Max Glenister

08 September 2016 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I’ve been on the hunt for a 10” tablet for a couple of months now. Besides Google’s Pixel C, there isn’t much choice in this area (ignoring the iPad). There are a bunch of options for cheap Atom-based Android/Windows tablets on Gearbest/Aliexpress/etc. I decided to buy a Chuwi Vi10 Plus on Gearbest. For less than £120 what could I lose? Read more

03 August 2016 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I upgrade my Macbook to El Capitan as soon as I could, and have had very few issues with the release. On my iMac at work though, I’ve been putting off the upgrade since last October – due to time constraints and not wanting to mess anything in my dev environment up. Today I tried to install El Capitan using the Install OS X El Capitan.app installer. Read more

24 July 2016 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

As part of the JS Oxford-organised Summer of Hacks, I co-organised the “Game Dev Day” hack day in Oxford. This is the second time I’ve held an event during the Summer of Hacks (the previous event being SusHack #3 last year!). Read more

25 May 2016 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I use Sass every day, both professionally and in my side projects. One thing that never seems to stick in my mind though is the correct way to use @for, @each or @while. I’m writing this up here for some cathartic release, and hopefully to be of use to somebody else. Read more

18 November 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I gave this talk at JS Oxford in November 2015. The talk is about using JavaScript and various web APIs to create Google Cardboard experiences. Read more

15 November 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I jumped on Android 6.0 Marshmallow as soon as the developer images were available to flash, and to be honest as far as “major releases” go, it was pretty underwhelming. A lot of the new features aren’t things I need, and I’ve found myself running in to a bug with device orientation in Chrome (only!) not working. Read more

30 October 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I’ve been trying to find resources on the subject of User Experience and User Interface design in Virtual Reality a lot lately, as I’m thinking about Google Cardboard, and preparing demos for a talk about using JavaScript to build Google Cardboard experiences. Read more

16 September 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I’m back with another Android console out of China from GPD, the GPD XD. I’ve had the GPD XD for a couple of weeks now, and to be honest I’ve been unable to put it down! In short it’s a great device for portable gaming, and it also handles my media needs with ease. This device was generously provided by Geekbuying, so I’ll provide more information about where to buy the GPD XD from the Geekbuying store at the end of this review. Read more

11 September 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

… Well not much of a battle really, rather just some comments on my needs of an Imgur uploader, what I’ve been using historically, and what I’m now going to be using. Read more

18 August 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

The amount of personal data that we give away these days is insane. It’s true of a huge number of online services that “free isn’t free”, and that your personal data is the virtual currency by which you’re able to use so many great services for “free”. Read more

17 August 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

Lately I’ve noticed node.js occasionally spawning a process that’s using 100% CPU. When this happens, the battery on my MacBook quickly drains. Read more

12 August 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

If you’ve used any framework or language for long enough, you might find that you’ve got parts of your code that are not using the language in it’s current state to it’s full potential. Read more

30 July 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I’ve been making use of Sketch a lot lately. One of the coolest features of Sketch is it’s plugin support. I’m using a tool called Sketch Toolbox to manage plugins in Sketch – this functions a lot like Package Control for Sublime Text, but it’s a stand-alone application. Read more

30 July 2015 • Source on GitHub • Comments • Share on Twitter

I decided that I want to show an image next to posts in my “article list” type pages in Jekyll. It would be tedious to go through each post and add a piece of Yaml frontmatter to indicate a “post image” (even though I had this at one point in the past!), so how could I automate this? Read more