What in the what?

Ugh. I should have waited to update to iOS 26. It’s slow as balls on my 12 mini.

Well that could have been a lot worse. This wire was just under spec for my upgraded solar and has probably been cooking itself for like 2 years. It failed when I was out of town. Keep an eye on your wires people, I even noticed it could have been a problem and ignored it

Do you know how much it would fuckin' rule ass if over 20% of the county were trans

I should probably be sharing these updates while the Crowd Supply is still live: www.crowdsupply.com/voidbox-indu...

Behold: the 18650 Battery Bandolier!!!! I have limited PwrTop 18s left and will be offering them with a battery at Maker Faire on a donation basis.

Was poking around some old projects in prep for my Maker Faire talk (Sat 27 @3:30) and I decided to make this fuse block reversible so you can just order assembly on one side depending on if you want your inputs on the left or right. Still gotta send out a run, but it's not in the budget rn.

I was so fucking tired yesterday and couldn't quite process my thoughts as much as I feel I normally can. Oh yeah, and something fucky happened with the audio for the second half. I really love the thumnail tho so I took some inspo and made a new pfp. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_r8...

Yoooo, Alex just turned a shitty selfie into the cutest video thumbnail I've ever been in. Looking forward to the show.

This Tuesday’s #HacksterCafe guest is @clomads.bsky.social ! She’s launching the PwrTool 500 – a high-capacity power & battery monitor for #HomeAssistant – on @crowdsupply.bsky.social soon. Join us live on Aug. 28 at 10:30am Pacific, on @hacksterio.bsky.social : ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_r8...

I'm going live tomorrow morning - get ready y'all

I thought monday school was just story time and an extra few hours for the parents. I was 6.

I’m basically finished with my PwrTool 500 video for Crowd Supply and I’m really excited to share it. It’s been like a decade since I’ve done work like this. Tho Kden Live crashing every 45 mins was not the nostalgia I was hoping for.

What's up with software documentation not showing the UI? Like whole ass feature lists on beautiful landing pages without one fucking screenshot.

Yooooo!!! This promo video is gonna fuck! Thanks to @architeuthisflux.bsky.social for letting me use your gear (and stay for a bit)

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

A wild PwrTop appears in it's natural habitat...

Modafinil: for when you want 32 of the same tab open in 15 different Chrome windows

I just had zero shame telling friends that I took Modafinil and vibe coded for 14 hours. God damn it.

bruh.... i'm in my own room for the first time in like 7 years and now my body wants to sleep like 10-12 hours a night.... what the hell is going on?

And then she decided to figure out GitHub actions to automate firmware builds. You'll get PwrTool 500 firmware updates directly in Home Assistant even if you haven't adopted it into ESPHome.

Up late fixing breaking changes in ESPHome 2025.7 and updating my nodes from 300 miles away.

I finally got a c to micro b cable so I don’t have to be tethered while charging my pancreas. Works great with the PwrTop

Yooooo, I got Thread working on the XIAO C6 with ESPHome!!!!!! Kind of a pain in the ass and def not ready for consumers. You have to use the HA mobile app to get the credentials from your border router and hard-code them in your device.... I had to search the forums on how to do this.

Ugh. I just spent a whole damn week replacing a water pump on a Ford Fucking Ranger. 1) They don’t give you enough room to put a wrench on the fan nut 2) sheared a bolt holding the pump on 3) broke the extractor off in the bolt 4) 3 hours carefully dremeling it out and re tapping in 90+ heat

Ordered a XIAO C6 to test some ideas. For the FLIP, there’s a similar MINI module but the pinout is different from the C3. 😤 looks to be the same footprint tho.

Yoooo ESPHome got Thread???? Is it time for a FLIP_C6?

Me on the 4th: “happy imperialism day” Friend, without missing a beat: “sorry, I’m not religious”

I got so involved in giving away 18650 PwrTops at Teardown, that I kept forgetting to print stickers. I’ll upload some of my designs when I get a chance. My graphic design process has been stunted by switching to Linux and I hate Inkscape.

When you see it.

I’m a fucking menace.

I was worried about my batteries going thru TSA but I apparently forgot this in the side pocket of my backpack. They missed it. I didn’t notice until I got home.

I SAW HIM IRL

This is probably one of the best MR bits: youtu.be/etA2FK8pTx8

I’m talking at Teardown next Friday morning about Home Assistant & ESPHome. It’s technically in the workshop track, so come hang out, bring a laptop and esp32 if you want.

I forgot to take a pic, but I actually saw a book tattoo in a shop window that I kinda want: A line drawing of a ghost with a chainsaw. He was such a happy boi.

Dad was in in town for a couple hours today. Showed him the JT Sunfair lakebed and found a .50 BMG in pristine condition.

pupusas are underrated and should be much more widely available in my opinion

Sometimes my help desk requests are wild. It’d be gauche to post them on main, but I’m regularly bamboozled by where the communication disconnect is in my docs and marketing. I appreciate the sale, but I’d actually rather you save $15 & buy any other esp32 if you don’t need one w/ a buck converter.

2012 Nissan Versa presents with oem radio and speakers working intermittently. Maybe 1% chance they come in for a few minutes. No visible damage to wiring harness. Replace headunit: Nothing. Test fresh wire on speaker: Nothing. Replace speakers: Fixed - ALL FOUR SPEAKERS WERE BLOWN WHAT THE FUCK?

I’ve officially switched to Jellyfin from Plex. It’s been a good run.

I get feral when people talk about solar batteries around me.

I couldn’t unsee this and now it’s y’all’s problem.

Cleaning the rat shit out of my temporary studio.

I got paid at least. I was there to rewire her 93 RAM 350 and after this BS, I was worried she was gonna try to not pay me. I got a hollow apology that night and I just sent her the video, my work notes and my Venmo. She tried to avoid it until I made it clear what she did. I got paid the next day.

lol. I just had a person try to send me a $400/mo rent agreement when we previously agreed on $200 for parking my bus. She crashed out when I called her out on it, but was not expecting her to go smashing a brick around my bus. She thankfully avoided the windows, but fuck that was wild. I’m safe.

V2 of the PwrTop is in house. I love them so much. Will have about 200 PCBs and ~50 18650s to give away at Teardown. Im looking for feedback on the designs and esp ideas for accessories. Always open to offers of support for my oshw work. Docs soon(tm).

Walking away from my mailbox with an unexpected package from @alpenglow.bsky.social - say to myself: “what the fuck did Carrie send me?” - open package to find:

This is fucking batshit and I'm concerned for myself and other makers that source from china. #jlcpcb