Nonplussed Rants: May 2014

Will likely show up on Saturday afternoon to iterate on the Bluetooth earpiece, and maybe try to make my Arduino and Raspberry Pi talk to each other via MQTT.

Will be at GLOSSY in Sunday 2-4 at Star City, and if y'all wanna show up, that's be cool of you. If after, you want to follow me to GLC for some Open Hack, even better.

Might show up early on Monday. Might not. Remains to be seen.

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Pictures from (mostly) the route of the Purdue Spring Fling fitness walk.

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Damn right

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Voltage Regulator Earrings #WearableWednesday http://ift.tt/1m56iZT Lenore from Evil Mad Scientist...

Voltage Regulator Earrings #WearableWednesday

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Lenore from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows off her voltage regulator + Phillips screw earrings last weekend at Maker Faire, photo by Jim St. Leger.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Stopped by to start up another pass on Kerry's Bluetooth thing, and found an octopus head being printed...

Stopped by to start up another pass on Kerry's Bluetooth thing, and found an octopus head being printed. Sean was mesmerized.

Interested in an Open Hack on Saturday? Early Hack on Monday? Pre-meeting Memorial Day cookout?

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Seriously, +Google Fiber, what will it take to get this in my house? Between this and +Google Glass,...

Seriously, +Google Fiber , what will it take to get this in my house? Between this and +Google Glass , you guys pretty much own my back account...

GIVE US THE PRECIOUS!!!

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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Four Cable Sand Plotter: http://ift.tt/1jHIOVW We need this or the like for LTL

Four Cable Sand Plotter: http://ift.tt/1jHIOVW

We need this or the like for LTL

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Friday, May 16, 2014

I'd like it if the curves were a bit more curved, but I'm liking this so far. I'll print, test, then...

I'd like it if the curves were a bit more curved, but I'm liking this so far. I'll print, test, then maybe print again in another color, then put on Thingiverse.

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Is there interest for a Saturday Open Hack Day? I have to be scarce by 5pm, but I could open it up Noon...

Is there interest for a Saturday Open Hack Day? I have to be scarce by 5pm, but I could open it up Noon or 1?

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

1) We have a GitHub organization 2) We have our tweet-a-print code in a repo committed to it. https...

1) We have a GitHub organization

2) We have our tweet-a-print code in a repo committed to it.

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

I saw this and thought of +Chuck Schwarz. Heating the bed is always a concern, and if the power came...

I saw this and thought of +Chuck Schwarz . Heating the bed is always a concern, and if the power came elsewhere but the control went through the Solidoodle, I could see things heating up better.

I'm sure we could dig up a laptop power supply for this. Thoughts?

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For my boys' high school, "computer education" was Photoshop and PowerPoint, and I was offended. I'm...

For my boys' high school, "computer education" was Photoshop and PowerPoint, and I was offended. I'm glad to see some real computing get into the core.

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Pretty damn true! Check out more of Thom Holwerda's comics at http://ift.tt/1lzhgqe

Pretty damn true!

Check out more of Thom Holwerda's comics at http://ift.tt/1lzhgqe

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

I have it! I know what will I need to bend my LCD to! Add a LoDo and some magnets and make a name tag...

I have it! I know what will I need to bend my LCD to! Add a LoDo and some magnets and make a name tag! Top line says my name, second line switches between a few possibilities, like twitter handle and such.

I have a plan, and now need a LoDo and FTDI.

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Monday, May 12, 2014

The 72% print was spot-on for clipping to the Bluetooth but too small for her ear. Going to have to ...

The 72% print was spot-on for clipping to the Bluetooth but too small for her ear. Going to have to bring up Sketchup, I know it.

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Like this idea, bit like musical statues. #justsaying #shatner

Like this idea, bit like musical statues.

#justsaying #shatner

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Even if it harshes my kaiju buzz, I like it.

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Sunday, May 11, 2014

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Printing a Bluetooth earpiece for my wife. We'll see if it prints and how it prints, as well as if it...

Printing a Bluetooth earpiece for my wife. We'll see if it prints and how it prints, as well as if it tweets afterwards.

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Arduino: The Hard Way. A blog documenting my educational quest for programming Arduino, using C, under...

Arduino: The Hard Way.

A blog documenting my educational quest for programming Arduino, using C, under Linux, without a GUI...

Should be a VERY nice "For Dummies" for any Geek starting from NOTHING but basic Linux command-line knowledge and basically knowing how to get to the "hello-world" point on an "Intro to Arduino" book.

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