NaNoGenMo is an idea created by Darius Kazemi to parody NaNoWriWo. Instead of writing a novel, developers write programs to generate 50k+ word “novels”. This series of posts will document my participation throughout the month. Generating an original novel with…
Prevalence of #occupycentral in Hong Kong Instagrams
Many Hong Kong citizens are currently protesting for democratic reform in downtown Hong Kong. As is expected, the Chinese netizens have taken to social media to spread their message. Instagram in particular was in the press as there were reports…
One Year of My Workout Data
Penn Jillette would say that there are two kinds of people in the world: skinny fucks and fat fucks. While he places himself in the latter category, I am definitely part of team skinny fuck. Around this time last year…
How to Write a Text Adventure in Python
People new to programming often ask for suggestions of what projects they should work on and a common reply is, “Write a text adventure game!” I think there are even some popular tutorials floating around that assign this as homework…
How to Write a Text Adventure in Python Part 4: The Game Loop
This is an abbreviated version of the book Make Your Own Python Text Adventure. The end is near, we’re almost ready to play the game! We’ll finish this series by implementing the game loop and receiving input from the human…