Kiddo found an old Mordin Solus (Mass Effect) action figure I had and wanted to know when it would light up again. So we added four RGB LEDs, a speaker, and a button and turned it into a ambient light and pomodoro timer.
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Kiddo found an old Mordin Solus (Mass Effect) action figure I had and wanted to know when it would light up again. So we added four RGB LEDs, a speaker, and a button and turned it into a ambient light and pomodoro timer.
This project started out as an LED clock for my kid, but quickly evolved into just a cool interactive light-show that they could enjoy (know your audience - the clock function was not a killer feature).
I’ve been using the InfluxDB time series NoSQL database lately. I applied and was accecpted for a talk at InfluxDays, their 2019 user conference.
I’ve updated my webpage using jekyll and the bulma clean theme.
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Found a great little customizable arrow fletching jig on thingiverse.
I was interested in temperature, humidity monitoring around the house to see if there were any trends, or if the basement was getting too humid. In particular, looking for a low-effort way to get data into a dashboard, I was eager to try out the AdafruitIO framework. They limit you to two managed whippersnapper devices (but you can have more using your IO key), and 10 feeds (this is the real limiter, with each stream of data being one feed).
After the success of the last Netrunner laser-cut ID’s I thought I would do another set for East Coast Nationals 2023. This was right before Smoke (one of my favorite runners) was going to rotate, and The Outfit was doing super strong, so I had an easy time deciding what to do.