As you can tell in my last post, I tried out the Parley interface for the first time with mixed results. I like the potential there to go head to head with Reddit, but there were quite a few issues. The

View on Parley What is Parley? Parley is a Steem-based Reddit competitor that allows users to submit links and curate news they find around the web in order to promote discussion on the Steem platform.

I have finally hit 200 followers! I acknowledge a number of those are spammers and bots, it still feels like a milestone worth celebrating for my meager account. So I am going to repeat the success of

Sorry didn’t mean to be overly dramatic with that title, but I do love me some Monty Python. No other movie’s quotes pop in my head so readily. Just wanted to pipe in that I haven’t abandoned Steemit.

I have been planning a little celebration as my followers creep toward 200, but I've been growing impatient. So I am going to do the exact opposite and follow more people. What I am going to do is put

Just finished my 7th escape room. Sadly we didn't finish in under an hour. It was my second company which allows you to run overtime just to finish the room, which I actually appreciate because then you

I am working on an article about learning and teaching Node.js and one of the things that I have been thinking a lot about is the role of self-grading problems. Self-grading problems are a type of automated

You never forget your first TPK (Total Party Kill) and my kids almost experienced one. They had to clear a lodge full of bandits. They tried to sneak in the main door in disguise, but a lack of a concrete

I wanted to signal boost @petersonsdc and his post: One of the topics I enjoy posting on is roleplaying games, particularly of the in-person, tabletop version. I've been struggling with the what tags to

I had an additional thought that I wanted to share about the new Pathfinder 2nd edition. It appears to me they are going for a popular style of gameplay. I've been searching the internet for a definition,

A little over a week ago Paizo announced the future of Pathfinder is a new edition. I've been thinking about it since then and wanted to share my thoughts. I confess to being quite surprised initially

I wanted to add a brief addendum to my last post: In that post, I talked about teaching programming through developing a Roguelikes or a board game. However, that might not resonate with all students,

I have decided to try something new in teaching computer science. I've been focussing on how to teach a language or how to use a language to teach, but this time I am going to demonstrate some language

A few days ago, @lorilikes challenged me to a little cooperative storytelling. While I don't have much experience writing stories, I thought I would give it a try. The story so far: Fluctuations: Prologue

As a parent, spending time with your kids should start with physical activity. Kids have a ton of energy bottled up in their diminutive bodies and they need to let it out. In an age when letting kids just

I know I haven't talked much about my other non-paying yet most important job, being a parent. However, it is foremost on my mind right now, and I've found that writing down my ideas in Steemit has helped

I've been asked to teach some current and feature robotics students some Java over the summer. Their programs were pretty basic this year and they'd like to step it up a notch next year. Plus there are

On my last post, I uploaded a video. It was taken by me on a mobile phone. It wasn't the best production value, but I really wanted to try out Dtube, so I used what I had at the time. So if you want a

Sadly, my team, the Infinity Angles did not advance, but they gave a great showing. I think they scored 13th of 46 teams in the competition portion of the championship. We had to overcome flaky batteries

One of the FTC robotics teams I mentor has made it to the Oregon State Championships which is taking place this weekend at Liberty HS in Hillsboro. If anybody is in the Portland area and is interested