Funkyton

From Print to Play: A 3D-Printed and Handpainted Settlers of Catan Gameboard

The traditional board game Settlers of Catan is very popular because it combines strategy and luck, while still being realatively easy to play. Despite the popularity, I think it could be even better with an upgrad to the gameboard and the playing peieces. This blog post will feature a custom

3D Printing

Introducing VAMP - the 3D printed table lamp

Introducing the 3D printed lamp, a truly one-of-a-kind piece that combines classic design elements with modern, complex geometry. Almost all of the components of this lamp are 3D printed, including the body and shade, using a 3D printing process that consumes minimal plastic and produces no waste, as it is

3D Printing

Print your own backgammon set!

No backgammon? No problem! Feel free to download my 3d printable backgammon game, and get playing. The game includes the board with all the tiles and all the checkers, and is inspired by Modellaner's smaller backgammon [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3349839]. You will need 3 different colours of filament

DIY SONOS port / connect (IKEA symfonisk hack)

In this article I will cover how I connected my crisp sounding studio monitors to the rest of my SONOS system, and for the small price of 99€. > Disclaimer: You can easily break your symfonisk speaker by following this guide! And more importantly, you will be exposed to the danger

3D printed replacement CUE button for NUMARK dj controller

Download part from thingiverse [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4944698] As DJs and music enthusiasts, we all know that not all equipment is built to last a life time. This is certainly true for some of the lower-end NUMARK DJ controllers, such as the MIXDECK. I have personally experienced this

3D Printing

Fix 3D printer "unknown file format" error after updating chitubox

If you are the owner of one of the following 3d printers: * CREALITY LD-002R * CREALITY LD-002H * CREALITY LD-006 And you are getting the error "unknown file format" when trying to prin a newly sliced file.ctb, it might be because your version of chitubox is higher than 1.7. (both

3D Printing

Wall switch cover with mount for IKEA TRÅDFRI smart home dimmer.

> Download from: Thingiverse [https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4734663] Dimmer found at: IKEA wireless dimmer [https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/tradfri-wireless-dimmer-white-70408595/] There is nothing more annoying than when you smart home becomes dumber than it was before all the gadgets... This is something I experienced right from the

3D Printing

Dishwasher chopstick holder

I frequently use meat needles, mainly as reusable sticks for olives, artichoke, sardines, etc. However they are completely dishwasher incapable, which is why I made this small container with a solid bottom, this way they easily go in the dishwasher. It doubles nicely as a chopstick holder and mounts easily

5$ hack for your Air Purifier that will improve your health

In this blog post we provides instructions for improving air quality in a home by upgrading an air purifier with activated carbon. The post discusses the benefits of activated carbon and offers an low-cost DIY solution for adding an activated carbon extension to an air purifier.

Turn Raspberry Pi + external HDD into NAS

This guide will help you setting up a network drive so that you can access your external HDD from all of your devices over WiFi. NAS is short for "Network Attached Storage" - let's attach your HDD to your home network! OBS: If you came here after installing PMS, you

Add external hard disk to Plex Media Library (on PMS)

Assuming that you have already installed PMS on you raspberry pi or whatever little Linux computer you are using, next obvious thing would be to add storage. Most SBCs (single board computer) run the OS from an sd card and those are not ideal for storing large media libraries. This

Install Plex Media Server on Raspberry Pi OS

What you need * Raspberry Pi 3 or Raspberry Pi 4 (better performance) * micro sdcard min 8GB - preferably class 10 (like this one [https://amzn.to/39WOqzG]) * sdcard reader * putty (download from: https://www.putty.org/) * ethernet access to your router * ip scanner, download: https://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/ (optional) * basic

unity

Rolling 3D dice with simulated physics in unity.

You have probably already tried at least a dozen virtual dice games right? Whether it have been simulated casino, virtual dice roller apps, or maybe a mini game in a PC or console game. I bet you that all of them have one thing in common. They are FAKE! > disclaimer:

unity

Chasing Lights in unity with UI image fade helper

In this article we gonna create two very simple image fading functions that are completely indispensable if you want to create a vibrant lively UI for your game or app. In this example we will be animating "chasing lights" such as seen on slots machines, and the exchange sign in

unity

Unity "blink pulse" sprite animation

This article will teach the perhaps most easy way of fading a sprite image alpha in a pulsating pattern. In my script folder I keep a folder called "micro", this folder contains a lot of super tiny scripts like this one. It is very easy to just attach these small

iOS

Delete browser history for individual sites in Chrome on iOS

This step by step guide will show you have to delete specific browser history records. Unlike on android, Chrome for iOS still have no way of deleting all data related to a domain. But this is the closet you can get. Step 1 In Chrome locate the three dots menu

javascript

JavaScript optional chaining - failsafe way of accessing object properties that might or might not exist.

One thing that makes JavaScript a very powerful programming language is its ability to create complex data structures in no time. I'm of course talking about JavaScript objects that you can define on the go without the need of creating generic classes and writing getters and setters for every property.

unity

Unity audio fade in/out function (C#)

Easiest way to fade sound in your unity project using scripting. Create AudioHelper.cs and paste the code below. using System.Collections; using UnityEngine; public static class AudioHelper { public static IEnumerator FadeOut(AudioSource audioSource, float FadeTime) { float startVolume = audioSource.volume; while (audioSource.volume > 0) { audioSource.volume -= startVolume * Time.deltaTime

react.js

Generate react.js elements from markdown like text

This recursive function will format your text nicely into react elements. No library required. When building modern web apps you will often come across the issue of rendering text stored in either json files, or perhaps from a database entity, or maybe text fetched from an endpoint. This is a

javascript

JavaScript shuffle array (randomize)

Fast, easy and simple function that randomizes any JavaScript array. Copy the code below to one of your existing project. Keep in mind that this function will return the same array as it is given after the array have been shuffled, it will not create a copy. function shuffleArray (arr)

chrome

How to clear browser data for a single site in chrome on android. Step by step

This is a step by step guide with screenshots on how to remove browser data for a single website. This tutorial will help you clean cookies, local storage and cache from any website from your browsing history. You can even remove a single page from your browser history without removing