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
Hey friends: it can be hard for us to keep up with everything and everyone and all the problems but you're not giving up or letting apathy win: you're still showing up and doing what you can and I appreciate you for that.
Keep fighting to help #MakeKindnessNormal
It's 10:17 PM Eastern and I'm glad you are alive.
Thanks for being here with me.
I love you.
@webhat @chris_gammell he's so nice!
I got to meet him at the first KiCon in Chicago.
Shout out to @chris_gammell for years of helping the community including helping me get into KiCAD.
Thank you for everything.
@LaserMistress nice to meet you!
@wendynather yup; I've got two boys. Their weights are mine too.
But not all the weights I've picked up belong to me.
My friend I see you carrying a lot of metaphorical weights. Are they all yours? Are you sure you haven't picked up some that don't belong to you? Maybe put those weights down and focus on the ones that really are yours.
Take good care of yourself my friends.
#MakeKindnessNormal
It's important to me that you understand that you're incredible.
You may not always feel it but it's so amazing that you exist. I hope you do something beautiful today.
Blenster
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ADVISORY: It's now just five weeks to #OSHWA, the 2024 Open Hardware Summit in Montreal. If you haven't bought your ticket yet, you absolutely should get on that! I'm so stoked for the speaker lineup, as well as the table I'll have there to show off some Oddly Specific Objects. Check out the schedule here https://2024.oshwa.org/schedule/ and get on getting your tickets soon: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-hardware-summit-2024-tickets-795537884227
Here's to your tiny victories my friends; though most will never know of them or your struggle to achieve them - I know you have many of them under your belt and many more to fight for.
May you ever be victorious.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6RgGoUiq7eU
@JSCybersec I like to point out that things don't have to be "high class" (whatever that means) to be beautiful, hold valuable truths, or to convey a meaningful message.
You can make something beautiful and still have fart jokes.
People forget that Shakespeare was the Jerry Springer of his day; low-brow humor written for the commoners and not the nobility: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-rub
Blenster
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It's official, I'll be attending & setting up an installation at @crowdsupply Teardown 2024, June 21 - 23 in Portland, Oregon!
I'll have a collection of my LED pieces, some interactive, touch sensitive, audio reactive, #PixelBlaze powered, including the 320mm Fibonacci512, CycloHex, Kraken, Chamaeleon, Flower, Fibonacci128 Bracelet, Lux Lavalier, etc.
If I can figure out how to get it there, I'll bring the 500mm Fibonacci1024! 😅
Get early bird tickets while they last: https://www.crowdsupply.com/teardown/portland-2024
@jasoncoon @ArchiteuthisFlux it's seriously impressive and I'm stoked I get to be their friend.
Blenster
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OK @ArchiteuthisFlux is just crushing it w the Jumperless breadboard. 🤩
Everything about it is beautiful: from the packaging printed w black & glittery pink BASE jumpers, the laser cut acrylic & foam case, to the actual product itself w RGB LEDs shining though the breadboard & backlit through the PCB (ingeniously, via a slim & tiny addtl PCB).
All open source code & hardware: https://github.com/Architeuthis-Flux/Jumperless
And they're on sale 15% off, get yours here: https://www.tindie.com/products/architeuthisflux/jumperless
I can't wait to dig in.
@nnubes256 awesome!
Every day with our friends and loved ones is a treasure; please don't forget this simple fact.
Remember that you are someone's treasure. And your own treasure.
Be good to yourself and each other; it's a lot out there right now.
#MakeKindnessNormal
@cyb3rkitties @pancakescon thanks for coming!!
Blenster
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I've redesigned my 86mm Fibonacci128 to use SK9822-EC20 HDR addressable RGB LEDs! I have a small batch of four available, if anyone's interested.
These can be driven with a #PixelBlaze, but I don't have a fully-assembled option for that yet. Hopefully soon.
I've updated my @tindie store listing, but can't change the title without breaking the (longer SEO) product link: https://www.tindie.com/products/19486
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
