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Building the Official Prusa Printer Enclosure out of Ikea Lack Tables

2021-1-11

In this quick and dirty project we assemble the official Prusa mk3s enclosure

3D PrintingCAD

Musings on packaging build system via splitting independent libraries

2020-5-31
13th article in Hanging Plotter

How can the esp-idf build system be packaged into an independent library? TLDR TODO Research sapir/esp-idf-sys Sapir has packaged building…

Esp32RustBluetoothPhilosophy

Translating an esp32+esp-idf bluetooth example to rust

2020-5-19
12th article in Hanging Plotter

A rusty heart beats away inside this thinking rock

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32RustBluetooth

Using a smooth stepper driver on the esp32 in rust

2020-5-14
11th article in Hanging Plotter

Stepper drivers are used as a simpler interface to control stepper motors, here we use the esp-idf RMT peripheral to send step pulses

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32RustStepper

Using Nix to write rust on the esp32

2020-5-9
10th article in Hanging Plotter

In the interest of repeatable builds we must create a nix derivation for a rust-esp32 toolchain

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32RustNixOS

Recovering disk space in NixOS

2020-5-7

My nixos partition has filled up, here are some steps to recover

SoftwareNixOS

Driving steppers with the RMT module

2020-4-19
9th article in Hanging Plotter

Building a clean stepper loop The steps were set up to write two values at once with a repeating pattern 00 11 00 11 pattern of on/off on…

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32

Using an Arduino as a logic analyzer

2020-4-1
8th article in Hanging Plotter

Using an arduino uno as a logic analyzer

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32

Using an ESP32 as a logic analyzer

2020-3-31
7th article in Hanging Plotter

Diagnosing stepper timing issues with another esp32

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32

Using Windows 10 to fix UEFI after BIOS update

2020-3-27

After a BIOS update my computer booted straight to Windows. Using diskpart, bcdedit, and bootice the issue was resolved.

SoftwareNixOSWindows

Replacing X window system with wayland and sway

2020-3-20

After a BIOS update my second monitor stopped working, this documents my journey switching to sway+wayland Darkest before dawn First let's…

SoftwareNixOSWayland

Connecting an ESP32 to android with bluetooth

2020-3-20
6th article in Hanging Plotter

Communicating between a Flutter app on Android and an ESP32 under ESP-IDF

SoftwareNixOSAndroidBluetoothFlutter

Android development on NixOS

2020-3-19
5th article in Hanging Plotter

Here we go, time for PAIN

SoftwareNixOSAndroid

ESP32 development in NixOS using VSCode

2020-3-12
3rd article in Hanging Plotter

Setting up an esp32 development environment in nixos using vscode and ESP-IDF

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32NixOS

Spinning a Stepper

2020-3-12
4th article in Hanging Plotter

Let's spin a stepper motor using ESP-IDF (FreeRTOS) on an ESP32!

SoftwareEmbeddedEsp32NixOS

Post Print Iterations

2020-3-9
2nd article in Hanging Plotter

3d printing allows quickly iterating on taking assembly issues and applying them to the design

3D PrintingCAD

First Steps - Pinning an idea down and checking assumptions

2020-3-4
1st article in Hanging Plotter

The design process has to start with validating the basis for decisions

3D PrintingCADPhilosophy

Hanging Plotter

2020-3-3
13 article series

The hanging plotter is a cheap way to build a plotter using 3d printing and an arduino

3D PrintingCAD

Determining why docker command hands at startup in WSL2

2020-1-29

In this quick post we demonstrate using to diagnose why docker is starting so danged slowly

Software

Protoyping with python by creating an email task digest

2020-1-13

Developing a report of upcoming tasks from WeKan using Jupyter Lab

Machining a camera mount

2020-1-12

In order to experiment with new video software this early machining project was finally published!

VideoMachining

Simplifying Jupyter integration by eliminating heterogenous lists

2019-12-23
2nd article in Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

Sometimes the best solution is less solution.

SoftwarePhilosophy

Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

2019-12-11
2 article series

An insane plan to allow posts on this site to perform computations and display output

SoftwareRust

Correcting a bug in notebook-render

2019-12-11
1st article in Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

While attempting to get a jupyter notebook running in gatsby this bug was encountered appears prominently Let's see what node should look…

SoftwareOss

Writing GatsbyJS configuration in Typescript

2019-11-21

By moving GatsbyJS configuration to a typed language the implementation can be checked by the computer

SoftwarePhilosophy

Worse is Better: Setting up Gatsbyjs drafts

2019-11-17

Worse is Better is a development philosophy that prioritizes practicality over functionality.

SoftwarePhilosophy

Making a Custom Frame: Practice

2019-11-4
2nd article in Picture Framing

In this follow up post the calculations made earler are taken into practice and some sawdust is made.

How ToWoodworkingEffortpost

Picture Framing

2019-11-2
2 article series

Picture framing is a methodical way to practice woodworking.

Woodworking

Quick fix: Fixing household goods with a 3d printer

2019-11-2

With a quick set of measurements and a 3d printer many household items can be fixed

CAD3D Printing

Making a Custom Frame: Theory

2019-11-2
1st article in Picture Framing

In this post we explore the steps and calculations needed to create a custom frame

How ToWoodworkingEffortpost

Upgrading Shop Air Compressor

2019-10-31

Continuing to cross stuff off the Shop Improvement list. We build a shop wide air system on the cheap!

VideoErgonomics

Machining a Tube Bender

2019-10-20
1 article series

What a troubling project!

Full Stack Web Development

2019-10-20

With experience across the entire stack we are well poised to build a team to solve small to medium projects

Software

Native and Hybrid App Development

2019-10-20

Experience developing applications using: iOS - ObjC, Swift Android - Java Hybrid - React Native, Appcelerator Titanium

Software

Project Concept

2019-10-19
1st article in Machining a Tube Bender

My friend Benjamin and I wanted to bend tube, here is our story

Building a Generator in Several Distinct Steps

2019-2-15

This is a long-shelved generator project connecting a light garden engine to a small permanent magnet motor.

VideoTIGMachining

First Welding Project: Making a Weld Cart

2019-1-7

The first project anyone does with a new welder is make a cart for it

VideoTIG

Metal Fabrication

2018-12-31

Light welding jobs are no problem

TIG

Machining

2018-12-31

With great age comes great rigidity, our 13x30 Harrison L6 MkI lathe is still capable of tackling many jobs The Lagun FT-1 is a very…

Machining

Woodworking

2018-12-31
Woodworking

Setting up kopano video conferencing in mattermost

2018-11-7

I am attempting to set up video conferencing on mattermost and the experience is stanky

Software

Mr Fixums' Lathe Handwheel Repair

2018-10-7

An early experiment in aluminum welding this demomstraits a repair to an old Harrison L6 Mk1 lathe

VideoTIGMachining
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