Project Summary The Plant Pal Assistant (AWS – LLM) project was part of the 2024 UBC CIC Hackathon. The event provided the required infrastructure for the attendees to learn or practice using Cloud Computing and Generative AI to create creative and original solutions to solve real world problems. The Plant Pal Assistant (AWS – LLM)Continue reading “Plant Pal Assistant (AWS – LLM)”
The Last Laugh – 2024 Vancouver Game Jam
Project Summary As a team of 6, we created a narrative, 2d side-scroller using the Godot game engine. As project lead of our team of beginners, my role was to ensure a feasible project scope based on a very tight deadline, to provide training and guidance when other members were stuck on difficult challenges, andContinue reading “The Last Laugh – 2024 Vancouver Game Jam”
FPS Drone Shooter
Project Summary The project’s focus was to learn the principal elements of developing a first-person shooter in Unreal Engine 5. It focused on learning how to implement character movement, combat elements, enemy AI, environment design and managing game modes. The project was aided by a tutorial purchased from GameDev. To gain the most out ofContinue reading “FPS Drone Shooter”
Obstacle Assault – Learning Unreal Engine Part 2
This is part two of the Unreal 5.0 C++ Developer: Learn C++ and Make Video Games tutorial on GameDev. I made the obstacle course my own, using the created C++ blueprint to make moving and rotating obstacles. The entire course goes from the starting island to a secondary island where the goal is to reachContinue reading “Obstacle Assault – Learning Unreal Engine Part 2”
Warehouse Wreckage – Learning Unreal Engine Part 1
This is part one of the Unreal 5.0 C++ Developer: Learn C++ and Make Video Games tutorial on GameDev. For this course, I simply familiarized myself with blueprints, creating assets and using some minor logic to start the player with twenty cannon balls. Once the player runs out of ammo, the level reloads. This wasContinue reading “Warehouse Wreckage – Learning Unreal Engine Part 1”
Volcarona 3D Print
I recently purchased a 3d printer, the Creality Ender 3 V2 and have some prints from Printables, and some of my own prints which can be found here. For a birthday present for a family member, I decided to make their favorite Pokémon as a 3d Print; Volcarona. I unfortunately did not take any pictureContinue reading “Volcarona 3D Print”
Another Try at Blender
Over 15 years ago I tried to learn blender when I was just 11/12 years to learn Blender to be able to add assets into my favorite game: Oblivion. I never got far with the attempt, but ten years later, I tried another attempt and learnt much more than I had ever before. I endedContinue reading “Another Try at Blender”
Why Valve is Releasing the Steam Deck
Earlier today Valve announced the Steam Deck, a handheld PC built with custom hardware with the support of AMD. The device itself is incredibly interesting, sporting a quad core Zen 2 CPU with the latest RDNA 2 APU available. The device sports a 7-inch touch screen, with an incredible number of buttons that can beContinue reading “Why Valve is Releasing the Steam Deck”
First Impressions of the Eve Spectrum
This is part of an ongoing series on the Eve Community forums. Hello everyone! This will be my first post with some actual hands-on time with the Spectrum, but it most definitely will not be the last! I plan to answer as many of the community’s questions as I can about the Spectrum as wellContinue reading “First Impressions of the Eve Spectrum”
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My Favorites of 2019
2019 was a fantastic year of learning, challenges and successes. I read some new fantastic novels, I enjoyed new and old songs and learned a ton from some of my favorite podcasts. Please enjoy the list I have made of my favorites of 2019. Books For the last few years, I have been keeping trackContinue reading “My Favorites of 2019”
First Day In Lloret de Mar, Spain
Caroline and I arrived in Lloret de Mar, Spain on September 30, 2019. Though it was our first day in Spain, I will mostly write about our first full day which was on October 1, 2019. On September 1, 2019, we were exhausted from planning, preparing and completing our wedding. We had very little sleepContinue reading “First Day In Lloret de Mar, Spain”
Easy Dark Theme Using Only CSS
As I was exploring Twitter today, I came upon what I believe to be the easiest way to add a dark theme to a website using only CSS. When I had previously explored how to add a dark theme to a website, I had only ever found ways of doing so with JavaScript. I thoughtContinue reading “Easy Dark Theme Using Only CSS”
Navigating the Online Storefront
The three pillars of a successful online presence The physical storefront, office or commercial location is a necessity for almost any business. Business leaders will fuss over the look, the location, the amenities available for clients, etc. What I have often found is that most business leaders pay more attention to the physical storefront comparedContinue reading “Navigating the Online Storefront”
Benefits to Consolidating Leases
For many growing businesses, the decision to lease new assets is an easy one. They need the assets for operations, their needs as a growing company can change dramatically in a short span of time and in the current, fast-paced, technological climate, purchasing new assets which may quickly become obsolete can be risky. On theContinue reading “Benefits to Consolidating Leases”
Growth Through Travel
The last month has been very hectic. Caroline, my fiancé, was offered a job working as a dietitian in Vernon, BC a little over a month ago. Having lived exclusively in New-Brunswick, it was a big decision for us to move to any province, let alone, to the other coast. We had been hoping forContinue reading “Growth Through Travel”
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