Recently, an ex-colleague of mine brought to our attention the Microsoft font possibly used in creating the spinning dots in Windows 11 boot screen. The font is called “Segoe Boot Semilight” and is a true type font. So, I had to verify that this is true, and I wanted to try to create the animation […]
Tag: programming
Different ways to generate a list and array containing numbers
In this post, I show different ways to generate a list and array containing numbers (ints, and floats, positive and negative, mixed) in python…using random, list, and numpy arrays. Why do we need both? NumPy arrays are very efficient for numerical operations and require elements to be of the same data type, whereas lists are […]
Finding min, max in a sequence and plotting the distances
Let’s say that we have a sequence of numbers in consisting of whole numbers, fractions, positive and negative numbers of varying length, that is, of no predefined length (e.g.2.25, 5.25, 6.75, 8.25, 9.75…). What we want to do is to sort the numbers in ascending order, and find the differences between 2 adjacent numbers and […]
Projecting Neocaridina Shrimp Population
Two months ago I wrote an app for myself to keep track of my new hobby Neocaridina Shrimpkeeping. It was only 2 weeks before that I started the hobby before I recognized that a handy application to keep track of my shrimp’s water parameters, treatments and care with curated, accurate information would be very useful. […]
The amazing UNDO
Sure, computers are powerful tools that allow us to create, edit, and share various types of content. However, it can also be a source of frustrations and even horror especially when we lose our work or made a mistake that ruins the creation. We may make mistakes or change our minds about what we want […]
Calculating Euclidean Distance in Python
Euclidean distance is the length of the line segment between two points in Euclidean space. It can be calculated from the Cartesian coordinates of the points using the Pythagorean theorem. It is a simple formula enough to be calculated by hand but powerful enough to be used in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence applications for […]
New Arrival: Shrimp Care App!
I recently picked up a new hobby: Shrimp keeping! Having 40+ years of experience with keeping tropical fish, I thought this would be an interesting addition and to put my extra 29 gallon tank to good use. To get started, of course, I researched online about types of shrimps and their requirements. Then I joined […]
Word Connect Game
Recently, the game on New York Times has been getting a lot of attention and generating much excitement by the readers. While I don’t subscribe to the newspaper, my friends shared the game screens with me which prompted me to ponder if I could create my version of this in Python. So, after a few […]
Population, Procreation Simulation (Python)
In this post, I share my design and code for simulating some propagating organisms (you can think of them as humans, other creatures, cells, whatever you like) with certain rules. And although I have a couple of other variations of this made in C/C++ in the past, I wanted to do it in Python and […]
Bingo: Player v CPU (Python)
In this post, I share how l implementedd the classic Bingo game (American version) in Python. This version is one player versus CPU. See the rules below if you’re not familiar with Bingo (especially American version). More details about the program and the link to the full source code below along with ability to play […]