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Estimated time to delivery: 15-20 minutes.
*clicks the order button*
Your food will arrive in 49 minutes.
I wonder why #Menulog might be shutting up shop?
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Okay, yeah. That's #Rhino3D version 5 (because I own a license for it) running apparently flawlessly on #Linux Mint, by way of #WinBoat - and it was close to effortless to set this up.
Rather than futzing around with Windows libraries and trying to run things more or less on bare metal like Wine does, WinBoat sets up a virtual machine with a whole-ass installation of Windows 10 or 11, and gives you a 'porthole' of sorts to individual applications as you run them. It's actually pretty elegant.
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Second soldering jig for the last part of assembly - this one holds the NES socket daughterboard to the Pro Micro mainboard so it can be soldered together at a precise 90 degree angle.
It's being held conveniently aloft by my #SolderingStation, which immediately became an integral part of my workshop infrastructure the moment it came together.
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PSA: Don't buy a #Breville #BodyZone electric blanket. The screen on mine and at least one other friend's that I know about is unreadable after just a couple of years. They don't do repairs or replace parts, and are currently trying to fob me off with a 40% discount on a new one "as a gesture of our appreciation for your patience and understanding". It's still in warranty.
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PSA: Don't buy a #Breville #BodyZone electric blanket. The screen on mine and at least one other friend's that I know about is unreadable after just a couple of years. They don't do repairs or replace parts, and are currently trying to fob me off with a 40% discount on a new one "as a gesture of our appreciation for your patience and understanding". It's still in warranty.
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PSA: Don't buy a #Breville #BodyZone electric blanket. The screen on mine and at least one other friend's that I know about is unreadable after just a couple of years. They don't do repairs or replace parts, and are currently trying to fob me off with a 40% discount on a new one "as a gesture of our appreciation for your patience and understanding". It's still in warranty.
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PSA: Don't buy a #Breville #BodyZone electric blanket. The screen on mine and at least one other friend's that I know about is unreadable after just a couple of years. They don't do repairs or replace parts, and are currently trying to fob me off with a 40% discount on a new one "as a gesture of our appreciation for your patience and understanding". It's still in warranty.
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PSA: Don't buy a #Breville #BodyZone electric blanket. The screen on mine and at least one other friend's that I know about is unreadable after just a couple of years. They don't do repairs or replace parts, and are currently trying to fob me off with a 40% discount on a new one "as a gesture of our appreciation for your patience and understanding". It's still in warranty.
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This week's weird admin task: Getting #AusPost to merge my two MyPost accounts together. Apparently they have a procedure for this to save me outright deleting one or the other, so I emailed them to start it... and they're telling me I have to physically visit my post office to "disassociate" my PO box from my AusPost online account. It's not even linked to the account I want merged in. Surely, surely this is something that can be done on the backend without a physical visit?
