Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org

This is why I'm hot.

Exciting news! Starting in Jan M, we’re offering low-cost in-person Learn to Solder and Basic Electronics workshops here in San Luis Obispo, thanks to a DEI grant from the City of SLO. Workshops are open to everyone, & we encourage people from demographics underrepresented in STEM to come! We are inclusive, welcoming, and anti-gatekeeping. If you’re at all curious about how circuits work, join us!

Sign ups are on our website here:
https://www.alpenglowindustries.com/pages/workshops

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Forum post by @wizard announcing WS2816 support for #Pixelblaze: https://forum.electromage.com/t/release-v3-47-new-hdr-led-drivers-faster-ws2812-and-editor-improvements/3045

Another great video from Allie! I really need to take some pottery classes so I can eventually work up to cool techniques like this using 3D printing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4Pw6cLSRw

Thanks @makemagazine for featuring our Sunny Surprise kit in your holiday gift guide! Lots of other fun stuff in there, check it out! https://makezine.com/article/maker-news/gift-guide-make-editors-top-picks-for-2023/

I was content to let this be one verse stuck in my head, but y'all made the mistake of *encouraging* me:

Happy Krampusnacht FLASH SALE! Today only get 25% off our ready to hang Krampus circuit board ornaments (left) and our twist-together kits (right)!

https://www.alpenglowindustries.com/search?type=product&q=KRAMPUS

emotional support robot: ongoing tests. (also, as a side note, this whole vibe of random motions — sometimes blinking, sometimes tilting, always a bit stochastic — was very much inspired by @Jorvon_Moss’s talk at last year’s @hackaday Supercon)

Quick reminder that our free US shipping promo on orders over $25 ends tonight at midnight Pacific time! Use code CHEERS.

Soldering kits (or no-soldering-required kits) make great gifts! We’ve got a bunch of fun twist-together ornaments that are quick circuit projects, great for beginners or anyone who likes playing with LEDs.

I finally have a small batch of Lux Lavalier back in stock in my @tindie store, sorry for the delay!
https://www.tindie.com/products/27123

Lux Lavalier is a beautiful wearable 40mm battery powered pendant necklace with 64 SK9822-2020 “HDR” RGB LEDs surface mounted in a Fibonacci distribution and a Pixelblaze V3 Pico controller built in.

Would you like to sponsor a traveling soldering roadshow? I'm talking in-person market reach to a highly technical and very niche demographic?

Available for conferences and tradeshows. #LearnToSolder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98KZuS_diWc

Also — HOLY SHIT — @crowdsupply has Sensor Watch Lite on sale for 15% off! That's just $33 plus shipping for my board swap for the classic Casio wristwatch: the cheapest it's EVER been, by a longshot, and part of Crowd Supply's FIRST EVER Black Friday sale! (No, they did not email me about this. Yes, I would have promoted it sooner if I'd known.) Link here: https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/sensor-watch#products