It was in the late 90s when, fresh out of university, I got my first real career job at now defunct Geoworks based in Alameda, CA (their Seattle resources taken over by Amazon.com since). They built the embedded platform on Unix for various mobile devices including PDAs, beepers and such (remember those?). I was on […]
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Adding sound to Python code
Python isn’t necessarily for multimedia programming, so only recently I looked up ways to add audio in a Python script. Turns out there are several ways to do that. They’re all really simple. Methods to add sound: 1. import winsound fname = “soundfile.wav” winsound.PlaySound(fname, winsound.SND_FILENAME) 2. import pygame pygame.init() s = pygame.mixer.Sound(“soundfile.wav”) # Start playback […]
Python and SQL
As expected Python has great connectivity to SQL and its variants; Python is made for queries and data analysis afterall. So, I decided to tinker with it a bit (I’m not a programmer per se, see my About page; so I share these simpler, more approachable codes for inspiring interest and education for beginners and […]
Program to care for a pet (Scratch)
Hello, and welcome back. Today, A fun program to introduce kids/beginners to understand logic and loops while taking care of a pet fish 🙂 Easy to code and easy to play. Code is commented with explanation. Check it out here: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/282372671/ Enjoy! Challenge: I intentionally kept the core code simple and uncomplicated. However, if you grasp the […]
Beauty of sequence…
Someone sent me this found on the web. Very interesting sequences and numbers patterns.
My entertainment system setup
I’d set it up like this for a decade but recently after replacing my age-old a/v receiver, I had another look into the hookups and scrubbed it a bit more…made it cleaner and better (audio, video) connections. I also decided to document the wiring this time, so next time (could be years from now, I […]
Break Time! Financial Advice…
Howdy! This time I’ve decided to share something from others…not my own blog, or writing…for you, my readers because I think the advices were really good. The question was posed by a Millennial who’s wondering what financial aspects to consider as he’s venturing into buying his first house. The answers and attribution are below. I’m […]
Playing with Clay
Hey there, so I got some fresh reusable and permanent clay materials from Michael’s. Goofing with the reusable one just to feel the texture, created this figure. I’ll call it “Penguin Man protecting his first-born” I kinda like him actually! More unique posts like this are quickly found from this link (because I tag them accordingly).
Abstract Art with Code (Art<->Tech). Volume III
VOLUME 3 If arts and tech had a baby, may it’d look like me 🙂 Anyway, I love mixing the two, interconnecting, and interpolating them…because I’m always curious. Results can be incredibly satisfying or surprising. These are not the best of my work in any form in coding, but wanted to share these short programs […]
Abstract Art with Code (Art<->Tech). Volume II
VOLUME 2 If arts and tech had a baby, may it’d look like me 🙂 Anyway, I love mixing the two, interconnecting, and interpolating them…because I’m always curious. Results can be incredibly satisfying or surprising. These are not the best of my work in any form in coding, but wanted to share these short programs […]