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DeckLock part 3: How about a game of Gwent?
Gwent support in DeckLock has been on my ToDo list for some time as it currently is my favorite game. The artwork is stunning, it is well balanced and rewards skill. Though it being a digital-only card game makes it somewhat different from KeyForge and Magic: the Gathering. As the...
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Building a Mechanical Keyboard
While I was vaguely aware there were some strange, expensive, small keyboards around I never bothered to find out what these were about. Until a colleague of mine showed up with one at work. After talking a bit about it with her and gathering more information building one seemed like...
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DeckLock part 2: Magic the Gathering
DeckLock, a static-website generator to generate overviews of KeyForge decks, will be expanded to support Magic: the Gathering. To find more about DeckLock and how it is designed look at the previous post. Magic: the Gathering is a very different game compared to KeyForge. There is a large pool of...
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DeckLock: keep track of your card games
Currently I’ve been playing KeyForge and Gwent. One of my first posts was about Magic: the Gathering and my 3D printed dice and token boxes also made an appearance on this blog. So it is no secret I like card games, and my collection of decks both on- and off-line...
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Improving blogs with custom Jekyll Plugins
This blog is built using Jekyll, which can be used to generate a static website based on a set of templates (for the layout) and markdown files (for the content). The main advantage is that GitHub pages can be leveraged to host those static pages for free. However, while there...
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3D Printing Tips & Tricks
3D Printing can be tricky if you don’t have the right settings for your machine and material. Here are some tips & tricks I’ve picked up since buying a Creality CR10S. With some minor tweaks to the printer and the standard Cura profile some great results can be achieved. Update...
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Minimalist Art Using a Genetic Algorithm
While the genetic algorithm in the previous post worked very well, it didn’t quite produce the style of minimalist artwork I was trying to achieve. Furthermore, it didn’t allow the chromosomes to evolve using duplication and deletion of existing genes (which is very common in biology). So after mulling over...