Happy Winter Solstice!
Happy Winter Solstice! Last night, we made these solstice cookies, one for every hour. Symbolizing 7 hours 52 minutes of light and 16 hours 08 minutes of dark at where … Continue reading Happy Winter Solstice!
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NAND to Tetris with hardware: Problem Solving
Reading on in the From NAND to Tetris textbook. I realized I have a problem. One RAM chip only has one address but will have to be connected to three … Continue reading NAND to Tetris with hardware: Problem Solving
The Winter Game
Neva invented this game for us and we have had a late night candle light “party” playing it (just the three of us, Dad already gone to bed). We laughed … Continue reading The Winter Game
Simon contemplating various voting systems
Last night, using simple logic, Simon proved to me why a two-candidate plurality voting system is better than many others. There’s a theorem called Arrow’s Theorem which says that any … Continue reading Simon contemplating various voting systems
Simon’s sketch book, P vs. NP and Fallacy vs. Paradox
Simon took a piece of paper and drew P vs. NP and other complexity classes. P vs. NP is probably the most famous millennium problem, one of the seven most … Continue reading Simon’s sketch book, P vs. NP and Fallacy vs. Paradox
Het Zwin
This weekend we went on a bird expedition to a nature park at the Belgian coast. Many birds come there for the winter, other bird species will come back in … Continue reading Het Zwin
Further plans about the NAND to Tetris project
One thing I don’t like about From NAND to Tetris is that they don’t explain sequential logic, like at all. They basically say: “Here’s a D flip-flop, don’t worry about … Continue reading Further plans about the NAND to Tetris project
Nandgame!
Thanks to @BioGeek in the comments, Simon has discovered nandgame.com, one awesome computer engineering learning environment, corresponding to the first five chapters of the NAND to Tetris course (see our … Continue reading Nandgame!
From NAND to Tetris
Last week, Simon found this awesome free computer engineering course and textbook, and dove right in. The course teaches how to create: A basic computer A higher-level language A mini … Continue reading From NAND to Tetris
St.Nicolas Obsessions
Tomorrow we are celebrating Sinterklaas, or St.Nicolas’ birthday. It’s the climax of the traditional Dutch gift-giving season embracing the last two weeks of November and the first week of December. … Continue reading St.Nicolas Obsessions
Simon’s Bézier Editor in p5.js
One more project inspired by Sebastian Lague: a Bézier Editor. Simon used Sebastian Lague’s algorithms to recreate the editor in p5.JS. Editor: https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/present/r4gW2mgIo Code: https://editor.p5js.org/simontiger/sketches/r4gW2mgIo I added the export button! … Continue reading Simon’s Bézier Editor in p5.js
Logic Gates. Simon has programmed his own Digital Logic Simulator.
Simon has been greatly inspired by Sebastian Lague’s new video on how computers work, it seems to have sparked a whole new wave of enthusiasm about logic gates and logic … Continue reading Logic Gates. Simon has programmed his own Digital Logic Simulator.
Geeks out of the box 