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PSA - not only are #Crumpler (bag company based in Melbourne, #Australia) back under original ownership, they've discovered and reacquired 15k 2005-era items from a former distributor in Seoul: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/fashion/article/crumpler-y2k-archive-collection
I think I just bought the last new-old-stock large Karachi Outpost in existence and the mediums have disappeared too, but the King Single II looks like a competent backpack and there's myriad other laptop and camera bags and small satchels: https://www.crumpler.com/collections/archive-collection
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PSA - not only are #Crumpler (bag company based in Melbourne, #Australia) back under original ownership, they've discovered and reacquired 15k 2005-era items from a former distributor in Seoul: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/fashion/article/crumpler-y2k-archive-collection
I think I just bought the last new-old-stock large Karachi Outpost in existence and the mediums have disappeared too, but the King Single II looks like a competent backpack and there's myriad other laptop and camera bags and small satchels: https://www.crumpler.com/collections/archive-collection
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PSA - not only are #Crumpler (bag company based in Melbourne, #Australia) back under original ownership, they've discovered and reacquired 15k 2005-era items from a former distributor in Seoul: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/fashion/article/crumpler-y2k-archive-collection
I think I just bought the last new-old-stock large Karachi Outpost in existence and the mediums have disappeared too, but the King Single II looks like a competent backpack and there's myriad other laptop and camera bags and small satchels: https://www.crumpler.com/collections/archive-collection
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PSA - not only are #Crumpler (bag company based in Melbourne, #Australia) back under original ownership, they've discovered and reacquired 15k 2005-era items from a former distributor in Seoul: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/fashion/article/crumpler-y2k-archive-collection
I think I just bought the last new-old-stock large Karachi Outpost in existence and the mediums have disappeared too, but the King Single II looks like a competent backpack and there's myriad other laptop and camera bags and small satchels: https://www.crumpler.com/collections/archive-collection
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PSA - not only are #Crumpler (bag company based in Melbourne, #Australia) back under original ownership, they've discovered and reacquired 15k 2005-era items from a former distributor in Seoul: https://www.broadsheet.com.au/national/fashion/article/crumpler-y2k-archive-collection
I think I just bought the last new-old-stock large Karachi Outpost in existence and the mediums have disappeared too, but the King Single II looks like a competent backpack and there's myriad other laptop and camera bags and small satchels: https://www.crumpler.com/collections/archive-collection
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All I've done to get this result is to draw that exact shape in #Rhino3D, use the SaveAsSVG plugin to export it, manually copy the d="..." string to both the "board" and "silkscreen" sections in the PCB-ready SVG.
...With one extra step - I altered the "viewBox", "height" and "width" fields to get it to display fully in Fritzing - otherwise it cropped it to the same 40x20 rectangle from the first test. JLC probably doesn't care about those values, so setting them liberally might be a solution.
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Hey, #Inkscape and/or #Fritzing gurus. A documented use of Inkscape is to create a custom outline for a printed circuit board that can then be imported into Fritzing: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Make-Custom-PCB-Shapes-with-Inkscape-and-Fr/
This requires manually creating a file with two sublayers with specific settings, which is tedious and error-prone if you aren't a frequent flyer with Inkscape. How hard would it be to script something to do this automatically - take one SVG with the outline, and output one with the right layers?
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Modeling something like this is simpler than you think. I use #Rhino3D and a plugin called BoltGen to generate an M20x50 thread (with a 2.5mm pitch), shoved an inverted truncated cone on top, and messed around with subtracting bits from the top until it looked about right.
The 20mm width is mainly to make it print reliably - something this tall but less wide would be more likely to break off mid-print, and I didn't want to spend time reprinting a joke.
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This has been in the works for years, but I might finally be happy with how this is turning out. Everything just snaps together perfectly, joins up seamlessly, and I'm finally confident I can reproduce these results indefinitely.
There's still some minor tweaks to make, some extra brackets and supports and thing, but I'm confident in saying the basic system is 100% complete.
#Thrixels v2 is a go.
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I think I've entered a new phase with my #PCB design skills. Being able to sketch the layout in #Rhino3D where I'm relatively skilled, then export as SVG and then just line up the handful of actual components just so in Fritzing has been great.
Today I've discovered the existence of "single line" or "single stroke" fonts - apparently used in engraving, but also useful for text on PCBs. The one I'm using here is "MecSoft" from the Rhino people themselves: https://wiki.mcneel.com/rhino/engravingfonts
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And when I say "not impossible", I mean "I've made them before". If you happen to own a #SoundBlaster card with the 15-pin gameport joystick header but nothing to plug into it, reach out!
Edit: Note that not all cards came with the headers physically installed, so if you've just read this and are about to go browse eBay for SoundBlasters, pay close attention to the photos to see if the pins are even there - I don't know if soldering pins in makes the gameport work or not.
