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Maker of things and, occasionally, wonder. he/his - Art: https://waxpraxis.org Community (BoD): https://firepony.org Work (Director of Software): https://av-controls.com - #python #django #javascript #vue #touchdesigner #unreal #hamradio
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There are days, as a developer, that I feel like a skilled craftsman honing ideas into elegant code. Other days, like yesterday, it’s more accurate to say I was a digital persistence hunter, bashing at the keyboard until the win32 API finally keeled over in exhaustion.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

@alsobrooks.senate.gov can you please share what drove you to vote for the crypto scam GENIUS act? It does nothing to address the kind of scams and conflicts of interest issues at the core of crypto. The bill is a give-away and only helps a scam ridden industry with little redeemable value!

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

A few weeks ago I randomly won a prize in #PolyPalooza from @polymaker.bsky.social and all my filament arrived today! 🤩 Looking forward to putting this to some good use!

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

With *gestures broadly* everything, my attention span for reading has been dwindling so I’ve been making an effort to fix that with “Everything is Tuberculosis”. It’s fascinating and often sad, but it’s also honest and hopeful in a way my heart really needed. Thank you @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

The slow, painful process of replacing the old magnetic pad on my 3D printer was going ok and then I heard a funny popping noise... I couldn't tell what happened and nothing SEEMED broken, but a beat later one of the z-axis linear bearings split apart and spilled tiny bearings everywhere. UGH.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

I FINALLY dialed in our old Ender 5 to be able to print damn-near perfectly across the full print bed with PETG. No blobs, no strings. I know a current generation printer can do this pretty easily, but I really want to stick with this thing until the wheels fall off.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

My son has loved gymnastics since his preschool classes. He’s good too - his shelves are full of trophies and medals. But the last few years have been rough. Harder skills, puberty, and coaching changes lead to far fewer trips to the podium. But he’s got grit and earned his first trip to Nationals!

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

At least Nero could fiddle…

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Since it looks like I’ll be protesting all this idiocy for a WHILE I grabbed a cheap, lightweight LED sign to hack on. Last night I came up with what I wanted on the backside and just finished gluing it up before I head downtown. #teslatakedown #handsoff

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

At least Nero could fiddle…

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

I hope to see or hear about lots of us out on the streets tomorrow. Protests happening in all 50 states and outside of the US as well. Your voice does and always matters. handsoff2025.com

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE

submitted 78 days ago • 45 comments

I'm comfortable enough with who I am to share that today on YouTube I ran across a 24 minute documentary on the history and engineering of washers and my immediate thought was "Well I know what I'M doing tonight!".

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

The crew running the Georgetown, DC #TeslaTakedown event really did it right! Their big sound system made for a non-stop dance party! Plus, the folks running the event all wore captain hats so you knew who to ask questions. We got TONS of support from pedestrians and drivers! I’ll be back next week!

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a lovely spring day here in DC. Perfect weather to get outside and save our democracy at the #TeslaTakedown protest! See you there!

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Just finished talking to my financial advisor about getting that “musk-y” smell out of my investment portfolio. Musk may make an EV but in the end fascists always end up hanging around gas stations.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Tonight we’re playing our inaugural game of Arcs. We’re just wading into its web of interconnected game mechanics and it’s a real brain burner… I can see why it’s won so much praise! (The Pikmin vases are our addition, to hold the board flat and observe like some particularly cute elder gods)

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

I’m hoping my senator @alsobrooks.senate.gov can explain her vote today to loosen reporting rules for cryptocurrencies. At the very minimum, every rule that applies to other financial instruments like stocks should apply to crypto. Legislating otherwise is a vote for fraud.

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Spooky Science Lab is back with a new episode! This week: Nick introduces listeners to the horrifying horsehair worm, a water-dwelling parasitic organism whose brutal lifecycle puts its insect host through hell, culminating in the worm's unique ability to compel its host to drown itself. (1/2)

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

I just realized I’ve spent the last year or so performing a one-man-show of “If You Give a Geek a Cookie…” It started with organizing the radios for some events I help run and now has me with an amateur radio license and testing my first PCB design…

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment

You know that thing where you start talking on Zoom and you’re not muted but no one can hear you because somehow you’re using the wrong mic input? Turns out I’ve been doing that with my fancy new ham radio for about a month now. DERP. On a related note, I finally made a voice QSO on HF tonight!

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

Getting our old 3D printer a bed leveling probe has proven to be a real game changer. My most recent project has been dialing things in to be able to make lithophanes!

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment

I finally sat down tonight to learn more about my radio (ICom-705) and see if I could figure out how to get FT-8 to work with the SDR-Mobile app. Turns out, it’s real easy and my little 10 watts can make it all the way to Italy! My first 9 QSOs covered 5 countries! #ham #ft8

submitted 114 days ago • 1 comment

Living in the DC metro area right now feels like what you hear from towns hit by tornados. It is so chaotic who of your friends and neighbors just had their lives tossed into turmoil and who is unaffected. Everyone knows someone whose life’s work was torn to shreds to appease these horrific weirdos.

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments