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Generating printable QR-coded story cards using Google docs

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I’m playing around with the idea of creating an interactive storyboard for agile development, and one of the requirements that came up is the ability to easily track the physical cards in an electronic system. To that end I figured the easiest way would be to print out barcoded story cards.

Some quick Googling showed that this is not a unique problem – there are many solutions for Excel and Google docs. I actually use openoffice, and after a bit of fiddling, it looked like too much effort to get the Excel macros working in Openoffice, so I figured I’d go for Google Docs.

3D-printed dress for Dita Von Teese

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While I think the dress is ok, I love the idea of 3d printing your own dress. One of the really awesome things here is the way the designer managed to make it flexible and the fact that it really accentuates her figure.

Yay! Finally got my Ingress invite

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For those that don’t know, Ingress is a new game for Android by Google. The exciting thing is that it is basically a kind of sci-fi MMO played in the real world. Finally, a game that lets you get out and explore. You can see Google’s somewhat hyped intro on the Ingress website and the [...]

Why I don’t believe in new year’s resolutions

New Years Resolutions

In a nutshell, what people call “New year’s resolutions” are usually more like “New year’s wishes”.

I wish to be thinner, richer, more successful, etc…

There are several problems with these, but I think it comes down to the fact that making new year’s wishes doesn’t set specific measurable goals and a plan to get there.

Time for a change – I finally quit my job after 8 years

To be perfectly honest, I knew in April that I’d be quitting soon, but I’m stubborn… Truth be told, I wanted to see the project through to it’s end, and I’ve done that.