Author: Jared Cherup
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Weather Geek Apps
Here are a list of apps I use for looking at the weather. ➡️
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You Can’t Take The Sky From Me
My thoughts on No Man’s Sky. The video game about space travel and walking. ➡️
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There’s A Map For That: Part Two
Information for geo nerds like me. ➡️
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There’s A Map For That: Part One
How To Make Your Own Digital Map Fortunately there are several free tools out today that allow you to store your own created maps. The best by a large margin is Google, who has put an amazing amount of effort into their mapping business since 2005. Anyone who recalls the Mapquest days can attest to… ➡️
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There’s a Map For That
Introduction In 2016 we have more information available at our fingertips than ever before. Now we can navigate to many locations with relative ease compared to the old word-of-mouth directions and paper maps of yesteryear. GPS units used to be a luxury, but with the growing number of smartphones everyone has access to free up-to-date… ➡️
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Retrofication
Retro is in and nostalgia is a powerful drug. I love certain retro designs and art, whether it be the “future” fonts of the 1970s or 8-Bit graphics. Limitations in past technology produced qualities or artifacts that could be considered inferior – like pixel art in computer graphics or light leaks in photography. Should these… ➡️
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Perspective
Perspective is a powerful tool. It can bring people closer to one another. It can change how one approaches the world. I was thinking about perspective when I passed a solar array on a trip in the moonlit night to Northern Ohio to celebrate Thanksgiving. I thought to myself how even though the sun was… ➡️
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The Jarbochov Stratagem
My blog has been under the moniker of the WyomingJarbo.blog for almost ten years now[1]. The name has early 2000s written all over it. For those not in the know my nickname has evolved over the years. In high school it was Jarbo[2], which I then reconfigured into Wyoming Jarbo as an homage to Indiana… ➡️
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Pixel Art
📁artI’ve been trying my hand at pixel art. It’s easier for me than drawing, but it’s still pretty interesting with the restrictions present. It makes some of the games I love that much more beautiful knowing how much effort and talent went into designing them. Let me know what you think. ➡️