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For anyone who buys a #Pinecil and thinks, you know what, for a few extra bucks a clear case for this thing will look cool - you'll want this teardown from #iFixit: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Pinecil+V2+Teardown/170774
The official instructions (https://wiki.pine64.org/images/0/01/Pinecil_Shell_Replacement_Guide.pdf) do not actually explain how to snap the case apart, but the iFixit guide suggests levering the halves apart by sticking a small screwdriver into the soldering tip hole.
Practice snapping the new shell open first, to get an idea for how it should feel.
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So, this is a #Pinecil. I bought one a couple of months ago along with some tips specifically for installing heat-set inserts, and immediately ordered another to dedicate to hand-soldering. It's a very lightweight soldering iron that can be powered over USB type C from a pocketable USB power bank.
A Pinecil with multiple accessories purchased directly will cost way less than buying one already in Australia, although you will wait weeks and weeks for it to ship and arrive.
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And the giant #GravisGamePad, my scaled-up, fully functional, 3D printed and Arduino-powered controller. It might finally be time to tell this thing's story. #retrogaming #pcgaming
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The #GravisGamePad, the first gamepad for PC and quietly one of the most influential game controllers ever made. #retrogaming #pcgaming
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Presenting: the double-double and the long-double, two small PCBs intended to break out a two-by-something row of pins to either side of a breadboard. (They are also great for precise soldering practice - just ignore the fact I did one of them upside down.)
There's probably better ways to solve this, but this is mine.
I'm getting close to publishing my portfolio site and these will be on there as files you can download and send off to be made.
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Quick note on how I design these #NES controller breakout PCBs. I've not made a "footprint" that is natively understood by #Fritzing or other software as a part, what I'm doing is exporting the vector drawings from my 3D model to SVG (for other users of old versions of #Rhino3D, you will want to install SaveAsSVG: https://www.food4rhino.com/en/app/save-scalable-vector-graphics), adding that as an image within Fritzing, and carefully aligning headers and other holes to that image.
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And finally, the whole shebang - an #Arduino Pro Micro clone, my own custom dual #NES controller breakout with a #3DPrinting socket, and the #nanoDLA logic analyser ready to help me learn how to talk to a NES Four Score - and later, to help document how to do the same with a NES Satellite!
This is the confluence of a decade plus of hobby learning and making.
A note mainly for myself: CLK and LAT are pins 5 and 6, and channels 0 and 1; P1D0 is pin 7 and channel 2, P2D0 is pin 8 and channel 3.
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And finally, the whole shebang - an #Arduino Pro Micro clone, my own custom dual #NES controller breakout with a #3DPrinting socket, and the #nanoDLA logic analyser ready to help me learn how to talk to a NES Four Score - and later, to help document how to do the same with a NES Satellite!
This is the confluence of a decade plus of hobby learning and making.
A note mainly for myself: CLK and LAT are pins 5 and 6, and channels 0 and 1; P1D0 is pin 7 and channel 2, P2D0 is pin 8 and channel 3.
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And finally, the whole shebang - an #Arduino Pro Micro clone, my own custom dual #NES controller breakout with a #3DPrinting socket, and the #nanoDLA logic analyser ready to help me learn how to talk to a NES Four Score - and later, to help document how to do the same with a NES Satellite!
This is the confluence of a decade plus of hobby learning and making.
A note mainly for myself: CLK and LAT are pins 5 and 6, and channels 0 and 1; P1D0 is pin 7 and channel 2, P2D0 is pin 8 and channel 3.
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And finally, the whole shebang - an #Arduino Pro Micro clone, my own custom dual #NES controller breakout with a #3DPrinting socket, and the #nanoDLA logic analyser ready to help me learn how to talk to a NES Four Score - and later, to help document how to do the same with a NES Satellite!
This is the confluence of a decade plus of hobby learning and making.
A note mainly for myself: CLK and LAT are pins 5 and 6, and channels 0 and 1; P1D0 is pin 7 and channel 2, P2D0 is pin 8 and channel 3.