Mark McGookin @markmcgookin@qoto.org

New Blog Post - "Using the WaveShare Pico ResTouch LCD 2.8 Screen with CircuitPython" - https://markmcgookin.com/2023/01/11/using-the-waveshare-pico-restouch-lcd-2-8-screen-with-circuitpython/

Bit of fun this evening inspired by @kevsmac Galactic Unicorn fun. Display the last 17 weeks (due to lack of pixels) of your github contribution graph on the @pimoroni unicorn-hat-mini. Polls the github API once every hour for an update. Source here: https://github.com/markmcgookin/unicorn-hat-mini-github-contributions

New Blog Post: Building a K3S Cluster using Raspberry Pis https://markmcgookin.com/2022/12/01/building-a-k3s-cluster-using-raspberry-pis/

Tonight’s #Horror is Event Horizon. One of the few films in my lifetime that actually scared me when I watched it originally

Argh!!! I give up trying to solder these BASTARD tiny USBC SMT pins. Breakout board it is.

I had completely forgotten about my attempted YouTube channel... but fun to see that while most videos only have a few views... one has almost 5k views! Ha.

I feel stupid, but I can't figure out how to add a header image on my profile... there's no image option in the edit UI. What am I missing here.

Tonight’s #Horror movie of choice is #Barbarian … let’s see how we get on. Get the horrors done while Mrs McG is away!

Currently waiting for this simple little PCB from PCBWay... doesn't do much but gives me a connector for the waveshare 1.47" SPI display, a Neopixel (if I wired those right) and some breakouts to wokr on another iteration. Initial plan is to see if it works, then write a bit of code to cross post my tweets here and show them on the screen as it does so. Also learning #Fusion360 as a new modeling tool for a case.

New blog post: Using the Adafruit 1.47″ Curved SPI Display with a Raspberry Pi Pico and CircuitPython https://markmcgookin.com/2022/11/17/using-the-adafruit-1-47-curved-spi-display-with-a-raspberry-pi-pico-and-circuitpython/