Author Archives: keith

The Ridiculous Raspberry Pi Winamp Remote – Part I

Posted on May 14, 2013 by keith

Back story I wanted a media center. I priced out cases, power supplies, hard drives, cheap motherboards, etc. and figured I could build one for a couple hundred bucks or so. Then I heard about people using Raspberry Pi’s as … Continue reading →

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Joining the Magic Kingdom

Posted on April 2, 2013 by keith

I purposely held off until today to break this news as I didn’t think anyone would believe it if I posted it on April 1. After 5 1/2 years with Infrared5, I am moving on to new endeavors. Specifically, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Send to Kindle

Posted on March 20, 2013 by keith

Just a quick note that I added the “Send to Kindle” plugin to the site here. At the bottom of each post you should see a Send to Kindle button that will prompt you to log in to your Amazon … Continue reading →

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Building a MAME Arcade

Posted on March 8, 2013 by keith

Background I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. The golden age of arcade games. My best friend and I would hit up the various arcades in the surrounding town, and at 25 cents a game, I’d easily spend $10 … Continue reading →

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“Infiltration” live in Windows Store

Posted on February 25, 2013 by keith

My latest game, Infiltration, for Windows 8 is live in the Windows Store. Get it here! This is a game that I’ve wanted to make for a long time. One of my favorite old time arcade games was Gravitar. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Surface Pro

Posted on February 10, 2013 by keith

Background A few years back I was invited to Microsoft for a day with a small group of other bloggers to be briefed on what MS had going on and to speak with Bill Gates himself for a full hour. … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Windows 8 | 2 Comments

Winding Rules in HTML’s Canvas

Posted on February 1, 2013 by keith

This is another one that a lot of people should already know, but I’m still betting that a few will find useful. Winding refers to the direction a path is drawn in – clockwise or counterclockwise. In many cases, this … Continue reading →

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Scaling in HTML’s Canvas

Posted on January 31, 2013 by keith

I’m probably not dropping any huge knowledge bombs here on many of you, but there are a few neat things about scaling when drawing to an HTML5 Canvas that I didn’t realize until a few months ago. So there are … Continue reading →

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Circle Layering

Posted on January 28, 2013 by keith

If you were wondering where my last post was heading… Oops, gotta turn off the “capture cursor” on that screenshot program. 🙂 Anyway, this was an idea I first explored several years ago on my art from code site, but … Continue reading →

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Working out a Math Problem

Posted on January 25, 2013 by keith

So I had this idea the other day for a graphic effect. I thought it might be interesting to walk through how it went from concept to functional code. So here it is. The effect involved placing smaller circles around … Continue reading →

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