I’m not sure I’d recommend the SmartyKit. It was a lot of effort to assemble and the end result doesn’t have BASIC in ROM or an easy way to load in programs. On top of that there just isn’t much documentation for it
Read moreAA batteries which can be charged via USB-C feel weirdly retro future
Read moreFiled under things I miss from my days working at home: Not getting sick every couple of months 😷
Read moreTrying to decide what 35mm film I want to try and shoot with next, it’s a little overwhelming how many options there are
Read moreMy husband and son were able to catch me working yesterday and snap a photo of me closing up the train doors before leaving a station. Still feels a bit surreal that I’m doing this after years of sitting at a desk
Read moreReally digging Core Keeper, it’s easy to lose track of time while playing 😅
Read moreWell, I guess it was inevitable. I did my first full day of trips in the subway and now I have a nasty cold 🤧
Read moreReally happy that the new software features rolled out with the Supernote Nomad that don’t require new hardware are also available for the A5x/A6x. One of the few small company devices I’ve had where it’s consistently gotten more useful as time goes by
Read moreI would like to be surprised by Trump winning the Iowa caucus, but he represents hope for a lot of people who are deeply disillusioned with the state of things in the US
Read moreI really enjoyed Cocoon, it was a perfect game to play in small doses before work
Read moreStarting the year with the SD card in my phone crapping out, hopefully that’s not a bad omen
Read morePROGRAMMING ADAFRUIT FEATHER LCD IN CIRCUITPYTHON
For anyone else who got an Adafruit ESP32-S3 Reverse TFT Feather over the holidays and wants to program its display from CircuitPython, the following is the incantation needed to get everything set up: import adafruit_st7789 import board import digitalio import displayio # Take control of the display. displayio.release_displays() # Turn on the display’s backlight. display_backlight = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.TFT_BACKLIGHT) display_backlight.direction = digitalio.Direction.OUTPUT display_backlight.value = True # Set up a driver object for the display.
Read moreHow to know it’s nearly winter: Our short hair cat is insisting on having a lap to stay warm on at all times
Read moreWell alright then, I guess the iCloud Drive synching on Windows can’t handle too many changes at once without bogging down and missing some of them. Hopefully I didn’t accidentally destroy or corrupt anything…
Read more13 years together and still going!
Read moreIt is really hard to tell what window has focus in Windows 11, especially with two monitors 😅
Read moreStarting to see the first signs of fall color!
Read moreUgh. Mail on macOS didn’t send an important email a couple of days ago, no idea why not. Very frustrating
Read moreOne surprise extra medical later, I think I have done all the prerequisites to be hired by our local transit authority as a subway train operator… 🤞🏼🚇
Read moreWhoops I did not mean to use the proverbial cattle prod to get myself through today 😅
Read moreIt’s a run out of TP kind of Friday
Read moreWhy does cream cheese come in a bag inside of a box? It’s truly bizarre packaging if you compare it to say sour cream
Read moreLooking at current trends, laptops as a category are probably going to lose headphone jacks in the next few years. It feels cheap to take it away but I also can’t remember the last time I plugged in headphones to my laptop
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