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I got the PEZ dispenser in the mail today, that I talked about here. I loaded some lactaid into it, and it seems to work fine. They’re a little trickier to keep in line since they have a rounded profile and are a bit narrower.

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If you need to take a screenshot of a long web page, you can take a panorama with your phone and just scroll the page down.

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Drone Update#

In my Winter Drone post from the beginning of the year, I mentioned that I was having trouble updating my drone batteries’ firmware. I booted up the drone today, and was able to update the app and firmware straightforwardly. Another problem that solved itself through procrastination.

It’s strange how sometimes procrastination pays off.

I also learned that the batteries are designed to drain to storage capacity (30% or something) after 10 days. That means I should only charge them immediately before flying.

Videos#

I still haven’t made any videos. I was working on making a site to play the Eight Queens Puzzle and the equivalents for the other pieces. You can also play the companion problem; the original is to place the maximum number of non-attacking pieces, but you can also try to place the minimum number of pieces to occupy or attack all squares.

There are still some features I could implement:

Highlight covered squares on hover
Highlight uncovered squares in Domination mode
Highlight attacking pieces in Non-Attacking mode
Save scores in local storage
Show the differential between current, personal best, and best possible
Generate all possible solutions (I’ve done this for some but not all)

I’d like to prioritize making the video, though.

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I added:

sound effects
highlighting attacking pieces and uncovered squares
saving scores and settings in localstorage
score differential between personal best and best possible
installable PWA with offline ability

So the only thing I’m missing is generating all possible solutions… and the video.

Ads#

I added Google AdSense ads to most of my project sites. I opted to only use “anchor” ads - the kind that slide in from the top or bottom and and be collapsed. I find these to be the least invasive kind, since they’re dismissable. I will probably remove these at some point, because I don’t think they will ever generate substantial revenue.

I haven’t promoted any of my sites other than posting on this blog and word of mouth. I suppose a YouTube video could lead some people there. I’ll leave them for now and see.

The ads are designed for multi-page sites and not apps or single page sites. I’ll only get 1 impression per visit, even if the person clicks and navigates all over the app for hours. Also, the ads on Empire almost never get fulfilled. I think it has to do with the css or something - maybe the navbar or sidebar. I tried commenting out components, but I couldn’t get it working reliably.

Hosts#

To test out Google Ads when running a local dev server, I edit my hosts file. On Windows, it’s at C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts. I add 127.0.0.1 empire.ihtfy.com to the bottom. And then when I start the server, I just go to empire.ihtfy.com. I can’t remember if I have to add the port - I think I do, but only in the address bar in the browser - the host file is definitely just the base url and ip address.

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I forgot to write again.

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