The Blog
Making things,
writing about it.
Web experiments, LEGO builds, 3D printing adventures, JavaScript curiosities, and occasional opinions. No schedule, no algorithm - just stuff I actually wanted to make or figure out.
LEGO Phone Car Chassis Build Log
A 3D-printed chassis designed in OpenSCAD to hold my Motorola Moto G55 and accept LEGO wheel assemblies at each corner. Seven iterations, a pile of failed 3D designs and a successful print, and some very specific BrickLink orders. Still the most satisfying build on the workbench right now.
Applying for Lego Creative Technologist Role
So I tried applying for a Lego Creative Technology role in Denmark. Find out how it went, what the process was like, and take a look at my visual portfolio
Making a Tetris game in javascript
I made a tetris game, again, this time in Javascript. By following an awesome YouTube tutorial I found, check it out!
Strikethrough on Mac/Pages
Strikethrough appears to be missing on Mac/Pages, how very frustrating! This is a tutorial to show how to enable strikethrough on Mac/Pages.
Tik Tok goal for kevingordon.art
On TikTok @kevingordon.art (https://www.tiktok.com/@kevingordon.art) I have a profile dedicated to my art work. I enjoy posting as I usually get between 200 to 2,000 views, and I'm starting to pick up quite a lot of engagement! But I only had about 90 followers, and I...
My Analog Revival – Rediscovering the Joy of Physical Music
I hear vinyl sales are surging, and are the highest they’ve been for decades, I wonder what’s happening with CDs? I’m getting into listening to music on CD, cassette and LP again, recently. Call me nostalgic, but I predict a further surge in physical media sales over...
Getting a Java Applet to work
I wrote a falling blocks game as a Java Applet many years ago. Java Applets don’t work any more. I found this article here https://examples.javacodegeeks.com/desktop-java/swing/java-swing-application-example/ and with a few simple tweaks I can now run it as a Swing...
Change Fire Stick network without remote
How to use your Fire Stick, when you forgot/lost the remote, and you’re on holiday so can’t connect to your home network.
De-teching – cutting the cord of the always on society
I am, I believe, not alone in getting overwhelmed from time to time with the constant buzz of notifications, new messages, new emails, voicemails, phone calls, new information in my social feeds, new things to see, read, process do! There is nothing wrong at all with...
Searching movie review
Searching is a new movie from Hollywood, focused on a father's search for his missing daughter. I loved it, I thought it build a tremendous amount of tension, and the twists & turns and payback were worth it. The Evening Standard described the ending as 'gormless'...