https://chris.dilger.me/Writingen-auhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/choosing-a-quiet-fan-with-physics/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/choosing-a-quiet-fan-with-physics/Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTA working draft: why momentum, not viscosity, decides how far a fan's air punches into a room, and what that means for picking a quiet one.physicshardwareworking-drafthttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/home-digital-twin/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/home-digital-twin/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWalk a full 3D model of a new-build home and its street, switch construction stages, and mark up where things go. Generated from code, in the browser, on desktop or phone.projects3drustbevyhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/planning-with-beads/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/planning-with-beads/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo real dependency graphs: Physical Soccer, planned up front and turned into 194 beads that flowed through a herd of agents in two days, and Joystick Jammers, an ongoing polishing swarm.workflowagentsbeadshttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/your-prompts-do-not-matter-anymore/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/your-prompts-do-not-matter-anymore/Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:29:57 GMTPrompt engineering was all the rage in the ancient historical period known as November of 2025.https://chris.dilger.me/blog/new-mac-m1-or-old-intel-i7-4790k-which-would-win/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/new-mac-m1-or-old-intel-i7-4790k-which-would-win/Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:06:05 GMTWhen the new 2020 model MacBooks were announced, I was not waiting eagerly like some of the Apple fans. I first heard some of the hype from people I knew who were buying these…https://chris.dilger.me/blog/xin-de-mac-m1huan-shi-lao-de-intel-i7-4790k-na-yi-ge-hui-ying-wen-zhang/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/xin-de-mac-m1huan-shi-lao-de-intel-i7-4790k-na-yi-ge-hui-ying-wen-zhang/Thu, 12 Aug 2021 06:34:22 GMT新的2020 Mac M1出来的时候，我没有像一个渴望的 苹果粉丝（果粉）在等它。一开始我身边很多人买了这些新的笔电，然后说这些笔电（硬体表现）超厉害。本来我很怀疑，但是我没有想太多 。https://chris.dilger.me/blog/working-from-home/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/working-from-home/Thu, 02 Jul 2020 11:49:00 GMTMy journey on this path to extreme speed began when I was 13 years old, staring at the flash player loading the speed dial. Ever envious of other people in neighboring towns…https://chris.dilger.me/blog/what-is-an-api/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/what-is-an-api/Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:55:50 GMTInvestigating something all of us use on a daily basis, but something that is abstract and very much intangible most of the time, using Trello a work space management tool.Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/checkface/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/checkface/Fri, 30 Aug 2019 03:13:17 GMTIn the past people struggled to manage long numbers, identifying information and configurations in their working memory. A team of students worked to create CheckFace, a…Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/hackathon-starterpack/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/hackathon-starterpack/Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:48:06 GMTWhen I'm setting up new people with some tools to get some work done, there is a typical set of software required. This is not a prescriptive list, however is a guide and a…TechnicalHackathonhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/project-ideas/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/project-ideas/Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:04:14 GMTSo I needed a central repo for all of my ideas that's publicly acessible and easily editable.https://chris.dilger.me/blog/hack/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/hack/Mon, 21 Jan 2019 23:08:41 GMTForget network security and offensive security, this type of Hackathon is making a product or a service by cramming a bunch of students or working professionals in a room for…Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/opportunities/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/opportunities/Sat, 20 Oct 2018 08:00:00 GMTI find that there are a huge number of opportunities available in Melbourne for Computer Science, Software Engineering and Web Dev type roles around, but I needed a place to…Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/social-innovation-project/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/social-innovation-project/Fri, 31 Aug 2018 12:29:16 GMTSwinburne Sarawak is the Malaysian campus of Swinburne University of Technology sporting a moderately sized campus in the city of Kuching, Sarawak. During the winter term, the…Travelhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/brunei-darulssam/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/brunei-darulssam/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:23:58 GMTBrunei is a small country split in two on the northern end of Borneo. Brunei has an intersing relationship with Malaysia, historically gifting Sarawak to the James Brookes after…Travelhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/visit-kl/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/visit-kl/Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:09:36 GMTSo you're headed to KL, or are planning on doing so. This is a guide informed by the experience of an Australian student, it will provide some information relevant to those…Travelhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/travel-insurance/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/travel-insurance/Thu, 24 May 2018 03:36:00 GMTHeaded overseas from Swinburne? Both Swinburne and Northeastern have their own requirements, summarised belowTravelhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/ga-implementation/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/ga-implementation/Fri, 11 May 2018 09:00:00 GMTThe full report, embedded as a PDF, with a link to download it.Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/interpreted-vs-compiled-is-there-a-difference/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/interpreted-vs-compiled-is-there-a-difference/Tue, 08 May 2018 03:23:40 GMTThe full report, embedded as a PDF, with a link to download it.Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/data-reduction-efficency/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/data-reduction-efficency/Thu, 03 May 2018 03:03:43 GMTA system for mining large flat datasets for useful data in relation to a natural language research question is examined in the context of computational efficiency. Using a GA to…Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/overview-of-oop/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/overview-of-oop/Wed, 02 May 2018 09:46:00 GMTBackground image - Map of OOP, fitting together some of the fundamental concepts of Object-Oriented DesignTechnicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/structured-programming/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/structured-programming/Mon, 30 Apr 2018 11:47:02 GMTEdsger Dijkstra, a revolutionary computer scientist that produced several game-changing ideas for his time coined the term "structured programming." (Dahl, Dijkstra & Hoare 1972)Technicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/scholarships/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/scholarships/Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:52:33 GMTMy approach is to ensure I have the funds to make the most out of my trips abroad.Travelhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/ux-resources-and-reading-list/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/ux-resources-and-reading-list/Sat, 21 Apr 2018 09:40:34 GMTResources for UX design, including books, websites and communitiesTechnicalhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/canon-eos-m6-review/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/canon-eos-m6-review/Tue, 17 Apr 2018 23:19:55 GMTCanon EOS M6 Reviewhttps://chris.dilger.me/blog/creating-a-ghost-blog/https://chris.dilger.me/blog/creating-a-ghost-blog/Mon, 16 Apr 2018 09:34:27 GMTThis site is running on Vultr on a VC2 instance running in Miami for $2.50 AUDTechnical