by Matthew Jones | Jul 6, 2020 | Game Design
A while back, I was tasked with an animation project that was essentially a video game version of the famous story of Jonah and the whale in the Bible. After assessing the project and seeing how much animation would be involved, and the ultimate goal of the project… I...
by Matthew Jones | May 12, 2020 | General Computing, Linux, Raspberry Pi
All the technical details (and more awesome pi projects!): https://pimylifeup.com/raspberry-pi-rfid-attendance-system/ RFID Check-In on a Raspberry Pi Hey guys! What’s going on my name is Matt and today I’m not doing a museum update and I’m not doing...
by Matthew Jones | May 5, 2020 | General Computing, Linux, Manjaro
How to fix Failed to Commit Transaction (Conflicting Files) Error in Manjaro Linux This error is usually thrown after an attempted package upgrade using either pacman, the GUI, or another package manager. Below is an example of the error: This can happen with pretty...
by Matthew Jones | Apr 28, 2020 | General Computing, Linux, Manjaro
How to Fix Unable to Lock Database When I try to update my machine by running sudo pacman -Syyu I get an error saying it’s unable to lock the database. Below is an example: But as you may have noticed, by removing a special database lock file, I was able to...
by Matthew Jones | Apr 21, 2020 | 3D Modeling, Graphic Design, Web Development
Progress update for my new web developer portfolio. Creating a 3D museum to showcase all my stuff from 10 years of film and video production. Final product will be a static HTML website that features a full screen 3D museum environment that the user can walk through...