@martincalsyn.bsky.social
Started with paper tape and punch cards. After 28 years in MSFT, currently working on Zephyr-based firmware and Kubernetes and Rust in the cloud and hardware device design in Fusion, Altium and KiCAD.
Be steady. Stay focused. Remember your purpose. And, always press forward.
--Yamiche Alcindor
If you hire clowns, don't be surprised to find yourself in a circus.
25.03.2025 18:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0 The sharp inside radii in the hex channel meant that it needed both milling and copper-electrode erosion. A bit more expensive than parts with lower tolerances, but the result is spectacular and I'm back on the road.
Next: broken foot-rest pins; broken plastic arm supports; and a glitchy joystick.
There was no use in getting warranty replacement parts. They would have just been more plastic and sadness, so I decided to up-engineer the chair.
I started by measuring and modeling the broken leg support swing pins in Autodesk Fusion and then sent them off to Jlccnc to be cut from Aluminum.
This month, I used @autodeskfusion.bsky.social and JLC CNC to maintain my mobility.
Being partially paralyzed, I use a wheelchair to enjoy more of the city, but the one I got was full of cheap plastic parts and questionable engineering. The chair broke in seven different ways within weeks.
The project also improved coordination among institutions involved in the agricultural sector. All that work and the learnings on international development and relations with Zambia has now been scrubbed from the govt websites and the possibility of new development and relations efforts cut off.
03.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We provided advanced training to officials, conducted analytical studies to inform policy decisions, and worked to improve data collection and analysis systems strengthening the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development’s Planning Division.
03.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I worked in the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Development in Lusake on this five-year initiative funded by USAID in collaboration with the Government of Zambia. The project’s primary goal was to enhance the institutional capacity of Zambian officials in agricultural planning and policy analysis.
03.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In 1986, I worked as a contractor for USAID in Zambia on the ZATPID Project. I worked in Zambia alongside a local counterpart who I trained on statistical analysis of survey data. ZATPID was good people doing work that improved and maybe saved lives. All USAID web info on ZATPID is now gone. #usaid
03.02.2025 14:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Boca Chica, #Barcelona
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We haven’t had live music here in, well, a long time.
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A foundation in the shape of four giant noses.
I’ve always had a nose for fine dining. #gala #barcelona
22.01.2025 17:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hello world.
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