Imitating NYT Games with Swiftui, Part 2: Tiles
In my first post where I used SwiftUI to emulate user interface (UI) elements from the NYT Games app, I showed how to create the custom title bar that is …
We Are Not in Spain – a Blog
The Dozen or so Euskara Words we Know (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 2
This continues a series where we explain our limited Euskara vocabulary through the lens of our experiences in Bilbao. Here, we introduce a trip to Bilbao in 2023 coinciding with the Tour de France, and apply it to give context to the Basque words for welcome, good morning, and good night.
Tarta de Queso [Basque Cheesecake]
Directly translated, tarta de queso means cheesecake. However, the style that is available in Euskadi is different from what is served in the United States. To start, tarta de queso …
Imitating NYT Games with SwiftUI, Part 1: The Header
Rachel and I play the New York Times (NYT) Games (a.k.a., the app you open when you want to play Wordle) just about every single day, and she also has …
The Dozen or so Euskara Words We’ve Learned (and Use) in Bilbao, Part 1
During our year and a half in Bilbao, we have picked up a handful of words in the Basque language, Euskara. With this and upcoming blogs, I intend to provide a brief storyline of those words with the most significance in our daily life.
Power Rankings: Gilda
During our stay in Lisbon last winter I wrote my first blog, a Power Ranking of my daily pastel de nata consumption. Since then my posts have focused on Athletic …
Creating AR-ready 3D Assets of our Houseplants with Polycam and Blender
At the end of my last post, I referenced a project I am currently collaborating on with a client where we are using Augmented Reality (AR) to aid in performing …
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! [Without getting in a car or on a plane]
We returned to Bilbao in December after a trip to the States that included stopovers in 🇮🇪 and 🇩🇪. Normally we travel to and from the airport via bus. It …
Updates for the Month of March
Last I posted, I had written a tutorial about a method I had discovered to embed a 3D renderer inside a Compose Multiplatform app. For me, this is a pretty …