Nerd Stuff

Is It Christmas?

The same one-word answer as the original isitchristmas.com, YES or NO, in your own timezone, except the verdict is decided by 121 completely independent algorithms voting in your browser. Brainfuck interpreters, Church numerals, a single-node blockchain, and 118 more, all agreeing on the obvious. Open the developer console to watch the parliament. A tribute to Eric Mill's original.

Oakland Ballers 2026 Home Games Calendar

A subscribable .ics calendar of all 44 Oakland Ballers home games at Raimondi Park — dates, first-pitch times, opponents, promo nights (Bay Mitzvah, Punk Night, KPOP Demon Bunters), and ticket links. Add it to Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook and it stays in sync.

Google Workspace Classic Favicons

A Chrome extension that puts the old Google Workspace favicons back. Gmail's rainbow M, Calendar's blue 31, the Drive triangle — all the icons Google quietly replaced in the May 2026 redesign, restored across the seven core apps.

Useful Prompts

A collection of AI prompt patterns that actually work — tested techniques for getting better results from language models.

Connect 4

Play Connect 4 against an AI opponent right in your browser. Drop your pieces and try to get four in a row.

Wordle: Endgame

A Wordle variant where the first two guesses are already filled in — chosen by an algorithm to drop you straight into a chess-tactics-style endgame position. Six candidates left, four guesses to find the right one, no luck on opening moves.

Arena Survival (Maker Faire 2026) Desktop only

A live exhibit at the Piedmont School Maker Faire. A kid walked up to the TV, told me how they wanted to change the game ("make the player a dragon", "the enemies should be dancing bananas", "add a freeze ray"), and Claude Code edited the source code right there in front of them. A few seconds later the game reloaded and they played their idea. Then the next kid walked up. This is the final version after ~19 kids iterated on it. It is unhinged. Source on GitHub.

md2gdoc

A tiny CLI that turns a local Markdown file into a properly-formatted Google Doc with one command. LLMs love producing Markdown, but you can't email a .md file to your CEO — md2gdoc closes that gap by piping the file through Drive's native Markdown importer, so you get real headings, lists, tables, and code blocks instead of literal ## characters.