@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.
being electrocuted hurts because your body cannot process machine blood
This goes HARD
Gonna go live in a min and dig through my recent scale maille haul – I think a decent % are scuffed/scratched, so I'll be tallying them, sorting out the nicest ones for #Charmware jewelry, & putting them in tackle boxes. Should be chill :)
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Maybe 'cause we're all creative nerds? Something in the testing methodology? Both?
Definitely easier with the brightness up, so idk
Live in ~15!
Stoked to hear more about this 3D printing pen – it's apparently 4x faster than standard, has heatsink + stand for a full roll of filament, & is repairable 🛠️✨
Got to see it at @makerfaire.bsky.social Bay Area last year – lots of cool demos!
What features would you like in a 3DP pen?
Bon voyage!!
New #HacksterCafe this Tuesday, ft. Tim Keller! #Hardware entrepreneurship, #3DPrinting pens, #biotech, and more...
👀 Catch it live or recorded on @hacksterio.bsky.social
Tue. March 10, 10:30am Pacific / 5:30pm UTC:
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this convo makes me so happy *disappears again*
...Curses!! Meant to tag @jacobcoffinwrites.bsky.social above, but my search failed -_-'
...No shade to soft and cozy solarpunk, of course :) I just like seeing different takes on it.
Joan de Art also has some great stuff up here, with specific solutions labeled as part of holistic location designs: storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan...
I like Jacob Coffin's work with the President Deer comics. It's not the usual soft pastel solarpunk vibe – with a distinct photobashing aesthetic and interesting worldbuilding: jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2024/04/20/p...
Who are your favorite solarpunk illustrators and visual artists? Links and images please! My brain needs some nice things.
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Ahh, that's a great point! Thx for the notes :)
Have we learned nothing from the saga of Talkie Toaster ;_;
youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec
(warning: loud)
My award-winning comic BRAINS is back in stock at Radiator Comics, you can snag a copy for $15. It's 40 pages of colorfully illustrated ruminations on the brain, cognition, thinking, perceiving and BEING human in the face of all this so-called AI garbage.
Brains... I just think they're neat!
Oooo, I've never put a fountain pen in my AxiDraw, though I have a few (and the mount does the tilty thing for it). Care to share any tips for which types work well? The Lamy Safari seems popular, but I'd assumed that was just because it's a popular pen in general.
Going live now!
Live in an hour! Here's my Alvik unboxing for @hacksterio.bsky.social from a couple years ago: www.youtube.com/live/NNUt5by...
Tomorrow! Live companion bot building 🤩
I really like the Alvik – it's cute and approachable, but when I did the unboxing a couple years ago, I realized that its components and API are way more powerful than it lets on: www.hackster.io/glowascii/fi...
Glad to finally come back to it!
Midday boost; show tomorrow! :D
New #DayGlowShow this Thurs with @ishotjr.bsky.social – join two #CompanionBot nerds as we go deep on the #Arduino Alvik #robot! Plus: updates on projects & events 🛠️✨
Noon PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UTC:
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Going live in ~45! I first saw the Orchard at SiliCon '22, and have been wanting to interview Ching-Ching about it ever since. It's a 14-platform modular fab system, which SOMEHOW runs quietly!?! I believe Ching is bringing some extra bits and bobs to show onscreen, too 🤩
Watch live or recorded:
This week's #HacksterCafe : @ching.bsky.social (www.visititemfarm.com) on microfactories that empower people to make things quickly and locally 🤩
Feb 24 (Tue), 1pm Pacific / 9pm UTC
On @hacksterio.bsky.social
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// #HacksterIO
Outer Wilds also has a wonderful modding community! I hadn't tried using mods before, but I set up a Windows machine so I could try things like co-op and "soundtrack replaced by kazoos" and "everything is huggable". outerwildsmods.com
I really want to try the fan-made storylines, too!
I had to trade some of those parts off while co-playing 😅 Someday I'll have to replay it with this on... the game is such a treat, I'm glad they made it accessible for weenies.
It does!! AND there is a mod that replaces the entire thing with (masterfully executed) kazoos. 😆
Another gem from this account! Feels like I get new brain wrinkles whenever I hear one of their picks
Thank YOU for doing this! It's true, figuring out where to donate often gets in the way of doing it (especially if one is distractable)
Matched @kat.lol 's $100 🫶 Join us?