Posts
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Creating animated glTF Characters with Mixamo and Blender,
November 06, 2017.
End result: Rigged glTF 2.0 character with multiple animation clips. Mixamo, by Adobe, provides an easy way to get started with character animation: Automatic character rigging. Upload a 3D model…
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Creating a nav mesh for a WebVR scene,
August 20, 2017.
This tutorial shows how to create a navigation mesh for a scene with Blender, and use it in A-Frame to do basic pathfinding. For the short version, watch this video at 6:08. The key parts are covered…
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Exporting glTF 2.0 from Maya LT,
June 27, 2017.
Updated Febrary 2018: The tools available for glTF have changed since last June, and I've tried to update things accordingly. Unfortunately there is still no direct path to glTF from Autodesk tools…
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On Immigration, Refugees, and Faith,
January 29, 2017.
The executive branch of the U.S. government has just stopped entry of refugees for 120 days, and stopped admission of Syrian refugees…
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Gamepad Support on the Web,
January 25, 2017.
Overviews state of the Gamepad API on the web, as of early 2017.
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NPM Version Bumping and Extra Files,
May 05, 2016.
NPM has a handy little feature for bumping the versions on your packages, and it works like this: npm version [major | minor | patch] Want to run tests first, minify your code, and only publish the…
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What Can a Technologist Do About Climate Change,
November 27, 2015.
From an essay by Bret Victor (@worrydream), on how the tech community "can contribute to tech and/or policy solutions," and why this is important — You cannot calibrate your sense of what’s valuable…
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Using ES6 Generators with Callback-based Libraries,
August 07, 2015.
ES6 introduces generators (and yield expressions) to JavaScript. Kyle Simpson has written a nice introduction to generators, if you're looking for more about how they work. They're a very welcome…
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Recommendations,
May 18, 2015.
A short list of things I enjoy, to be updated at undisclosed and inconsistent intervals.
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Grayscale CSS and Bookmarklet,
May 14, 2015.
A bit of code that can be used to convert any webpage (or part of a page) to grayscale.
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Using an iPhone with Google Cardboard,
February 25, 2015.
I haven't heard much about iPhone users trying Google Cardboard, so this post is basically my way of saying "Oh hey, it works." And yeah. It does, assuming you have a large enough screen for a…
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Getting Involved in Open Source Software,
February 10, 2015.
Contributing to open source is something I am improving at, along with finding enjoyable ways to get involved. I’m not where I want to be yet, but here are some things that have made the process…