Hats off to Amazon for really leaning in to this Time Travel theme! #timetravel #reading #books #amazon

I forgot exactly what I trained my dog to do, but it will come to me.

Ugh, Vampires.... I don't know how they can look in the mirror

Donkey Kong was released closer to the start of WWII than it was to today. Feeling retro yet?

Christina seems to have let herself go a bit

Buddy, I wouldn't touch your three and a half metres with a ten foot pole

[Adult Humor] Part of last night's dream: Woman about dating "There's plenty of interested women, you just have to push yourself out in front of them like a piece of paper" Me: "Hi, I'm A4, the man of your Reams" (chuckling at this point) Also me, without skipping a beat "I'm 8 1/2 by 11 […]

Hey Galaga, are you okay? #arcade #videogames #electronics #electronicsrepair

TIL that I can just email my doctor.

Over winter I had some kind of lingering sickness where I had a constant headache, some dizziness, shortness of breath, difficulty sleeping, etc. It lasted for months, and my wife had similar problems. I went to the doctors, and their solution was for me to try a CPAP machine, which I didn't […]

Just finished #bauldersgate3 And now I want to replay it as a multiplayer party. Really nicely executed game. 10/10. #videogames #rpg #dungeonsanddragons

Great night at the makerspace today. Collaborated on 4 projects and taught 2 people to solder. So much fun helping others.

Ordered some low effort PCBs from JLC last night. First time using EasyEDA to do the design, and first time dreading whatever rando-tariff might get applied. I did notice this time the shipping was $13.71 and last time it was only $1.50 - so perhaps that is to cover the import costs. Either way […]

Hey fellow #webhosting nerds, do you have a recommendation for cheap, secure & reliable reseller accounts? Currently using RackNerd, but there's an issue where a nefarious account on the same machine can be accessed via any domain on the machine, and this keeps getting my legit sites flagged […]

A bit of hiking on yesterday's dog walk. Stella was very happy about it. #dalmatians #dalmatian

Full res on the actual matrix, but needed to use an #esp32 N16R8 so I had enough RAM for the buffers.

Hopefully coming soon as a workshop at your favorite hardware hacker conference

Inspired by ‪Youtube's Patt Vira‬, I implemented the Reaction Diffusion algorithm in C++ on my testbed for my 64x64 matrix. Next step is to port this to my #esp32 #microcontroller and have it output directly on the #HUB75E #LED Matrix display. In my […] [Original post on leds.social]

Me too, rock. Me too.

Well, there's ya problem

Just finished sewing a new sling bag with a 32x18 LED matrix inside the pocket flap. The pocket flap snaps off so the matrix can be used in other designs. The #pixelblaze controller and battery fit nicely inside the front pocket

My proctologist might not be the most thorough person but he's right up there.

Burned 2 days chasing down a lamp problem with my #pinball machine only to finally realize that I likely caused the issue several years ago when reversing some hacked wiring. I'll know later when I get back from walking the dog and rewire that bit properly.

Ugh!

Ok, I might stop after this one: The new Pope has a degree in mathematics from Villanova University. This guy doesn’t just understand sin. He understands cos.

Adafruit Makers getting clobbered by Trump tariffs. https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/05/08/high-tariffs-become-real-with-our-first-36k-bill/

Hey #py5 folks! How do you get this properly installed on Windows? I can't seem to fix the `JVMNotFoundException` no matter where I have my `JAVA_HOME` set to. I can see the `jvm.dll`, but pointing to that, it's parent's folder, or the parent's parent folder seems to not make any difference.

If you're using a 3D printer of any kind, I highly recommend @foosel 's #octoprint It's such a useful piece of software and takes a big headache out of the #3dprinting workflow (particularly so for older printers). Also, it's totally free, so you have no excuse to not try it. I just made a […]

I finally have a good enough Eurorack version of my picoDexed. https://diyelectromusic.com/2025/05/03/picodexed-minidexed-eurorack/ This is using a neat pico-to-zero adaptor from bablokb, released on Github, which allows me to use my existing MiniDexed PCBs […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Payphone #hacking at the local #makerspace

In part of last night's dream I was carrying a scale. Some bloke said "If you want to lose weight, come to my gym" and pointed across the street. I replied, "Great, I'll have 20lbs off next Thursday". Then I woke up.

Last one Crazing. Penrose P3 tiling.

Been in the USA for 24 years and just had my first Taco Bell. It was okay. And more importantly, I was okay the next day.

I think this early iPhone needs a new battery

Would anyone be interested in trying to revive an old Tandy 102? Mine seems to have developed a fault and won't boot. I'd be willing to let it go to a new home for the cost of shipping it, or even less if you talk nicely. I'd like to see it go to a good home.

Finally figured out something mildly interesting to do with the rigidbody physics sim on the #esp32 driven #led matrix panel.

Some things are just better watched on the projector.

Can we have a cookie consent system but for AI? I'd love to be able to select "reject all" and never see that shit again.

Bought some new HUB75E panels and the colors are noticeably yellower (warmer) than any other panels I have. Anyone know what's going on here? #RGB #LEDs #electronics

My Fish Tales #pinball machine has a sticky flipper.

I finally got spammed by nicole. I thought it was a joke I wasn't a part of.

Found an old Thomas Guide from 25 years ago with a subtle red dot where my office was at #microsoft (Building 43). Crazy to think how we used to have to look things up if we wanted to get somewhere, and pencil in new construction or places of interest.

Sometimes it's the little purchases that delight me. I can feel like I'm in the hardware store at home now.

My printer is up and running with the 0.2mm stainless steel nozzle. I printed a tiny Benchy as a test, with PLA, and 0.05mm layer height. US quarter for scale.

My solution to accidentally hitting capslock.

How did I live so long before realizing that "Renegade" is someone who Reneges

Someone mentioned yesterday that I might have a bit of ADHD. I'm sitting here trying to watch 2 youtube videos at once because I can't wait for one to finish while the other is waiting. Perhaps there's some substance to their observation.

Also today I went #running and dropped my dubiously fake "bone conduction" headphones from waist height and the Left driver stopped working. I put them in the "vice grips of knowledge" and it looks like the coil on that side fractured and is impossible to repair without rewinding a new one. I […]