Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.

Blog Archives

Month: April 2015

  • Transformy

    [“Transform your whole list, with just one example.”][link]

    Paste in source data. Type in the format you want. Source data is massaged to fit new format. Very simple and works great.

    [link]: https://www.transformy.io/#/ “Transformy – change your data with one example”

  • The Interactive Fiction Fund

    [If you write interactive fiction, and have a cool idea to make in May, and want to get paid $50 to make it, this is the place to be.][link]

    [link]: http://iffund.net/ “The Interactive Fiction Fund”

  • COBE

    [Yes, please:][link]

    >COBE stands for Code of Business Ethics. Cobe is a conversation simulator, originally a database backed port of MegaHAL but a bit more now.”

    As you know I’m a bit of a sucker for [chatter bots that learn][bot].

    [link]: https://github.com/pteichman/cobe “pteichman/cobe”
    [bot]: https://extrafuture.com/code/tybor/ “My chat bot, Tybor”

  • Genetic Football

    As a big fan of [genetic walkers][walk], and [genetic cars][car], [this is right up my alley][link]. Can I get a baseball version please?

    [link]: http://joshmillard.com/football/ “Genetic Football”
    [walk]: http://rednuht.org/genetic_walkers/ “Genetic Walkers”
    [car]: http://rednuht.org/genetic_cars_2/ “Genetic Cars”

  • Hex Preview

    [Dead simple hex color scheme web app][link]. Just type in your hex codes, and it will update in real time. You can add any number of colors at once to see how they look together, too.

    [link]: http://hexpreview.com/ “Hex Preview – the command-line-like color app”

  • It’s Dangerous To Go Alone…

    Just a little Structure Sensor ephemera I whipped up the other day…

    Dangerous-to-Go-alone-sensor

    The full image is 1920×1080, good for backgrounds.