Lessons for Mom continued
It’s great that Simon continues to find the time to teach me some JavaScript. We’re now done with the Basic course he had prepared, below are some impressions. The video … Continue reading Lessons for Mom continued
Category: Simon’s Own Code
Simon Proposes a Community Project in Procedural Design
Inspired by the Processing Community Day projects, Simon came up with an idea to launch his own community project – in procedural design. He used the Coding Train Community Cloud … Continue reading Simon Proposes a Community Project in Procedural Design
Text Generating Machine that Posts to Twitter
A milestone in server side programming here, as Simon has built a text generating machine that posts to Simon’s Twitter account! Essentially, it’s website where anyone can enter his own … Continue reading Text Generating Machine that Posts to Twitter
The Magformers saga continued
Oops, the Magformers are back in our life. I thought that Simon was over Magformers (which he built with excessively when he was six), but he has picked them up … Continue reading The Magformers saga continued
Simon’s Acrostic Machine
Last Friday Daniel Shiffman was finally back with his weekly livestreams! Simon was delirious with joy that he could be part of the team again and weeping and panicking every … Continue reading Simon’s Acrostic Machine
Simon’s Superellipse tutorial on Thimble
Simon has created a beautiful little website with a tutorial (that he wrote completely on his own, from scratch) on how to build a superellipse in JavaScript. Here is the link: https://thimbleprojects.org/simontiger/315031/ … Continue reading Simon’s Superellipse tutorial on Thimble
Speed Programming. Rumikub. Simon’s Own Code.
Simon set the timer for himself for 10 to 15 minutes, programming parts of the Rumikub game in Java (Processing):
Computer Vision Projects in Java (Processing)
Among other projects during the vacation were also computer vision projects: color sensor, color tracker, motion sensor and motion/ face detection in Java (in Processing), partially Simon’s own code: … Continue reading Computer Vision Projects in Java (Processing)
Coding everywhere, swimming and popping giant balloons
A few more pics from the coding everywhere series: Here Simon made a game especially for his sister: Among the remaining favorites were reading (see an earlier post), swimming (and … Continue reading Coding everywhere, swimming and popping giant balloons
Homeschooling reversed
Homeschooling reversed. Every day during our vacation, Simon was pushing me through a crash course in JavaScript. He had lessons meticulously planned way ahead, with all the examples, and insisted … Continue reading Homeschooling reversed
Simon turned 8!
For his 8th birthday, Simon made a present for himself in Node.js and spoke about his new year’s resolutions that mainly involve live streaming: Today, two days later, we actually … Continue reading Simon turned 8!
Simon making his own text editor with Ace.js and Firebase
This project got strangled somewhere along the way, but Simon got quite far with the interface. Hopefully, he will continue some day. he was thinking of calling the editor something … Continue reading Simon making his own text editor with Ace.js and Firebase
Geeks out of the box 