Mark Baseggio

Big pothos is big!

Watch Now ⚡️ "A Wave of Hope" → "Ruby Waves" → "Lonely Trip" → "What's Going Through Your Mind" from Phish's 1/29/2026 show at Moon Palace, Riviera Maya: youtu.be/tX9IZqBj4SQ

Woot. ESP32 SPI keyboard now fully works.

Zomg getting keyboard input working has not been fun. But, signs of life... and 2MB SDRAM works! #retrocomputing 6809 fun.

Woot! It’s alive, this is a C test program running on my 6809 computer with an ESP32 ‘video card’ hosting a JavaScript console over WebSocket. #retrocomputing

A Python Textual UI for MC6809 to run the ported Lua VM. Ported source and nix flake for building it, and the test harness, etc: github.com/blark/lua-6809

Ha! I got the Lua VM running on the 8-bit 6809 processor. 🤯 #retro_computing

Ugh 100% agree about deserving the $. Tipping culture sucks though. I just want people to be paid properly. It’s genuinely hard to understand when someone isn’t getting what they deserve. I am Canadian, had no idea that this was the case in the US.

GitHub - blark/gcc6809-nix: Nix flake for GCC 4.3.6 cross-compiler targeting Motorola 6809 on macOS ARM64 Nix flake for GCC 4.3.6 cross-compiler targeting Motorola 6809 on macOS ARM64 - blark/gcc6809-nix

Here is a flake for building the complete gcc 6809 toolchain on nix: github.com/blark/gcc680... #6809 #retrocomputing

Not sure if any other person cares about this, but... it's a major milestone. C code, compiled on arm64 macOS, using newlib libc, running on my 6809 computer.

Woot. Finally got gcc6809 compiling on macOS arm. Merry Christmas nerds!

One reversed tantalum cap (poof), and screwed up connector (why is it right to left!?) ... it lives! Here's a Python + rich TUI doing debugging /w ESP32 using OpenOCD.

Pro tip: don’t put a tantalum capacitor on backwards, you’ll let out the magic smoke!

GitHub - blark/zemismart-blind-protocol: Reverse-engineered RF protocol for Zemismart motorized blind remotes (433.92MHz OOK PWM) Reverse-engineered RF protocol for Zemismart motorized blind remotes (433.92MHz OOK PWM) - blark/zemismart-blind-protocol

Reverse-engineered the RF protocol for Zemismart (dumb, sub GHz RF only) motorized blinds 🪟 433MHz OOK PWM. Full protocol docs, Python encoder/decoder, and sample captures.
#rfhacking #sdr #reverseengineering #homeautomation

Weekend PCB design fun, CC1200 PMOD. Basically a copy of their 433MHz reference design. If anyone is interested maybe I'll put some on Tindie.

GPS module debug output: 3D fix locked, 12 sats, sub-meter accuracy, PPS running. It's alive.

While building a home k8s cluster I had a DNS issue that led to incorrect system time, causing the node to fail when joining. So of course now I'm on a side mission building a stratum 1 NTP server using an nrf52840 + u-blox GPS, in Rust. a) We take GPS for granted, b) ADHD 🐇💫

Tuxedo cat wearing a pink bow tie

Daughter disappeared carrying the cat… ten minutes later:

Also, price wise the 5B+ with 32gb is $216 .. I paid $258 for 6 Plus /w same ram.

Actually credit to CIX Technologies for getting the support into mainline. I basically just had to build 6.18-rc4. It just worked. Although I’m not touching GPU yet, I assume that will be a mess.

Wow, Orange Pi 6 Plus (CIX P1) whoops rk3588! Got NixOS running on it today... #orangepi #nixos

iPad Pro M5 looks very nice, but at >3k for a decent spec, when you realize you can't even have a full shell on the thing, it's ridiculous. What is "pro" about this? This is not an original take, I know - but worth loudly complaining about until Apple wakes up.

GitHub - blark/rk3588-firmware-flake: A flake to build Rock5B uboot firmware A flake to build Rock5B uboot firmware. Contribute to blark/rk3588-firmware-flake development by creating an account on GitHub.

Got annoyed with having to remember how to build uboot for Rock5b so I made a Nix flake. github.com/blark/rk3588...

Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already Mamdani fans propose some other Italians to venerate instead of Columbus

"YOU EAT JAR SAUCE" is like the worst thing you can say to an Italian. nygroove.nyc/italians-for...

Canada bans raw-milk cheese imports from Europe after cattle disease outbreak Some popular cheeses will be missing from store shelves this holiday season after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) banned imports of raw-milk products from France, Italy and Switzerland foll...

Oh my god. They are taking away our Parmigiano Reggiano. 😭😭 www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

You forgota thea passata. Oh and DIY tomato paste. To freeze and you can have that fresh tomato yum extended.

Air Canada, union reach deal, forcing travelers to fly Air Canada again MONTREAL – As stranded passengers celebrated the news that a tentative deal had been reached by Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants, the mood was tempered by the realization that t...

Air Canada, union reach deal, forcing travelers to fly Air Canada again

Air Canada CEO made over $12m last year, the company just did a $500m stock buy-back. But there is no money left over in the couch cushions to pay fairly, and for UNPAID labour? I hope the unions bring the pain.

The assertion that this stifles innovation is farcical. No provider is going to build infrastructure if not allowed to resell. The article also fails to mention this ruling basically maintains the status quo—I've been using Teksavvy for years, who pays Rogers for the use of their network.

'Dangerous decision': Telecom CEO blasts Joly’s decision to uphold CRTC's wholesale internet rules Canadian Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is facing strong criticism from a key player in Quebec's telecommunications landscape.

It's sad what passes for journalism these days. A bunch of CEOs whining because they can't have a monopoly with their publicly subsidized networks is a fucking joke. "😭, I am making a bit less money than I would otherwise." nationalpost.com/news/politic...

I live ~3km from the centre of a city with 150,000 population and the fastest internet Bell Canada offers is 50mbit. Pathetic. $60/month for 50mbit internet is terribad. You can get internet 150 times faster from the same company for roughly twice the price. Absurd. Wake up CRTC.