Fun projects
MyPreciousss3
2023/01/03 16:50
People simply love ❤️ cats! Stats after less than 24 hours in Divoom® community:
- More followers;
- many likes;
- very, very much views [>2.8K];
- and funny responses.
Bikini Bottom
2022/10/31 19:01
Back once again... the energetic sponge from Bikini Bottom SpongeBob SquarePants! Build in 33 frames for just 0,1 seconds of animation... but so much fun to do! :)
Happy Mac
2022/07/17 13:28
The ‘Happy Macintosh’; inspired by the ubiquitous round yellow smile face. Original design by Susan Kare, around 1984.
World’s #1 puzzle
2021/03/13 16:05
1974: Ernö Rubik—a professor from Budapest in Hungary—wanted to help his students understand 3D problems. His solution? The Rubik’s Cube! Ernö created the first working prototype in 1974. With 8 corner blocks and 12 edge blocks, 8!×12!×38×212 different positions are possible. However, it is not possible to achieve every situation by twists:
- Turns of corner blocks can only be done with at least two blocks at the same time
- Side blocks can only be rotated with at least two blocks at the same time
- Movements can only be made with three blocks at a time
Due to these limitations, the above value must still be divided by 2×2×3=12. Result: 43 252 003 274 489 856 000 (more than 43 trillion) in different positions. Only one of them is the right solution!
1982: The Museum of Modern Art in NYC selects Rubik’s Cube for its permanent collection.
2017: Rubik’s Brand enjoys a record year with retail sales reaching $250 million.
2021: For the trainspotters: as a big fan of this legendary puzzle (I solved it!) with its iconic design I have added a favicon of it to this site.
Ping (Pong)
2021/02/10 15:28
Pong is one of the earliest arcade video games, first released in 1972 by Atari. It is a two-player game based on table tennis [ping pong]. The game features simple 2D graphics. It consists of two paddles used to return a bouncing ball back and forth across the screen. The score is kept by the numbers at the top of the screen.
I recreated this game in Python. A tiny project to further develop my OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) skills.
You’ll notice that there are several lines in this program that start with a # symbol. The words following the # are a comment, added to make the code easier for users to read and understand.
For the type geeks: Typeface used for writing the code is Operator; a very fit workhorse specifically engineered for the screen by Hoefler&Co.
Warming-up
2020/10/06 15:20
Global warming? Not exactly one year ago when I joined the Down Under Obstacle Run [7.5 mi] in Nieuwegein (NL)! It was a double challenge: fighting numerous, slippery obstacles + poor weather conditions. With a temperature of 10 degrees Celsius it appeared to be the coldest 6th of October since 1936! A hot shower after some heavy exercise never felt so good before!