Michael King

My life consists of writing code and staying up late at night to look up at the rest of the universe.
Linux is the way to go.

I code stuff

@mtking2 on GitHub.

py-zebra-zpl
24 - 10
A Python library to design and generate printable ZPL2 code.

PyCube
18 - 5
OpenGL Rubik's Cube

conky-config
12 - 2
My conky configuration + scripts.

dining-philosophers
10 - 14
Various flavored solutions to the Dining Philosophers problem.

img2zpl
10 - 2
Ruby gem to convert images to usable & printable ZPL code

32x32-LED-Array-Mortarboard
7 - 1
Arduino project to display images/animations on an LED grid.

I take pictures

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I read books

@mtking2 on goodreads.
currently-reading
Mistborn (Mistborn, #1) -Brandon Sanderson
currently-reading
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind -Yuval Noah Harari
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Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) -Martha Wells
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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (Monk & Robot, #2) -Becky Chambers
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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again -Johann Hari
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The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) -J.R.R. Tolkien
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1) -Becky Chambers
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1) -Liu Cixin
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) -Martha Wells
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Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer -Stewart Brand

I watch movies

@mtking2 on Letterboxd. = rewatch

2025-02-26
Conclave
2025-02-23
Rebel Ridge
2025-02-16
My Octopus Teacher
2025-02-09
Night of the Living Dead
2025-02-08
Anora
2025-02-07
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
2025-02-04
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2025-02-02
21 Bridges
2025-02-02
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
2025-01-31
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
2025-01-30
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2025-01-20
Psycho
2025-01-18
Challengers
2025-01-11
It's What's Inside
2025-01-07
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

I am Michael King

Software Developer based in Asheville, NC. Working on the enginnering team at Tripleseat.

Otherwise, you'll occasionally find me doing astronomy, astrophotography, 3D printing things, reading, or playing videogames.

This is the way
Michael King