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@shawnfrey.bsky.social

Canadian tech journalist. News Editor @All3DP. Enamored with handheld gaming (and my Steam Deck), big punk/pop-punk fan.

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Glad you liked the article, Adrian! Thanks for sharing.

11.08.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RepRap Pioneer Returns With a DIY 3D Printer That Hits Micro-Level Precision A new RepRap 3D printer that its creator endearingly calls "the next small thing" was presented at Fab25, and its timing is impeccable.

It was a real privilege spending some time with Vik at Fab25, and I'm excited to see how far his RepRapMicron can go!

all3dp.com/4/reprap-pio...

05.08.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Positions The FPA seeks people interested in obtaining a grant to perform a specific task

There are some jobs with @freecad.org available! If you're interested in helping a really important piece of open-source software - and being compensated for it - you should check it out.

fpa.freecad.org/programs/job...

04.08.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man, I've been wanting to make something like this from a microcontroller. This is great!

01.08.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@discordian.ca hey buddy, been a long time! I've poked around for a profile of yours every once in a while over the years and now I'm shocked I didn't find one sooner. Uncanny how well our interests still align.

Shoot me a dm – let's reconnect.

01.08.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why you can't escape all of those sexy games Post Games Β· Episode

Pretty incredible timing from @plante.bsky.social to have done an episode all about porn games in late May. If you're wondering what all the payment processors fuss is about, it might help contextualize that side of the industry a bit.

open.spotify.com/episode/2plI...

24.07.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Very much this. I thought my experience with this lack of expertise from the top was just due to working for a smaller publication. Frustrating to hear that much larger outlets face the same problem.

22.07.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Galactic Armory Hit with Cease and Desist Over Warhammer 40K Models The cosplay 3D modeler has received a cease and desist from Games Workshop, and will comply. But its spirit isn't gone yet.

Small cosplay creator @galacticarmory.net was hit with a C&D by Games Workshop last week for selling its Warhammer 40K helmet STLs. A comment in my coverage points out the first official 40K helmet released a couple days later.

There's really no room for licenses?

all3dp.com/4/galactic-a...

20.07.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Companies are Suing Honest Reviewers and it’s Going to Get UGLY.
YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips Companies are Suing Honest Reviewers and it’s Going to Get UGLY.

Huge fan of the way @linusmediagroup.com is using its platform to defend small outlets. This video is great.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNon...

03.07.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@wekster.bsky.social saw your Printables profile on the WAN show! Love it.

22.06.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The X1C Expansion Board is Here, and X1Plus v3.0 With It With the first arrivals of the third-party X1Plus Expander comes a v3.0 release of the X1Plus firmware, but support for Bambu Lab’s new AMS’ may take some time.

I'm very excited to play with Prusa's GPIO, and the X1Plus Expander is going to make an interesting comparison

all3dp.com/4/x1plus-exp...

18.06.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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With all the changes to search engines, with Google eventually replacing normal search with AI, sites like ours could potentially vanish.

Subscribe to our RSS to not miss out www.gamingonlinux.com/rss/

14.06.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bambu Lab's Controversial 'Authorization Control' Hits Budget 3D Printers Now live on A- and P-Series machines, the much maligned update completes the company's planned lockdown on third-party communications.

Since last week, Bambu Lab's budget A- and P-series 3D printers have been under the company's new "Authorization Control", breaking third-party communication without "Developer Mode".

all3dp.com/4/bambu-labs...

11.06.2025 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where can I find your protest coverage?

09.06.2025 07:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the BambuLab community on Reddit: 20-hour print… power went out with 13 minutes left Explore this post and more from the BambuLab community

What a lovely feel-good story about Redditors helping someone new to 3D printing save their 20-hour print after a power outage. Love to see it.

www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/c...

04.06.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm going to be very interested in how they rate the Switch 2.

03.06.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sovol is Kickstarting a Max Version of its Voron 2.4 'Tribute' 3D Printer The 500 x 500 x 500 mm build volume 3D printer is available to back on Kickstarter, with the company making direct comparisons to Creality, Prusa Research, and Bambu Lab.

Here's my coverage of the SV08 Max Kickstarter campaign. I'm going to have to update it after fielding some questions to Sovol: all3dp.com/4/sovol-is-k...

03.06.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm pretty reserved when it comes to calling content AI-generated, but Sovol's blog articles are so transparent. It gets its own price wrong and calls the Sovol SV08 Max cheaper than the K1 Max when it's at least $100 more expensive.

Read All3DP instead. We don't generate articles.

03.06.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Steve is awesome, has awesome builds, and knows his Vorons. I'm going to be interested in his thoughts on this.

01.06.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Retro Grip Is a Joy-Con-Powered Upgrade for Your Mobile Gaming Did you know you can pair a Joy-Con with your phone? Neither did we. Anyway, this 3D printed grip uses one for convenient retro-style gaming on your device.

@nerdnest.tv, you were the first person to come to mind when I saw this: all3dp.com/4/the-retro-...

30.05.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@davidpierce.xyz please do yourself a favor and feed your new treasure hunting addiction by reading The Curse of Oak Island – absolutely wild, endless treasure hunt on Canada's East Coast that has involved US presidents.

There's also a show. It's incredible.

28.05.2025 11:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elegoo's Upcoming Automatic Filament Switching System Will Use Open-Standard RFID In announcing its open-standard RFID ecosystem, Elegoo also confirmed its upcoming Automated Filament Switching System – but how will existing standards be managed?

I'm excited that multiple manufacturers are pushing for an open RFID standard for filament changers, I'm just stuck on wondering how they'll handle proprietary tags

all3dp.com/4/elegoos-up...

27.05.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see a lot of US-only positions from you folks, is it a timezone thing or a tax thing? Would hiring from Canada ever be in the cards?

23.05.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Biqu's New RGB Color and TD Sensor Will Make Matching HueForges a Lot Easier The collaboration will see Ajax 3D's useful sensor readily available off-the-shelf, and in a much smaller package.

A 3D printing niche, HueForge "filament painting", has made the relatively obscure material quality of transmission distance really quite important.

Now, Ajax 3D's TD sensor will finally be mass-produced by Biqu.

all3dp.com/4/biqus-new-...

23.05.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Despite immune therapy for my seasonal allergies, I'm still getting walloped with pollen assault the last couple days. Got the anti-histamine loopys just to cope!

22.05.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I first saw Old Man's War on a nurse's desk, remembered it when I saw it in a used bookstore and picked it up. Loved it. Saw you used again with Red Shirts, thought it was hilarious. Then bought a Scalzi ebook collection and proceeded to recommend you to a bunch of people.

Used books are great.

16.05.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brands don't seem to realize that the "fake sale" strategy stops consumer journalists like me from mentioning their sales.

If I have to double-check that your "sale" is actually a new price, I'm just not going to bother telling our audience about it.

16.05.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know you as an author, and think I must have mentioned you or something to prompt your appearance in the reccos.

14.05.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is it just me, or has Grammarly started hating em dashes like they killed its father since that became an indication of AI text?

12.05.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man, how disappointing.

07.05.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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