Rick Carlino's Blog

Happy 2026!

Year in Review 2024 It’s already February of 2025, and I am running behind schedule on writing this article!

I recently discovered a decentralized chat app called Simplex.

There is a new spaced repetition algorithm generating a lot of buzz in the SRS community in 2024: The Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler.

Background Hacker News user Apocryphon recently asked about alternatives to the pomodoro technique.

Happy New Year!

A Simple 50-mile Ultra-Marathon Packing List This is a clean, simple packing list I used during the Des Plaines River 50-Mile Ultra.

I gave a talk in August of 2023 discussing how developers can leverage the new functions feature in the OpenAI API.

OpenSCAD is usually used for 3D modeling.

Looking Back 2022 was a calm year and my first normal-ish year after COVID disruptions.

Looking Back 2021 was a better year than 2020, but it was certainly not a normal year for anyone.

It's no secret that I prefer audio over text.

Intro In this tutorial, I'll show you how to adjust your Cura settings to get your printer up and running and thereby avoid using DaVinci software.

UPDATE: /u/tmrob4 has created an updated, more playable fork of the game here.

I recently had the pleasure of serving as the technical editor for a ReactJS book authored by my colleague Chris Minnick.

GOAL: Build a lightweight, bootable *.img file that you can flash onto a Raspberry Pi SD card.

Intended Audience: Software developers with a novice-level understanding of Forth.

NOTE: RetroForth allows the execution of Markdown files as code.

NOTE: This is a literate program.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Forth and RetroForth novices.