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Guess I won't be working on any projects today, folks. The workbench has been deemed a cat bed today.
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#CatsOfMastodon #TuxedoCat #MakerLife #Workbench #TechSetup #WorkFromHome

Alas..
In the ongoing project that is slowly proving every facet of Murphys Law to be true..

The voice works
The servos work
The joystick works

Put it all together and..
The joystick takes over the sound and it crashes on voice.

I got options.. but still.. its getting almost to that moniacle laughing phase (eyetwitch).. lol..sigh..

#maker
#python #pygame #flite
#MakerLife

Just wrapped up my new privacy gateway box with a smaller & cheaper SBC inside 🤖

28° in the flat, CPUs sweating at 60‑70° 🥵

This new one’s got VPN built‑in too 😶‍🌫️

***coin for size comparison

#PrivacyGateway #DIYTech #Linux #VPN #MakerLife #HotBuilds #Privacy #SBC #3dprinting #Nodo

world music day. every necrobunny is stitched to sound. the playlist matters. 🖤🎵

#WorldMusicDay #NecroBunny #makerlife #handmade #mastoart

Some recent Munich Maker Lab impressions at dusk.

#hackerspace #makerspace #openworkshop #MunichMakerLab #MuMaLab #Kreativquartier #Kreativlabor #DIYMunich #munich #photography #makerlife

Confession: I cannot leave a plain jar alone. 🎨

Got a little paint-happy and now I have a collection of ombre jars that are genuinely too pretty to use as actual jars. Worth it.

Does anyone else have a specific material or object they compulsively make art on? Because for me it's apparently jars now.

#DIY #PaintedJars #UpcycledArt #MakerLife #ArtistProblems #HandmadeHome

@sibylle #fedihelp #diy #3DDruckContent #makerlife #maker

Let it run overnight and woke up to this beauty! 🏠✨ 5+ hours of printing later, my new office has some proper @homeassistant decoration. Now to find the perfect spot in my streaming background… 🎬

#HomeAssistant #3DPrinting #SmartHome #OpenSource #MakerLife

🚀 #raspberrypi newbies & hackers: say hello to the new version of the official Raspberry Pi Imager, your all-in-one wizard for effortless OS installs!
Cross-platform magic for Win/Mac/Linux. Level up your Pi game NOW: Dive into my ultimate guide! 👉 https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-imager/
#RaspberryPi #PiProjects #TechTips #MakerLife #IoT. Share if this saves your next build! 🔥

Endgame 🔧✨ | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks - Week 10

Week 10 — the final push in the 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks challenge.
No big builds, no dramatic chaos… just the long list of jobs that actually bring an observatory field to life.

This week we:

Updated the Starlings that will control all observatory operations

Cladded the server room (with John helping on Tuesday and Wednesday before sneaking off to see AC/DC)

Sealed the observatory floors… and sealed them again

Installed cameras in every observatory

Mounted the battery chargers for the backup power systems

Amid the grind, Brenton arrived just in time for a surprise aurora lighting up the sky. Then on Thursday, Josh came up to finish configuring the Starlings so each observatory can open and close remotely — one of the last major steps before the site goes fully live.

After ten intense weeks, countless late nights, storms, wind disasters, busted tools, and far too many trips to the hardware store… we finally reached the end.

This is Week 10. This is Endgame.

#astronomy #space #astrophotography #universe #science #nasa #cosmos #stars #galaxy #telescope #observatory #astrophysics #nightsky #makerlife #engineering #STEM #spaceexploration #skywatching

https://youtu.be/7Djmgts4RXs

The Week That Broke Us 😮‍💨 | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks – Week 9

Week 9 was supposed to be the home stretch… but instead it hit like a brick.
This was the week of every tiny, annoying, fiddly job that had been waiting for attention — and the week we dove headfirst into the most soul-destroying task of all: rubbering the observatories.

Hours of cold, sticky, repetitive misery.
Monotonous. Dreary. Painful.
A true test of patience, sanity, and lower-back durability.

Rubbering meant pushing 12 mm round rubber into the small cavity of the 40×40 aluminium — inch by inch, joint by joint, across every single observatory. It was tedious, physically brutal, and somehow both infuriating and necessary.

But we pushed through. Bit by bit, joint by joint, we knocked down the last of the little tasks and inched the entire site toward completion.

It wasn’t glamorous. It wasn’t fun.
But it was necessary — and it brought us one week closer to the finish line.

