https://gordonmcd.com/tag/side-project/Side ProjectSource Themes Academic (https://sourcethemes.com/academic/)en-us© 2026 Dr. Gordon McDonaldWed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gordonmcd.com/images/icon_hu6422bb7c17f2a7780857d30742df6648_26094_512x512_fill_lanczos_center_2.pnghttps://gordonmcd.com/tag/side-project/https://gordonmcd.com/project/acquisition/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gordonmcd.com/project/acquisition/<p> <a href="https://acquisition.lol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Acqui$ition.lol</a> is a free browser-based idle game satirising private equity: acquire companies, extract value, and lobby the government, all while the game gently needles you about the human cost of your success.</p>https://gordonmcd.com/project/how-big-is-it/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gordonmcd.com/project/how-big-is-it/<p> <a href="https://gdmcdonald.github.io/how-big-is-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How Big Is It?</a> lets you browse and compare the surface area of solar system objects, oceans, continents and countries side by side, with a downloadable CSV of the full dataset and sourcing notes for every figure (Wikipedia, NOAA, CIA World Factbook, and mapsicon for country-shape images).</p>https://gordonmcd.com/project/jinx/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gordonmcd.com/project/jinx/<p> <a href="https://jinx.fyi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jinx</a> is a lightweight, no-nonsense link shortener: pick a shortcode, add a description, get a shareable link and a QR code, and find it again later with a quick search over shortcodes, descriptions and destination URLs.</p>https://gordonmcd.com/talk/2018-05-30-opalminer-pitchfest/Wed, 30 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://gordonmcd.com/talk/2018-05-30-opalminer-pitchfest/