Category Archives: New toys I’ve found

I’ve discovered Blender

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2013 by Thriell

I have spent entirely too much time recently learning to use Blender, a freeware 3D-imaging program. I was first introduced to Blender a couple of years ago and, at the time, I took one look at the user interface and … Continue reading →

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I’ve found a game I like

Posted on Sunday, October 28, 2012 by Thriell

Ever played Minecraft? It’s an interesting game. It looks, at first glance, like a First-Person Shooter game. You show up in a randomly-generated world with no weapons, tools, armor, or anything. There are monsters that can kill you, but they … Continue reading →

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ABCMouse.com Rocks!

Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 by Thriell

Have you seen the advertisements for ABCMouse.com? It’s an “early learning academy” for children ages 2 to 5. They have a curriculum that ranges from toddler to kindergarten. I found out about it because my niece mentioned on FaceBook that … Continue reading →

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Eureka, and Flight Simulator 2004 in 3D

Posted on Friday, August 31, 2012 by Thriell

I have been spending entirely too much time messing around with Flight Simulator 2004.  I found a nice little toy called iz3d which captures Direct3D output from various games and converts it to a 3-dimensional image.  The free version converts … Continue reading →

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I talk, the computer writes.

Posted on Sunday, August 5, 2012 by Thriell

I recently replaced my headset because the old one quit working. In the process of playing with testing the new microphone I started messing around with Windows 7′s speech recognition. THAT’s interesting. If I could ever get a chance to … Continue reading →

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