Growing up, I was never a fan of spicy foods. I always preferred a good BBQ sauce over hot sauce. But lately, I’ve developed a taste for spicy things. So when it came time to try out a new, from-scratch …
Digital Glasses Update!
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on December 18, 2017
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It’s been over a year and a half since I first showcased the early version of the vision-enhancing app that I had built for my father. And now, after a tremendous amount of testing and refining, numerous personal setbacks, and …
Sending and Receiving AVPlayer HTTP Headers
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on January 19, 2017
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While investigating a series of spikes in a certain error code for one of the video streaming iOS and tvOS apps I have been working on for my day job, we were asked by our CDN server team to inject and …
This Cat Loves Its Ballpit
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on July 24, 2016
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A friend sent me a link to a post on dose.com about a cat whose owner built him a BALLPIT. I’ve been a long-time owner of a ballpit on my balcony but never tried to put my cat Lt. Starbuck …
DigitalGlasses – Restoring Sight to the Blind for $320
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on April 27, 2016
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My father lost his sight a number of years ago. Even after a number of laser procedures and actual surgeries to stop his retina from detaching and blood from seeping into his eyes, he is still something like 90+ percent …
Zote – Break Poverty Hackathon Solution Demo
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on January 7, 2016
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Back in November, my project partner Oksana and I took part in the Break Poverty Hackathon by Devs Without Borders. Over 120 developers in Toronto connected with over 60 developers in Nairobi to develop solutions for low income rural areas …
Project: Hat of the Month
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on December 14, 2015
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So I have an EPIC collection of ridiculous hats in my closet that I’ve accumulated over the years. And sadly, most of then never get worn (although to be honest, some should never see the light of day again). So …
Googles Dreaming CPUs Dream About Space
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on July 17, 2015
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My project partner Oksana Sal decided to put one of the screencaps from our Near-space Balloon projects through a Google Deep Dream service http://dreamdeeply.com/, and it came up with some seriously bizarre results. Original Photo: Dream Version: Amazon Auto Links: …
Zanta Returns!
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on July 14, 2015
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The legendary ZANTA has returned and we had the good fortune of running into him doing push-ups at Woodbine Beach on Sun, July 12, 2015. More about Zanta here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Zancai Related From Amazon 2020 Apple iPad (10.2-inch, Wi-Fi, 32GB) – …
LookUp – Transient Watch Solution – Space Apps Challenge 4/10/15
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on May 28, 2015
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This past April, my project partner Oksana Salamaszek and I participated in the 2015 NASA SpaceApps Challenge in Toronto. Oksy and I had volunteered at last years challenge, which was held at the Ontario Science Centre. We were so amazed …