I registered NathanTornquist.com on Christmas Eve in 2009. Since that first site was created, this domain has gone through 4 major redesigns eventually landing on a static website built with Jekyll. Well before NathanTornquist.com was registered, I had my first website back in 2005. The first WordPress site (and first... more
A few months back I saw the RoMac and Plaid (resp) keyboards on Reddit. I’m a big fan of the exposed design and have been missing a numberpad on my S65-X. I took that as a sign that a macropad was a need (not a want) and that I would... more
Ludum Dare is a 48-hour game programming competition. I learned about this competition almost 10 years ago, and have been watching since then, but it’s never really worked out for me to participate. Well this time it did! I blocked out the weekend when the date was announced, and was... more
As part of my normal routine I track all of the time I spend working on software-related projects and the time I spend playing my trumpet. Originally this was started as a way to make sure that the time spent on side-projects did not impact the time I spent on... more
I wanted to propose to my girlfriend (now wife) in a way that was fun, unique, and distinctly us. In addition to those broad requirements, I wanted it to be done in a way that was active, extended, and still relatively private. I wanted to create something and use that... more