THIS MACHINE

Field Notes on a Curious Expedition

JP Burke

Educator. Technologist. Prankster? B.S. Computer Science, Ph.D. Mathematics Education.

Recent Dispatches

and Spoilers

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Jekyll programming

I know this post looks political because was recently in the news, but I thought I would look into how to use emojis on this blog, and it ...

Improved Hydration Targeting

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baking recipes

Aren’t they beautiful? This weekend I baked sourdough again. I ...

Deploying MakeCode

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programming makecode

It took me a bit of time to figure out what was going wrong with my deployed MakeCode Arcade games that were being hosted by GitHub pages here on my website ...

Silly Shark Game Permalink

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playables programming makecode

I just recently figured out that when I manage my MakeCode Arcade programs with GitHub, they’ll also automatically get hosted here on my website. On a separa...

Sinistar Permalink

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playables programming makecode

Back when I was first learning MakeCode Arcade, I tried to write a mini-clone of the arcade classic Sinistar. At the time I’m making this blog post, it’s lar...