Triptych

Merry Christmas!

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Merry Christmas! I hope you have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! More blog posts coming. Honest.

First real post!

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Sat, 18 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I just went through the process of setting up this Hugo based website where I can edit pages via gitlab, and have it post through Netlify. I feel like I’ve ‘leveled up’ in my goals to finally have a static site. Big thanks to this post for showing me the way.

Creating an RSS Reader in Godot (part 3)

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

We have come a long way from where we began, learning about Godot and building a simple RSS reader using a few simple components. In Part 1 we got a simple scene to display some RSS from a remote URL. In Part 2, we took advantage of the XMLParser to build up a series of lists which allowed us to parse the RSS feed and create several views, as well as a clickable link to view the article.

Creating an RSS Reader in Godot (part 2)

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In my previous tutorial, we got set up with Godot, created a simple project, and learned how to wire up some UI elements to code and then tested it out. If you haven’t already gone through that tutorial, please take a pause here and go get things set up, as I’m going to assume you’ve completed it, and that you have some code already built. Ready to continue? Awesome! First off, let’s re-open Godot.

Creating an RSS Reader in Godot (part 1)

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Public domain image from https://cc0.photo/2016/01/26/code-editors-windows-10/ Godot Engine is an up-and-coming 3D and 2D game engine that is free, and open source. It competes with the likes of Unity and Unreal Engine but right now — while it’s simple and easy to learn as well as fun to use — it doesn’t quite blow away folks on the graphics side of things who are used to high end tools. (That is changing rapidly with every new version!

Photoswipe Gallery Sample

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Beautiful Hugo adds a few custom shortcodes created by Li-Wen Yip and Gert-Jan van den Berg for making galleries with PhotoSwipe .

Sphere

Triangle

Big Image Sample

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The image banners at the top of the page are refered to as “bigimg” in this theme. They are optional, and one more more can be specified. If more than one is specified, the images rotate every 10 seconds. In the front matter, bigimgs are specified using an array of hashes.

Math Sample

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Sun, 05 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000

KaTeX can be used to generate complex math formulas server-side.

$$ \phi = \frac{(1+\sqrt{5})}{2} = 1.6180339887\cdots $$

Additional details can be found on GitHub or on the Wiki.

Code Sample

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Tue, 08 Mar 2016 00:00:00 +0000

The following are two code samples using syntax highlighting.

Flake it till you make it

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Under what circumstances should we step off a path? When is it essential that we finish what we start? If I bought a bag of peanuts and had an allergic reaction, no one would fault me if I threw it out. If I ended a relationship with a woman who hit me, no one would say that I had a commitment problem. But if I walk away from a seemingly secure route because my soul has other ideas, I am a flake?

Test markdown

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Fri, 20 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

You can write regular markdown here and Jekyll will automatically convert it to a nice webpage. I strongly encourage you to take 5 minutes to learn how to write in markdown - it’ll teach you how to transform regular text into bold/italics/headings/tables/etc. Here is some bold text Here is a secondary heading Here’s a useless table: Number Next number Previous number Five Six Four Ten Eleven Nine Seven Eight Six Two Three One How about a yummy crepe?

To be

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

To be, or not to be–that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep– No more–and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep– To sleep–perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub, For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause.

Dear diary

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

What is it with that Mary girl? Dragging me to school every day. As if I had a choice. What you don’t hear in those nursery rhymes is that she starves me if I don’t go to school with her; it’s the only way I can stay alive! I’m thinking about being adopted by Little Bo Peep, sure I may get lost, but anything is better than being with Mary and those little brats at school (shudder, shudder).

Soccer

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

From Wikipedia: Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer,[2] is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world’s most popular sport.[3][4][5][6] The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal.

Pirates arrrr

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Piracy is typically an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator (e.g. one passenger stealing from others on the same vessel). The term has been used throughout history to refer to raids across land borders by non-state agents.

First post!

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000

This is my first post, how exciting!

About me

triptych@gmail.com (Andrew Wooldridge) — Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

My name is Andrew Wooldridge. I’m a webdev at eBay who loves all things JavaScript. I’m also a growing fan of the Godot game engine and Rust. I’m a husband and father. You can reach me via email at triptych (at gmail dot com). Or you can find me on Twitter @triptych . 🖊️ I am a technical writer on LeanPub -> triptych. 🐲 I am a fantasy writer on WattPad -> triptych.