Is has been a few months since FFG announced KeyForge would be paused, or in their words going on hiatus. Though as decks are still being registered we can get a glimpse of the effect of this announcement on the game. In a previous post, a model was made that Read more…
When I accidentally stumbled upon a presentation from Kurt Vonnegut on how stories have a shape I started thinking… “Would you be able to use natural language processing (NLP) to pick up these shapes based on sentiment analysis of the actual text?” So here I’ll show you the approach I Read more…
Since a few months I’ve been selling some Magic: the Gathering cards on CardMarket. Last week I realized I could extract the address from buyers from eml files (exported emails) with orders. From those the (approximate*) location using Google’s Geocoding API can be found and plotted using Altair. This gives Read more…
Flesh and Blood has been gaining a lot of traction as a Trading Card Game, and I recently picked up two preconstructed decks to check out the game. It also would be great to add this new game to DeckLock as it seem interesting, and I’m pretty sure I’ll pick Read more…
Despite being a huge proponent of using interactive plots when publishing data visualisations on the web, the plots on this blog are all static. Using Altair, Vega and a little library justcharts all pieces finally fell into place to start practicing what I’ve been preaching on this blog as well! Read more…
If you’re looking for a straightforward yet powerful method to safeguard your home or office, a smart motion sensor linked to Home Assistant might be the perfect solution for you. This way, you can establish a basic alarm system that can recognize and inform you of any unanticipated movements in Read more…
Monitoring the air quality in spaces where you spend a lot of time can be a game-changer for your well-being and productivity. However, the air quality monitor built-in a previous post is tightly linked with Home Assistant (HA), which might limit its use in environments like offices, workshops, garages, and Read more…
Currently I’ve been playing KeyForge and Gwent. One of my first posts was about Magic: the Gathering and my 3D printed dice and token boxes also made an appearance on this blog. So it is no secret I like card games, and my collection of decks both on- and off-line Read more…
With USB type C ports now commonplace, keeping micro-USB cables around for some devices can be a bit of a nuisance.The convenience of a single, reversible cable for nearly all your devices is undeniable, and in some devices the micro-USB port can actually be replaced with a USB type C Read more…
KeyForge is often advertised as having 104 septillion possible decks per set (that is 104 followed by 24 zeros), but how many of those decks actually exist? Fantasy Flight Games never released data on how many decks were printed per run. Though with Dark Tiding having Evil Twin decks (exact Read more…