@alexglow.bsky.social
Sustainable electronics, robots, PCBs, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, open-source DIY hardware... + music, languages, art • Masto: @alexglow@chaos.social • Was @glowascii on bird site • she/her • thoughts & feels my own.
Tues #hardware update & #HackOClock coming up in ~30!
Lovely new black #PCBs arrived; testing & wrapping up a new Joule Thief design in #KiCad – plus, #PenPlotter prep for holiday cards?? ✨
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// #electronics #maker
Absolutely, and it's the same for most language models 🙃 More efficient, resilient, and environmentally considerate in almost every case...
09.12.2025 22:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The excellent Max Alexander aka @playradical.bsky.social, author of The Joys and Shapes of Autistic Play, is doing a free webinar on Thursday aimed at Autistic women and nonbinary folk: 'Call to Play'.
Highly recommended!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/swan-webin...
This holiday season give the gift of fighting for what you love. Spend time with houseless punk kids who refuse to give up on each other in award-winner No Word For Water. Fortify your health boundaries with Covid Safety Handbook. Demand privacy with all-gender, all orientation Smart Girl's Guide.
08.12.2025 03:21 — 👍 53 🔁 20 💬 0 📌 1
For everyone working on the intersections between linguistic and computational research, consider submitting to the upcoming SCiL! We're very excited that it will be co-located with ACL 2026 as a workshop, and we've also received NSF funding to help cover costs.
sites.google.com/view/scil2026
Danggg!
'Nother link (including link to submit a "Felt Report" for citizen science): earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
#earthquake #BayArea
Hell yeah, thanks for the comprehensive input!! I meant to clarify that J's asking about designing new electronics to last a long time, so I appreciate the details.
Curious about the lead solder thing: is that because it's easier to work with, or is there a longevity/durability aspect as well?
Would love to get more #hardware #repair #electronics opinions on the above – I apparently have tons of thoughts that boil down to "it depends", but my perspective is limited :D
The knowledge base is off to a great start, BTW – looking forward to seeing it grow!
Q from @jacobcoffinwrites.bsky.social , for a reference base for #solarpunk writers (wiki.slrpnk.net/writing:start) :
In terms of longevity & repairability, does it make sense to favor through-soldered boards over SMT, for simpler machines/appliances – and where does that cut off practicality-wise?
It's kinda like if everyone was named a different joke version of Benedict Cumberbatch
Said with love!!!
It doesn't have much stuff, alas! (Seems like a labor of love?) I feel like Goodreads should have this as a tool
06.12.2025 21:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0...OK, so they may not have many books (www.bookcompanion.com/book_list.html), but they DO have "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital"
06.12.2025 21:39 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ooh, this is progress: www.bookcompanion.com
06.12.2025 21:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Yesss! Got to see this one a couple months ago and it's EXCELLENT 🤩
06.12.2025 21:34 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bonus points for pics & diagrams! Fortunately, Leblanc's "The Hollow Needle" is on Project Gutenberg, bless them. Could be hidden as spoilers or something.
Ended up repeating the first 3(?) hours of Wells' "Witch King" once I got hold of the main characters' names! No regrets, but DANG
Is there a site that lists ALL proper nouns in a #book? Like a fancier dramatis personae: people, places, institutions... foods?
As a voracious consumer of #audiobooks, I end up looking for an ebook to scan by % read, or search a rare word, while avoiding spoilers.
// #books #audiobook #BookSky
Gorgeous 🤩
Glass Onion is still my fave, but this movie was so good. Delightful red herrings :)
It truly is :3
05.12.2025 06:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Hot Apple Cider Tea" from The Republic of Tea, and "Protein-packed French Toast Sticks" from Kodiak
Cw for #food & unrepentantly cringe song spoof...
I've got that apple cider tea
The French toast fingerrrs
Getting cozy in the chilly weatherrr
It's time to NAP
And have a SNACK
Takin it slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow, slow...
Last reskeet: incredible rant thread about Quality Street from someone who is preparing to experience it for the first time
04.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0i got influencered and i have ordered a box of "quality street" which i know only from christmas specials of teevee shows i like. i understand it is medium-grade assorted chocolates and one is called "the purple one" and everyone likes to discuss which one is best and they come in a reusable tin
02.12.2025 20:22 — 👍 64 🔁 1 💬 15 📌 05 hours to go! Looking forward to some chaotic build time ✨
04.12.2025 15:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A woman (Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley), in a mechanical exoskeleton (the Power Loader), in a still from the movie ALIEN.
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts."
01.12.2025 05:36 — 👍 427 🔁 74 💬 17 📌 9
About to go live with a late-night Tuesday vlog; chill times if you wanna jump in. :)
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// #electronics #hardware #maker #PCBs
New #DayGlowShow this Thurs! @ishotjr.bsky.social & I dig into #Meshtastic & similar #LoRa protocols. Plus: David has a UNIQUE new gadget, and I've got some new PCBs 🤩✨
Dec. 4, 8pm UTC (noon Pacific):
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=u62c...
▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74018...
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Cute and fascinating little project/thread!
03.12.2025 02:46 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Tubes of black and white UV-curing solder mask, in two different packaging bags: one with "Mechanic" printed all over it, and one with a white stripe info label. (The printed-all-over one also has a stripe label on the back, but it's covered by the seller's sticker attaching the needle-tip baggie)
Thx @timonsku.zip for the rec! Got some Mechanic from AliExpress; seems legit enough, & I'm not doing anything heavy-duty. :D
Both tubes came from this listing, and each shipped with a blunt needle tip included by seller: www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...
a pastel letter-pressed holiday card featuring a binary tree decorated with numbered ornaments, and a feminine person about to placing another ornament on the tree.
if you’re looking for the perfect holiday card to send your favorite software engineer, look no further: my letter-pressed binary christmas tree card 🎄
shop.bubblesort.io/products/bin...
#pixelart #space #green
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