What is this place?
This is this internet home of Eric Elliott. Here you'll find my projects, blog, resume, and anything else I feel like sharing with the world.
My Projects
Some personal projects that I've been working on lately.
Wordspy is a word guessing game inspired by the Codenames boardgame. It's played by at least 4 people, split into teams of two.
I built it to provide some socially distant entertainment while the corona virus is ruining our in-person fun. The current version requires teams to be able to talk to each other, so it's best over video chat.
I used the Elixir language and the Phoenix web framework, with styling powered by Tailwindcss. You can have a look at the code on GitHub.
Why Rocket Hat?
Because my name is too damn common, but also hard to spell correctly, so I found a nonsensical, yet fun, domain name. There are so many variations on the spelling of Elliott, there's even a poem about it (from the Elliot clan website):
The double L and single T Descent from Minto and Wolflee, The double T and single L Mark the old race in Stobs that dwell. The single L and single T The Eliots of St Germains be, But double T and double L, Who they are nobody can tell.