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  • A Virtual Christmas Gift

    A Virtual Christmas Gift

    I created this virtual Christmas gift. Why not open it and see what’s inside?

    December 25, 2022
  • Deas Island Park in Winter

    Deas Island Park in Winter

    I went for a walk in Deas Island Park last weekend and took a few shots. Rowers were out on the water, despite the cold. While looking out from the beach, a ship named Liberty King passed by. There is a nice shot of the Burnaby skyline in front of snow covered mountains.

    December 7, 2022
  • Mounting a Disk on Startup (Ubuntu MATE 22.04)

    This guide is for Ubuntu MATE 22.04, but should work for any Ubuntu 22.04 spin. The disk will be mounted at the user level, not the system level. We need to obtain the UUID of the disk. In a terminal, execute the following: ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/ Open the Startup Applications Preferences app (MATE Menu->Preferences->Startup Applications). […]

    November 11, 2022
  • Fall Palette on the Pitch & Putt

    Fall Palette on the Pitch & Putt

    The golfing season is nearly over, but there is still time to get out on the course and enjoy the brilliant fall colours. These photos were taken at Queen Elizabeth Park Pitch & Putt in Vancouver.

    November 7, 2022
  • Mushroom Season Begins

    Mushroom Season Begins

    Mycelium is busy recycling the year’s growth, and we can now see the fruiting bodies. 🍄

    October 29, 2022
  • Honeybee Landing

    Honeybee Landing

    I managed to capture this cool action shot of a honeybee landing on a clover flower. 😀 It was taken with my phone camera. The best camera is always the one you have with you.

    July 30, 2022
  • Flowers at Deas Island Park

    Flowers at Deas Island Park

    Happy Canada Day! I went for a walk around Deas Island Park today and the flowers were just lovely.

    July 1, 2022
  • Entity Component System for Cerberus X

    For my previous game (Bird Hop) I wanted to use an entity component system, but there were none available for BlitzMax, so I coded my own. Now I am using Cerberus X, and again there is no ECS module available, so I’ve translated my BlitzMax module. In rewriting the module, I’ve cleaned it up and […]

    May 16, 2022
  • Unit Test Module for Cerberus X

    Here is my unit test module for Cerberus X. It consists of two classes: UnitTest and UnitTestSuite. The UnitTest class is inherited to override the GetName() and Run() methods. Inside the Run() method you can call any of the Assert* methods, and the results will be stored in the UnitTest object. The UnitTestSuite class aggregates […]

    April 23, 2022
  • A Very Photogenic Finch

    A Very Photogenic Finch

    On a camping trip in 2018 to Buttle Lake, BC I came across a female house finch that was very trusting, and as it turned out, very photogenic.

    April 15, 2022
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