“Spring Semester” 2022, After-Action Report

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

OK, spring semester officially ended at my old school on Friday. Let's see how I did. In my defense, I spent a week in the hospital in April (plus a week out of work afterward), so cut me a little slack. One of my doctors also reminded me this whole deal is self-inflicted. It isn't… Read More »

“Spring Semester” 2022

By Patrick MurphyPosted on January 10, 2022April 3, 2022Cat Lifestyle, Nerd, ProjectsTags Coding, Educational, Geek, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Continuous improvement is a thing for me. I am constantly taking classes and otherwise learning online, with plenty of hands-on application. This year I decided to try a more structured approach to my classes. I looked at the class schedule at my old school, realized Spring semester started in early January and ended in mid-May.… Read More »

Agile and Life

By Patrick MurphyPosted on July 15, 2021July 16, 2021Cat Lifestyle, NerdTags Educational, Me, Self-ImprovementLeave a comment

Agile is a flexible project management system originally developed by and for the software industry. It’s an outgrowth of Lean manufacturing, and it accepts that things will always be fluid in certain projects. As a prototyper and game designer, I’ve found it incredibly valuable as a set of principles. You know what else is always… Read More »

Workload Amusingness

By Patrick MurphyPosted on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Cat NerdTags Amusingness, Devil Monkey Games, Educational, WritingLeave a comment

Remember when those mean ol' poopyhead teachers used to force you to write a four-page double-spaced paper as a final project and it just destroyed your life for the two months they gave you to do it? That translates to about a thousand words typed. That’s what everyone used to complain about endlessly because it… Read More »

Talent Stacks

By Patrick MurphyPosted on June 12, 2020June 26, 2021Cat Lifestyle, ProjectsTags Art, Coding, Devil Monkey Games, Educational, Gaming, Self-Improvement, Skool, VidgamesLeave a comment

I encountered this article earlier, and it makes sense. The idea is both interesting and disturbingly accurate in my existence. I'm not stellar at any one thing, but I'm above average at a bunch of stuff, and some of it is even related to other stuff. That's what makes me a solid robotics tech and… Read More »

Fart Math

By Patrick MurphyPosted on May 10, 2020May 10, 2020Cat UncategorizedTags Educational, MathematicsLeave a comment

So there's this concept called "specific heat." It describes how much energy is required to raise the temperature of a given substance by one degree C. It also includes the energy costs of state transitions from solid to liquid, liquid to gas, and back again. Among other things, it also explains why you can have… Read More »