Today I had a major success: I got Mastermind to work in Sinatra! It took a lot of trial and error, looking up documentation, and help from Paul, but I finally got a working version. In the future version of this game, I'd like to have some colored elements that you can drag and drop into four spaces.
On top of getting Sinatra to work, I also spilled the news to Doug that I used to be a juggling instructor in Chicago Public Schools. That's right—I taught concepts in physics through circus arts to 6th graders in Pilsen (as in, gravity is always to blame for drops, not poor juggling skills). This meant that I had to do an impromptu juggling show for the entire office. I threw stuff for a few minutes and demonstrated a basic Mills Mess and Burke's Barrage. At some point soon, I'll bring in some props and do a real lesson for the crew. These guys still need to learn about siteswap—the numeric notation of juggling patterns that counts beats per throw and determines which types of patterns are physically possible to execute.
Yes, I was put on the spot, but the Red Velvet Cheesecake totally made up for it.
And here's the Sinatra app for Mastermind.
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