OldMattyB

A 7805c regulator attached to a heat sink.

Aha!!!

That would 100% happen to me. That’s a big part of how I got to this point 🤣

A big mess of electronic crap on a desk. Somewhere in that haystack is the metaphorical needle I'm looking for

Dammit! I know I have some 7805 regulators in here somewhere....

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Puzzle #874
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A small square of perfboard. Mounted on it are an ESP32S3 microcontroller board, a U-Blox GPS module (with antenna), 6 N-channel FETs, 2 RGB LEDs, and 2 47-ohm resistors. The bottom (not seen here) is a small rat's nest of wire wrapped connections.

Doing a little prototyping today

An IKEA KALLAX storage unit. 6 of the square cubbies are filled with fabric boxes, one has some random junk, and the last is holding a tabby cat. The cat's name is Molly, and she doesn't care that I would like her to move so I can return the items that are normally stored there.

My helper today.

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Puzzle #870
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Library tweet

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I love the expandability of the Bus Pirate. Fully open source with a great community, it's easy to add new functionality to interface to different hardware and busses.

An IKEA L-shaped desk covered with an assortment of dev boards, discrete components, test equipment, and various bric-a-brac.

Ugh. Looking for one particular component. I cleaned and sorted my stock of parts 18 months ago, and it looks like it's time to do it again 🤷‍♂️

OldMattyB standing in Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee. He is there for the No Kings Rally. He's wearing his 38 year old BDU shirt with sergeant stripes open over a rainbow "Happy Jack" shirt from DefCon a couple of years ago. A pin showing the Ukrainian flag is placed over the US Army patch.

Milwaukee representing.

Oh, that's cool! Thanks for sharing

Full moon surrounded by clouds

It's a beautiful full moon in October in #Minneapolis.

Too bad it's 81 fucking degrees at 9 pm. What the actual?

Let's sum up the first 2 innings in Milwaukee.

Brewers:
20 hitters came to bat
14 of them reached base
9 runs
3 hits by Jackson Chourio in 2 innings

Cubs:
2 guys in their lineup haven't even gotten an AB yet!

It's the most Brewers game ever

The inside of a car. Visible is a System76 computer, a USB cable connected to an ESP32 dev board. That board and an antenna are Scotch-taped to the vehicle's windshield.

A little Wednesday afternoon war driving.

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Puzzle #839
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My foot, sheathed in a beat up steel toe boot, next to an axe. There's the start of a split wood pile nearby.

Hey, what's up with that old pair of steel toes?

Have you seen me swing an axe?

(I'm at home now, that's why I can calmly compose this skeet)

What do you do, fam? There are plenty of signs stating no using a phone as a phone in the gym, please go to the lobby to make or take calls.

Anyway. People, amirite? Or am I the aberration with no headphones or buds?

At the gym raw-dogging the rowing machine (no phone, no music, no earbuds; just rowing along with my thoughts), when a jagoff behind me starts loudly talking into his phone. His phone that's on speaker.

Not even pretending to be using that elliptical; just leaning on it, hollering into his phone.

A messy work desk with a tangle is wires and cables. In that nest are various hardware tools. It's truly a mess.

How much hardware does one need to read the code out of an MCU if the "proper" programmer isn't available?

Well, so far I've got a @buspirate.bsky.social, a Saleae, an Arduino, some perfboard, & way too many cables 🤣

(Not shown: soldering iron and tools, scope/meter, various hand tools, coffee)

Sheesh, autocorrect.

"this is a much more conventional resting position".

Ugh.

He's such a house panther!

A black cat, very relaxed, laying on the top of a sofa back cousin. His gaze is casual, ears perked.

This is a much but conventional testing position

A tabby cat laying on a coffee table. She lays with her hips crunched in, on her belly, front legs tucked in and the side of her face down. It doesn't look comfortable, but she lays like this quite often.

HOW IS THIS EVEN COMFORTABLE??

(Apples and apple fest are a Big Fucking Deal™ in Bayfield)

A small mason jar of spiced apple butter, from Bayfield, Wisconsin. Ingredients as listed are: Bayfield apples, sugar, cider vinegar, spices, and water. May contain butter and/or lemon juice.

This is the taste and scent of autumn, not pumpkin spice.

I will die on this hill.

A bottle of St Julian PB&J wine. The back of the bottle reads "A fun twist on an old classic. This unique wine will remind you of biting into a homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwich"

This is curiously interesting and kinda good

100% alt text usage!

You betcha!

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View from a cafe in Reykjavik. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, and baby people are out enjoying the warm weather.

Sunday afternoon cafe in Reykjavik. It was an absolutely gorgeous day!

Arrived in Reykjavik today and realized I should've spent the last 3 weeks growing a beard.