ok, so forgot the upgrade the first time round ( Read more... )

Have finally reassembled the 3D printer I was demo-ing at BalticCon. I have purchased a temp sensor for its non-existent heated bed and have wired it so that when I turn on the heated bed, it runs a biscuit fan to cool the extruder which I have been having problems with ( Read more... )

I purchase an advanced textiles set from sain smart. Amongst the doodads included are three kite shaped RGB LED boards (singleton LEDs) a watch battery clip board and some cloth to sew them to. Since the LED boards are big and clunky to my eye, I'm going to make peepholes for the LEDs and sew them on the back. Because I can, I'm going to use the ( Read more... )

Found a fairly new comic called "Floraverse"
Its universe is fairly elaborate and the actual
story is interspersed with lot of flora and flora
pages.
The Prologue didn't seem to actually have anything
to do with the actual storyline so I'll point to the
first page of the latter: Leave a comment

my printer has been down since early December. I finally found what I needed to know to reflash the firmware. First was a copy of the firmware ("Marlin-unified-v2.hex"), and a module called "dfu-programmer" DFU is a particular kind of bootloader for AVR devices ( Read more... )

Rest in Peace: John Madigan
He was a good man
Beloved by many.

Want to clutch my head like a stunned monkey.

-got a new raspi model B+
-took a long time finding my notes on how to "burn" an image to SD
-burned the SD
-now the microSD won't latch in the slot on the B+ :C

I may end up using a twist tie, or masking tape.

Malukah x Dragon Age --> Leliana's Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgsPO48wvw

The internet sez I can get a copy of Dragon Age I (origins) (ps3) for seven bucks.
Hmm...

Decided to skip noodling with the software and try to finish up the goggles. I took a pair of Girl Genius goggles, and found that if you take the lenses off there are perfect niches to wedge each pixel ring into. I substituted the bead chain between the two eyepieces with the necessary wiring cable wrapped with 50 lb test braided fishing line. Then ( Read more... )