no deadlines, no reviewers

Hobbies

Little things I make for my own joy, outside research and production work.

Mac apps · Swift · free on GitHub

Desk Pals

KittenPal, PandaPal and PenguinHeadPal

Little Mac desktop companions that sit in the corner of the screen and keep a focus timer with you. Each pet’s mood follows the timer: sleepy while idle, focused while it runs, waiting when you pause, celebrating when you finish. PenguinHeadPal also reminds you, out loud, to drink water and stand up: “Hey! Tiny water break!” Built in Swift for macOS.

Source on GitHub

For Macs with Apple silicon (M1 or newer; macOS 12+, PenguinHeadPal macOS 13+).

Web toy · plays in your browser · open on GitHub

Travel Scratch Map

An interactive first-visit travel journal: a scratchable US map with colour coding for two travelers (add your own names), year filters, memories, photos and JSON backups. Built with vanilla JavaScript, SVG and browser storage, with pixel-art penguin and panda companions. Each visitor’s map stays in their own browser.

Try itSource on GitHub

Web app · a searchable cookbook

Recipe Finder

A searchable cookbook of the cooking posts I’ve saved: open a card for the ingredients and method, search by recipe, ingredient or mood, and filter by type, style and how complete each recipe is. Every recipe links back to its creator. The collection was compiled with Muse.

Try itSource on GitHub

Mini game · read, quiz, collect pebbles

Penguin facts

0 pebbles

New fact +1 pebble · right quiz answer +3 pebbles · a quiz every 3 facts

Speedrun

Gentoos are the fastest-swimming birds, at about 36 km/h.

Game idea: An underwater speedrun.

5 new facts every two weeks.

more side quests waddling in soon…