Tools

The Google Chrome web browser is a program notorious for gobbling up your computer's RAM. Chrome Memory Checker is a simple program to see exactly how much RAM Chrome is using. Since Chrome uses multiple processes it is not as simple as opening up task manager and observing how much memory some Chrome process is using. Chrome Memory Checker sums up all the memory that the various Chrome processes are using and gives you the grand total! By continuously monitoring Chrome processes Chrome Memory Checker keeps track of total RAM usage in real time. For heavy Chrome users like me with over 40 tabs open on a regular basis, the number certainly surprised me at 8.26Gb, with usage sometimes peaking at 11Gb. Yikes! Chrome Memory Checker can help you diagnose RAM usage issues and determine whether Chrome is in fact at fault or not.

I created my latest project after playing League of Legends and asking the question how long will it take my to unlock Champions? Champions can be unlocked using the the in game currency, Influence Points, which are earned by playing matches. I found online other people who were wondering the same thing as I, but many people chose to estimate the answer based on the playing statistics of popular players. I wanted a solution that could calculate an answer based on my own play history, and that's where IP Planner was born! It uses the publicly available Riot API to load a summoner's history and calculate the rate at which they earn Influence Points. Check it out here!

After creating byte arrays by hand a couple of times for my previous project, the AEMD Alpha, I decided to create Bytety! Bytety is a simple app that allows you to draw graphics onto an array and produce the coded array for you! This is great for creating graphics for single colored LED Matrices powered by controllers like the Arduino, and probably many other things. First enter in the dimensions of your LED matrix, and then click on the boxes to toggle the state of the LED they represent. You can also hold down any key to then hover over the boxes to change multiple LEDs at once. If things get too big, you can also change the zoom. The code is generated in real time in the box below. You can have an infinite amount of rows (y) but you are probably limited to 63 columns (things might get funny after that). If you need more, or you encounter any bugs, let me know. Enjoy!