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<h1>Small Apps Deserve Simplicity</h1> <p>I am convinced that <a href="https://www.ajwaxman.com/writing/software-for-one">personal software</a> is the next step for personal computing.

<h1>The Prompt-to-App Landscape</h1> <p>I've been building a piece of open source software called <a href="https://github.com/momja/Exhibit">Exhibit</a>.

<p><em>This blog post is based on a presentation I recently gave to our engineering team at my day job.

<p>I've been working on a new Open Source project: <a href="https://github.com/momja/Exhibit"><strong>Exhibit</strong></a>.

<p>Via <a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/xai-bets-groks-racy-side">the information</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Indeed, two recent xAI employees estimated that well over half of Grok’s overall traffic was driven by pornographic images and vid…

<p>A while ago I watched this talk from <strong>Lucas Meijer</strong> on how <a href="Lucas Meijer">he develops with Pi</a>.

<p>When I helped open <a href="https://sequoiafabrica.org">Sequoia Fabrica</a> Makerspace in 2023, there was an ever-expanding list of tasks split across 3 Board Members and the Community.

<p>Introducing <a href="https://dizzard.net/diz.flow">diz.flow</a>!

<p>I did a quick refresh of my website.

<h1>Thoughts on Teaching Others</h1> <p>These are some incantations I tell myself when I feel like I'm not good enough to teach others how to do something.

<h1>Chest of Drawers 2</h1> <h2>Refinishing another chest of drawers left on the street in the neighborhood</h2> <p>I've got a thing for street treasure.

<h1>I Made a Sign</h1> <p><img src="http://dizzard.net/images/sign.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>I made a sign!

<h1>Oh Blogging, What a Bother!

<p>I was inspired by other bloggers to share my answers to the <a href="https://blog.avas.space/bear-blog-challenge/">bear blog questions</a> (<a href="https://kevquirk.com/blog/blog-questions-challenge">Adapted by Kev</a>).

<h1>10 Minute Mini Corkboard Enamel Pin Display</h1> <p>I was waiting for paint to dry, so to keep my hands busy I made this little cork board to display some of my and my partner's pins (yeah I know, it's pretty empty as-is).

<h1>A Sneap Peak at a Sign</h1> <p>I've been working on an entrance sign for <a href="https://sequoiafabrica.org">Sequoia Fabrica</a>, and here is an early preview.

<h1>Using Style Transfer to CNC Produce Printblocks</h1> <p>In college, I wrote a final paper about <a href="https://dizzard.net/images/Final__CycleGAN_on_Image_Transfer.pdf">Generative Adversarial Nets for Artistic Image-to-Image Translation</a> where I…

<p><img src="http://dizzard.net/images/borg_and_rsync.jpg" alt="Borg And Rsync" /></p> <h1>Syncing and Backups with Rsync and Borg</h1> <p>I have a relatively simple self-hosting setup at home.

<p><img src="https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2015-09/29/22/enhanced/webdr14/anigif_original-5801-1443580997-15.gif" alt="" /></p> <h1>My Favorite Things of 2024</h1> <p>Every year, the Tested network publishes a series of videos with the…

<h1>New Year's Resolutions</h1> <p>For the past few years, I've written up some resolutions for myself.

<h1>AI For Development</h1> <p>I occasionally tinker on my computer after work hours on personal projects, albeit infrequently, especially when compared to the magnificent work done by some of the engineers I follow.

<h1>Finished a Workbench</h1> <p>I just finished constructing a workbench for <a href="https://sequoiafabrica.org">Sequoia Fabrica's</a> woodshop.

<h1>Boquets to Art at the De Young Museum</h1> <p>This past weekend, my partner and I went to San Francisco's <a href="https://famsf.org">De Young Museum</a> to see the exhibition annual "Boquets to Art".

<h1>Refinishing a Chest of Drawers Found on the Street</h1> <p>Recently, while walking to the neighborhood library, I found a chest of drawers, or dresser in an alley with a free sticker on it.

<h1>Building A New Workshop in San Francisco</h1> <p>San Francisco will soon be getting a new community workshop.

<h1>Homemade Laundry Detergent for Lazy People</h1> <ul> <li><strong>2</strong> parts Borax (400g)</li> <li><strong>2</strong> parts Washing Soda (400g)</li> <li><strong>1</strong> parts Fels-Naptha Soap (200g) <h2>Steps</h2></li> </ul> <ol class="list-…

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<p><img src="http://dizzard.net/images/candlesticks.jpg" alt="" /></p> <h1>Beeswax Candles (Dip)</h1> <p>For <a href="https://sequoiafabrica.org">Sequoia Fabrica</a>, I'm running a candlestick making class.

<p>I’ve worn an Apple Watch on and off since the Series 2, which came out in 2016.

<h1>Principles of Operating a Shared Workshop</h1> <p>These are some of the thoughts I have compiled over the last year volunteering my time helping maintain a wood-shop at my local hackerspace, <a href="noisebridge.net">Noisebridge</a>.

<h1>The Green Imperative By Victor Papanek</h1> <p>The book focuses much more around Design than I initially expected.

<h1>How to capture code snippets from Obsidian and add to Alfred Snippets</h1> <p>At work, I'm often looking through my <a href="https://obsidian.md/">Obsidian</a> notes looking for a certain code snippet to run to update a build version, deploy my serve…

<h1>Writing a Discord bot with Python and aiocron</h1> <p>I wanted to write a Discord bot to provide simple scheduled alerts for the <a href="https://noisebridge.net">hackerspace</a> I am a part of.

<h1>Automated Blog Publishing</h1> <p>Previously, I wrote a blog post about deploying my blog with Github Pages.

<h1>Earth 🪐 to Localhost...

<h1>Some Interesting Blogs I've Stumbled Upon</h1> <p>I will update this from time to time as I find more people I want to share.

<h1>Thoughts on Hackerspaces</h1> <p>What is a <a href="https://hackerspaces.org/">hackerspace</a> to me?

<h1>I'm Counting Goats!

<h1>Deploy Github Pages with Jinja and GH Actions</h1> <p>This blog, like many others is hosted on <a href="https://pages.github.com/">Github Pages</a>.

<h1>Migrating from Tmux to Kitty</h1> <p>So sitting at my workdesk waiting for my local changes to compile and deploy, I often find my mind wandering towards the world of <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/">Unix ricing</a>.

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<h1> Particle Simulation and Flocking: Scarecrows </h1> <h2> Maxwell Omdal </h2> <p> This is an implementation of a particle system and boids algorithm.

<h1> 3D SPH Fluid Simulation for Painterly Effects </h1> <h2> A Project By Maxwell Omdal </h2> <div class="py-5 flex justify-center"> <a href="src/SPHFluidProcessing.zip" class="scale-normal hover:scale-up bg-indigo-100 hover:bg-indi…

<h1> Cloth Simulation Using Numerical Integration: Fans </h1> <h2> A Project By Maxwell Omdal & David Kinney </h2> <p> With this project, we implement a cloth simulation using the midpoint integration technique.