Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org
Hacker/maker, inventor, nerd, apprentice knife-maker, Co-Founder of
@mrblinkybling
. Rapid prototyper. Member of
@LVL1Hackerspace
http://youtube.com/blenster (he/him)
Joined Apr 2022
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Cyber City CircuitsI heard you have been waiting for some Sensor Watch Lites from @joeycastillo and @crowdsupply!
https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch
@geekmomprojects @maketvee @ItsMrJP @Jorvon_Moss that looks like a fun evening!
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After several failed attempts using a complicated technique, I successfully sewed a simple pattern to make a SMD resistor phone case. I forget to fully include the seam allowance in the size computation, so it just barely fits my phone. It makes a nice set along with my PTH resistor glasses case!
#sewing #sewingproject
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Testing @joeycastillo’s Sensor Watch boards for @crowdsupply!
It's 10:56 AM Eastern and I'm glad you are alive.
Thank you for being here with me. I appreciate you so much.
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Scenes from Sensor Watch Lite manufacturing at @MakeAugusta!
Finally testing negative for COVID and feeling like myself again.
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Informal poll. (Poll in followup post.) I’m almost certainly going to make Sensor Watch Pro next, which adds back the 9-pin connector and some other features. But now I’m tempted to build it for a different watch, the Casio W-217, which is a lot like the F-91W, but bigger and with more readable digits. Call it “Sensor Watch Pro Max” because there are no bad ideas. If I could only make one, which of these gadgets would you be more interested in?
@JSCybersec I have long recommended the Hakko FX-888d which is what I use at home as well.
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The first ten boards. I suppose I ought to write a backer update right about now. Also: my guys in Georgia are the best. /cc @MakeAugusta
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Low-key: the first ten Sensor Watch Lite boards have been made. The good folks at @MakeAugusta loaded up the pick and place today, made one panel and ran through the full test procedure, a not-so-dry run for the 2,000 boards to come.
Last week I shared this with patrons, but today it’s available for all: scenes from the mad dash to get these boards manufactured. Won’t be long now!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/87702549
Hey there; I see you struggling.
I know it's hard right now but I'm proud of you for pushing forward.
Slow progress is still progress. You got this.
@plinth @MakeAugusta also useful if you've been cutting up a bunch of hot peppers.
@llorenzin yup. I am being a potato. I've read that too.
It's 3:12 PM Eastern and even though I'm still sick I'm also still glad you're alive.
Thank you for being here with me.
@TindrasGrove @dnsprincess I recommend working with @MakeAugusta -- they have experience with badge work and do quality assembly and testing.
@lauxmyth I made it a long time...
I've got paxlovid and Gatorade! Hopefully this fist bout of COVID won't last long.
@freemo yeah; one can quibble over the semantics but the general message is to listen and believe their experiences and use that new knowledge to better inform our actions.
Too often people will listen politely but not believe them and therefore not be called to action to fight for their rights. Merely letting them speak isn't enough; we must actually listen.
Thank you for having a nice conversation about this; I've seen too many who, well, don't.
@joeycastillo I can see why.
Hacker/maker, inventor, nerd, apprentice knife-maker, Co-Founder of
@mrblinkybling
. Rapid prototyper. Member of
@LVL1Hackerspace
http://youtube.com/blenster (he/him)
Joined Apr 2022