#10Observatories10Weeks #TheWeekThatBrokeUs #ObservatoryBuild #DIYObservatory #AstroWorx #RollOffRoof #MakerLife #EngineeringChallenge #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space #Science #TelescopeLife #StarviewFarm #AstroBuild #Universe #Stargazing #NightSky #astronomy #space #astrophotography #universe #science #nasa #cosmos #nightsky #stars #galaxy #telescope #observatory #DIYObservatory #engineering #STEM #astrophysics #spaceexploration #makerlife

https://youtu.be/0wn82IAVsYA

🎄 Looking for the perfect #Christmas gift for a maker? Check out the top 5 affordable 3D printers for hobbyists in 2025! 🎁 #3DPrinting #DIYProjects #MakerLife

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/11/14/top-5-affordable-3d-printers-for-hobbyist-makers-gift-guide-for-christmas-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Raspberry pi programming:

Google up how to do thing

Fail installs because random error

Research random error, follow rabbit hole of doom and give up

Google up how to do thing differently.

Repeat above.

When completely exhausted and ready to throw your pi out the window

Ok.. this kinda works.

#MakerLife
#maker
#raspberrypi

Blown Away 💨 | 10 Observatories in 10 Weeks – Week 8

Week 8 came in swinging — and the wind did not hold back.
The marquee? Gone.
The tents? Nearly airborne.
John? Almost lost his dirty dishes to the gale.

Between hanging onto everything that wasn’t bolted down and trying to keep our sanity, we still managed to get the last two roofs on and tick off nearly all the fiddly bits that had been holding us up.

It was chaos, comedy, and construction all rolled into one windy finale.
Only two weeks left — and the observatory field is finally starting to look ready for the stars.

#BlownAway #10Observatories10Weeks #AstroWorx #ObservatoryBuild #DIYObservatory #RollOffRoof #TelescopeLife #AstroBuild #MakerLife #EngineeringChallenge #StarviewFarm #Astronomy #Space #Astrophotography #Cosmos #Science #NASA #Stargazing #NightSky #Galaxy #Stars #Moon #Universe #AstroLife #SpaceExploration #Physics #STEM #Engineering

https://youtu.be/6X79wfBbBPE

Observatory Overdrive 🚀 | Week 7

Two more roll-off roof observatories, drills, ladders, late nights, and two perfect moonless skies — then a roaring windstorm. The field is finally taking shape: stars above, chaos below.

#astronomy #space #astrophotography #telescope #stargazing #DIYobservatory #observatorybuild #astrobuild #makerlife #rolloffroof #starrynights #science

https://youtu.be/LNfNkfaJajI

Struggling to pick the right filament for your 3D printer? CNET's experts are here to save your sanity (and your prints!). Because nothing says 'I love technology' like watching a 12-hour print fail thanks to cheap plastic.

What's your go-to filament, and why?
#3DPrinting #Tech #Hardware #MakerLife #DIY
Link: https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/best-3d-printing-filament/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Excited to share my first 3D printing! #3DPrinting #MakerLife #FirstPrint

Oh la la… encore un gros carton arrivé à l’atelier 🤩
Cette fois, c’est le tout nouveau Ortur R2 qui vient d’atterrir !
Unboxing prévu ce week-end… je vous raconte tout ça bientôt sur le blog framboise314.fr 🍓🔧

👉 Restez connectés, ça va graver fort !

#LaserEngraving #OrturR2 #MakerLife #Framboise314

Das ultimative Dashboard für dein 3D-Druck-Lager!

Das FMT-Tool ist kostenlos und offline nutzbar!
Einfach die App öffnen und erlebe selbst, wie einfach Filament-Management sein kann ➡️ https://remstalbasti.github.io/FMT-Filament-Managment-Tool/
#3ddruck #filament #3dprinting #FilamentManagement #MakerLife #DIY #FDM #3dprinter #Innovation #Dashboard #Statistik #SmartHome #Gadget #TechNews #OpenSource

Das ultimative Dashboard für dein 3D-Druck-Lager!

Das FMT-Tool ist kostenlos und offline nutzbar!
Einfach die App öffnen und erlebe selbst, wie einfach Filament-Management sein kann ➡️ https://remstalbasti.github.io/FMT-Filament-Managment-Tool/
#3ddruck #filament #3dprinting #FilamentManagement #MakerLife #DIY #FDM #3dprinter #Innovation #Dashboard #Statistik #SmartHome #Gadget #TechNews #OpenSource

Thinking about diving into resin 3D printing? 🖤 Here’s the brutally honest breakdown every first-timer needs to hear before getting messy. #3DPrinting #ResinPrinting #MakerLife

https://bdking71.wordpress.com/2025/08/22/is-resin-printing-worth-the-mess-brutally-honest-breakdown-for-first-timers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social