This is a big one – technically it came in multiple parts over the last few weeks and I forgot to write an update about it. Here are the major changes: There’s an actual galaxy now UI update Backend stuff A living galaxy Project 4 now has a procedural generated… Read More
I stumbled across this Reddit post about 30 minutes ago. I’m a Starset fan, and I didn’t know that there was a dark things game, so I decided to go play it. It was so simple that I assumed that the other top scoring players must have written bots. Read More
Project 4‘s design calls for a somewhat complex HUD with quite a few menus and elements. While Bonetree already had a UI framework that was decent, there were quite a few things wrong with it that made it felt janky to use. So, I’ve spent the past… Read More
A couple days back, I heard some people complaining about Firefox. I didn’t really think much of it. Today, I read the new terms of service and and immediately stopped using Firefox. Personally, the only thing worse than having my data stolen is when the software doing it gets… Read More
I have some notes that I want to put on here but probably wouldn’t work as blog posts, and I was recently introduced to the concept of a ‘digital garden’. As far as I can tell, it’s basically just a personal public wiki – which might be the perfect excuse… Read More
Logseq is a free and open source note-taking app that I started using during the summer of 2024. After using it for a few months, I give it my recommendation! Whatever that’s worth. Before Logseq, I was using the Notes app in Nextcloud, which stores your notes as plain-text markdown… Read More
FRC‘s 2025 game was unveiled today! I’m super excited for the upcoming season. Today, I went to Auburn High School with around 30 other people on my team for the kickoff event. This year’s game seems much more challenging compared to any other robotics challenge… Read More
A little late, but whatever… To start off 2025, I redid Acei.us. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! I decided to go with a more minimalist look, and I took inspiration from Bear and Werc‘s appearance. Once again, I created a new a custom WordPress theme,… Read More
Not to make this a positivity blog or anything, but I was writing a speech earlier for my schools’ student government and a thought occurred to me. Just because you can’t change the whole world doesn’t mean you can’t change someone’s life. And that is just as wonderful. Read More
Remember back in the early 90s when the way to make a game yourself was to mod Doom? Just kidding, I’m not old enough to remember that. But Doom was (and still is) an amazing way to hack together a game. With GZDoom, the process is easier than ever. Whip… Read More
The server I am hosting Acei.us on has ~100 GB of free space. 1 GB can hold around 678,000 pages of text. That means I can store millions of blog posts. I guess there’s no reason for me not to post more often. Have to remind myself that not everything… Read More
About 2 months ago, I accidentally broke my KDE install and decided to try XFCE. And it’s actually fantastic. The default theme isn’t ugly, but it’s definitely not winning any awards. However, after installing it took me less than ~10 minutes to change the theme, and figure out how to… Read More
TLDR: There’s been a recent uprising of apps that are a repackaging of OpenAI GPT models. Using these over the first party service may have additional privacy concerns. I was watching YouTube recently and saw a sponsorship for an app called ‘Ask Brain 2’. Curious to what this was, I… Read More