Rogue C# – The Process Must Flow
In the latest chapter, a flowchart of the Game startup process points me to a problem assigning inventory to the player.
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Rogue C# – Flowcharting the Map Creation Process
While quality code should be well-commented and easy to follow, sometimes you need other types of documentation to actually see the shape of a process. In this chapter, I flowchart the map creation process and find ways to improve the code.
Finding the CIA World Factbook
I logged on this morning to see news articles about the shuttering of the CIA World Factbook website. I’ll admit that I hadn’t personally used the site much but I’m still disappointed that it’s gone. This site, and the print edition, was an example of a government agency giving the information it had collected back…
Using NotebookLM to Proofread Your Own Work
This weekend, I finally completed a review of the Rogue C# series and the Kindle edition is now live on Amazon.com. While the actual development of the game itself is nowhere near complete, you can now have an offline version to read on your Kindle or other eBook reader. The EPUB and PDF editions remain…
Python Revisited
It seems like, every few years, I get the urge to play around with Python programming. This time, I found myself looking at some of my old BASIC files from back in the day and knew I needed a better challenge so I started reviewing all the Python training materials I’d gathered in my previous…
The World Beyond Google
There’s a popular list of alternative search engines being circulated on Facebook, LinkedIn and other sites. The posts usually start with the words “Google is so powerful that it ‘hides’ other search systems from us …”. I was trying to find it the other day for a friend and it’s obviously so widespread that Google’s…
Excel Sorting and AI Voiceovers
In my latest video, I demonstrate how to sort rows randomly in Excel using a collection of test questions and answers that will be featured in the next update of my book, “Self-Guided SQL“. What’s really interesting about this video is the voiceover provided by the A.I. text-to-speech app from ElevenLabs.io. Voiceovers have always been…
Self-Publishing Your Book in 2025
I’m getting closer to publishing my next book, Self-Guided SQL, and I’ve been reviewing the process for creating and uploading e-books. There will be a hard cover edition through Amazon but I want to get the e-book out of the way first. Microsoft Word There are a lot of tools that you can use to…
AI-Powered Editing: Letting LLMs Share the Work
I’m never been a fan of AI generated writing or code but, as the tools get more powerful, I’m seeing some great examples how they can provide some legitimate assistance to make the creative life easier. If you’re doing a lot of writing and could use some help with editing, from catching typos to fact…
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NotebookLM Takes A.I. One Step Further
This weekend, I ran across an article from Engadget about how Google’s NotebookLM is now able to summarize YouTube videos and I had to try it out on some of my own videos. I’d tried NotebookLM before but it had been awhile since I hadn’t really found a use for it that ChatGPT couldn’t fill….