up a new world of creativity for me.  For more design and build info, read on.

Continue reading I’m building a desk→

I’m learning SketchUp, and I just realized something…my room has an absolutely terrible layout.

UPDATE 6/7/2014: The FAQ got updated with all the values, so here’s the final fancy verison.

Just got Mario Kart 8, and I made a nerd table based on the data from this FAQ (values multiplied by 4 to make them whole):

PDF here, XLSX here.

In Mario Kart Wii, the stats basically added up to “use Funky Kong on the Flame Runner”, but there’s no all-around best on Mario Kart 8 — the bottom line seems to be “drive what you like”.

Came across this animated poster by Jacob O’Neal. Click through for a gigantic gif of how car engines work.

Continue reading How a car engine works→

I decided I need to get better about documenting all the projects I work on, so this blog is where I can document this stuff.