Joined August 2012
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Maybe there's a chance this whole situation will be good for #indieweb, though people do still seem fine with centralisation 🤷‍♂️ Anyway, I'm on fediverse @brian@usedbytes.com
Quick little weekend baby tracking project. Sending notifications made super easy by pushover.net
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Would recommend @curiouselectric Bat Listener Kit! Great gift for a novice solderer with a little help. Really works well, and very satisfying to identify bat noises amongst bugs etc. curiouselectric.co.uk/produc…
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Instant color switching by rotating the nozzle. All 3 colors are extruded at the same ratio. :^)
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I'm trying to put a BLTouch on my 3D printer. Pretty deep into Yak Shaving... (tbf, I'm using it to learn CadQuery/build123d)
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Tonight’s making cut short by sneezing a capacitor out of existence 😔
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If you recently bought one of the cheap OKDO LD06 #LIDAR sensors, you might be interested in my @Raspberry_Pi #RP2040 library for it example which provides a simple USB interface github.com/usedbytes/rp2040-…
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The PolyGen unit 09 last seen at Cheltenham Hack Space tent is still missing. Doesn't anyone know it's whereabouts? #emf #emfcamp #emf2024
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Tildagon #emfcamp #emf2024 can now be a (janky) Googly Eye. Get it here apps.badge.emfcamp.org/apps/…
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Ahead of the Brian² masterclass with @CannonFodder and @usedbytes tomorrow night , on the Pi Cast, here's my chat with @biglesp last week about Scarab! youtube.com/live/cGYd_gG1Odg… Thanks again to @tomshardware for having me on the show to talk about Pi Wars!
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You have until 2pm tomorrow to order a Tildagon badge - after that we can't guarantee more until 2026! Order yours here: emfcamp.org/tickets/badge This badge will be reusable at the next EMF. You can read more about our new approach to badges on the blog: blog.emfcamp.org/2024/03/18/…
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Absolutely thrillled that @CannonFodder and I won #PiWars Advanced category. Some really tough competition this year. Clean autonomous runs of Eco Disaster, Minesweeper and Lava Palava are the icing on the cake!
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First order of business on #PiWars competition day with @CannonFodder - swap out the brain!
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Excellent robot, very impressed by their efforts, their mentor @drfootleg was constantly stretched by their programming questions about image processing and learned loads from their efforts plus even pinching their code for his robot lol.
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Exciting new "dual-use" product coming soon! #PiWars @CannonFodder
Get your videos in!!!
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When you let the magic smoke out and #PiWars is in two weeks 🫣
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It’s been a long intense weekend of hacking on this, now works pretty well. I’m particularly proud of how it searches for a space to put down a barrel #PiWars
PoV: You're a slightly confused robot clearing up a toxic waste spill Having the telemetry stream is so useful for debugging! #PiWars @CannonFodder
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PoV: You're a slightly confused robot clearing up a toxic waste spill Having the telemetry stream is so useful for debugging! #PiWars @CannonFodder
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