Sometimes I wish I was a grifter because the amount of time I spend trying to iron out little things for this build is crazy. I have unfortunately neglected my store and my other projects that pay the bills... BUT I COULD NEVER cause the satisfaction of it coming together nicely is just 🤌🏻

I love the TPS61202, like that's my girl. DC boost converter, low input voltage, always reliable. But it's kinda expensive. TI recommends the TPS61023 as a newer alternative but no matter how many times I try it, it's just not the same

I could do a whole podcast series on different solder alloys, soldering irons, tips, flux, paste etc.

Had to repair some ripped pads and rusted volume slider but the #GBA sp should be back in working order now. Big thanks to @nataliethenerd.com for all the board scans. Would have taken a lot longer to find that broken trace without them.

Tell me why, I bought a pack of Panasonic coin cell batteries from Amazon, yet the voltage is lower than the ones I have in the carts from 1998

Fucking love Katya

I never have energy drinks, I had half a glass and it put me to sleep. Good ol ADHD brain

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There's this dumb, very racist narrative that the southern European immigrants post WW2 worked harder and integrated into Australian society, rather than *bad* south Asian and middle eastern immigrants of the current generation. I found this comment on a post about Italian immigrants. #auspol rant

"who radicalized you" Nothing radicalized me, I was born with basic empathy. The world decided that was radical.

Lil sneak peak of where I am at

Just Australian things, I found a dead little spider in my purge wiper

I've been battling with my bambu A1. The corners have been bulging and I noticed it's because the edges are over extruding? I am so tired I've been obsessively trying to calibrate it

I am struggling to stay productive and organised, kinda wanna run away, live in the woods and build a house

Times I have ripped up my lego gb design and redone it this week? 4.

Hey everyone! Today at 11am EST I will be Premiering a video that's been nearly one year in the making. I worked with some amazing modders and @pcbwayofficial.bsky.social to make this Project a reality and I really hope you all enjoy it! WATCH HERE 👉 youtu.be/0OMP8JvGWNY

It doesn't matter how you feel on the inside, this 0.3mm pitch pattern I drew myself looks beautiful and that's all that matters

the true Halloween is paying my tax return on the last day possible, October 31st

I love Australia sometimes. Our biggest news story and controversy this week is our main government weather app changed its design

Imo, trans women are one of the most targeted groups because they are women. They """choose"" to be women. No one would choose to be a woman so clearly they just want to take advantage of others or win at sports (heavy sarcasm). That's how I interpret it anyway as a cis woman.

Since I can make my own display kits now I feel so powerful. $80aud vs. $15aud? Being able to live my dreams of cramming a Game Boy in almost ANYTHING? The ADHD meds are hitting the dopamine centres

The current stack up.

Look at this beautiful cart that came across my desk for a battery replacement

My screen kit for the Game Boy only 1-2 frames of input lag. If I can do some tricks and get this down, I will make Palmer Luckey eat my shit

It's true that not everything needs to be political. But at this point, this isn't about politics, this is about people who desire to violate human rights and safety as much as possible. The lives of innocent people should never be considered "political".

I think I am going to try to main WSL as my CLI on my new laptop. I know, I know I should just use Linux but I can't I am Windows brained unfortunately

I don't like using pure dark mode, some things still have to be light. Real bisexual vibes.

Quite satisfied with my v0.2 build a boy board. I have been tweaking components to make sure they are easier to solder (if you go down that route. As of now, there are no qfn or dfn parts! Also, I have increased the size of the CPU footprint pads a touch, they are pretty easy to solder.

I've created a 3D model for the Sony A14/D14 BVM Bezel. If printed it should fit 1:1 with the stock unit. Files can be found here: bitbuilt.net/forums/threa...

I am going to take a big nap this weekend (hopefully)

Bodge crime because even though I drew a sketch of it, I put the contacts on the wrong side

Remember how @nataliethenerd.com made the Lego Game Boy play carts for real? She's going to sell a drop-in kit. It's called the Build a Boy. Everything I know right here: www.theverge.com/games/805673...

🤭 hehe I need to make a frame with my verge mentions

Self hosted question for those of you who use tunnels, what are some of the best ways to secure them?

inbred looking ass mother fucker

The switches I am going to use with the Lego boy came in... the buttons feel niiiiiiiiiiiiiice. And they do the main thing I hoped they would, take the inconsistent travel away from the lego buttons

shout out to this bitch, i hate her

Sneaky little corrosion hiding under the cart slot

Smh gonna give ME a USB C without the CC resistors?!

Gonna invite the boys, girls and nbies over to touch my unassembled Xbox motherboard

When I was a kid, I used to love the train crossings when the boom gates would go down. Smh my family should have realised then

Someone else is making a Lego Game Boy kit, its an emulator though. But it has the same name so I have to rename... BMG? Brick Matrix Game?

I've been so busy lately, I just wanted to play civ for a few hours, now I feel behind 🥹

literally a merchant of death and genocide but he wants you to buy his little N64 clone!

a reminder that ModRetro is run by Palmer Luckey, a huge Trump backer, a self described "radical Zionist," and, quite literally, an arms dealer via his other company, Anduril

people like Palmer Luckey understand, either explicitly or implicitly, that retro tech and retro games are an accessible pathway to right wing radicalization. the politics of "remember the past when things were simpler and better?" are only a few steps removed from MAGA, unless you're very careful

I started working on my own screen driver for the build tonight! Don't worry, it won't be this small. 1 point if you know this game by the intro #nataliesblueskyexclusive

I have started going on a deep dive on rust thanks to @distraction.engineer! I don't know much about it, I thought it was just another language but it seems pretty cool and easy to use

My dev box. I need more ideas MORE FILAMENT MORE TIME

I'm not much of an anime watcher, but I am watching spyxfamily and it's cute