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A low-power, low-performance single-disk NAS for backup

I do in-house backups for my data, but the system that eats the data now is an all-in-one Intel Atom PC with a dying fan, and I don’t really trust it. Luckily we’re in the future, so fanless ARM-based...

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More abstract images

I did some experiments with graphics, and what I was trying to do didn’t really work, but I made some neat wallpapers as a side-effect. All but the first are 3840×2160 (4k).

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Yet more abstract images

I had some new ideas on generating pictures based on Z-order curves. For speed this time, I wrote some truly horrific but decently fast C code to render stuff. I also re-did some of my earlier Hibert...

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Update to my little garbage robot

Now with a cereal box taped to it. And a servo. For entry into the TerrorBytes MiniFRC 2018 competition. For phone app, I switched to “Joystick BT Commander”. Arduino code is here:...

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Showing off some vintage 1970s LEDs

After seeing this video, I was inspired to hunt down and purchase some early-model LEDs. It turns out you can get Soviet-era gold-plated LEDs from the 1970s on eBay, so I grabbed some of these and made...

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A simple thing I’m proud of

I needed a switch to control something that plugs in with a simple 2-pin Dupont cable. I thought about making a dongle cable or board for the hookup, but then I had an idea. Boom, solved. Pics of...

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I did a art

It’s here. It’s an extension of this.

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Introducing YellowBot_02

A long time ago I posted YellowBot, a little robot built in one day. I am now ready to introduce YellowBot_02. YellowBot_02 is a robot designed to compete in MiniFRC 2019, a quarter-scale version of...

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Open sourcing my little robot

Hey, all. I’m open sourcing my small competitive robot from last year, YellowBot_02, as well as a general-purpose chassis I designed based on it. All are shared as OnShape links (a web-based CAD that...

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A 3D printed knife block

I recently got a few new knives, including a really long bread knife, and my old trash knife block didn’t fit them. I designed a new one. Might be my longest print yet: 55 hours. Printed in this...

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