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Tinkerer Maker Solderer Mom • lateral thinker • LEDs improve everything • she/her
New soft polyhedron. This rhombicuboctahedeon was a trial to see if I could sew a polyhedron that didn't totally deform to a sphere when stuffed, so each face is lined with thick fusible interfacing and the exterior fabric is heavy canvas. It's surprisingly heavy for being stuffed with polyfill.
Just finished these prototype LED hats. I'll be teaching workshops to make them at #EMF2026 and #Teardown2026. The next few weeks will be busy!
Introducing the EMF 2026 badge upgrade: Spaceagon. Oh and we made a keyboard too. Surprise! blog.emfcamp.org/2026/05/28/t...
Designed three interlocking squares that come together in an octahedron. LEDs will be involved at some point.
I'm revisiting "Sol v2". I tore it down, rewired the 1,628 pixels into eight parallel channels, and went from 20 to 72 FPS. 😁 www.evilgeniuslabs.org/sol-v2
I've taken up an editing role over at OpenBoardsGuide.com. This is the first article I've had a hand in, and it would mean a lot to get your feedback. If you are afraid of being too mean publicly, roast me via whatever contact method you have for me. www.openboardsguide.com/pimoroni-bad...
Pimoroni Badgeware Tufty
The Pimoroni Badgeware Tufty proffers a low-barrier event badge, desktop companion, DIY gaming console, and MicroPython learning platform all in one polished polycarbonate package.
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I made this hyperboloid years ago when LED strings were only available with 10 cm spacing. The old LED string broke, so I restrung it with higher density pixels, and am playing with 3D patterns on the Pixelblaze controller.
Funk This! board progress in MakerSpace. Copper pads wired to cap touch board. Pulsing lights triggered. Sound plays. I still get hangs sometimes. Ordered a larger memory board so I can move away from Pico with Cowbell to see if avoiding SD card helps. And I’ll add audio meter panels. #CircuitPython
This Thursday: #DayGlowShow Ep. 9 – Pocket #Pentesting Platforms! Multi-hour live-build with @ishotjr.bsky.social & myself (plus some cool extras from guest Alex Lynd) 🛠️✨ Mar. 26, noon PDT / 8pm UTC: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqbi... ▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74423... ▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii
DAY//GLOW Episode 9: Pocket Pentesting Platforms
YouTube video by Alex Glow
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I am an orchid show taking a tour. The speaker, a lovely older lady, explained that growers are very generous in sharing cuttings freely and that their generosity "puts the 'whore' in 'horticulture!'" 😂
Monday, Mar. 16: #1 of 3 #ArduinoDays preview streams! A short, fun chat with Giovanni Bruno, who works on #robotics at #Arduino 🤖 Hosted by @ishotjr.bsky.social & myself 10:30am Pacific / 5:30pm UTC: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNQ5... ▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74386... ▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii
Arduino Days Preview: Giovanni Bruno
YouTube video by Alex Glow
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Happy π Day! To prep, feast on this article on a brand new discovery for the ancient constant. My latest slice for SciAm! It's irrationally enjoyable... 🥧 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math... #math #science #PiDay 🔭👩🏾🔬
Mathematicians find one pi formula to rule them all
A mixture of AI and algorithms uncovered a hidden structure spanning 2,000 years of equations for pi
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Somehow I completely missed when #teardown2025 talks went live - here's mine on navigating battery regulations. Bonus butts in one of my slides. 😏 Also, the CFP for Teardown 2026 ends on the 15th so get your proposal in! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwUG...
Teardown 2025 - Carrie Sundra - The Woes of Putting a Battery in It
YouTube video by Crowd Supply
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Sorry if you're tired of these, I'm having fun tweaking sound-reactive #PixelBlaze patterns. 😁 Get your own: lectronz.com/products/fib...
Fibonacci256 Expanding HDR is now available! It's music-reactive & powered via #PixelBlaze by @bhencke.bsky.social so you can edit & write new patterns in a web app over wi-fi. Get yours here: lectronz.com/products/fib...
Just registered for an @oshwassociation.bsky.social summit workshop. Very excited 🤩 Open Hardware Summit is in Berlin this year btw!
my local park is full of hundreds of snow sculptures and someone has been adding museum labels
Today is Week 2 of our closing sale, the website is 35% off (discount shown after items are added to your cart). We added stock status to our product thumbnails, so you can easily scroll through and see what we’ve still got. Soldering kits are 50% off! www.alpenglowindustries.com/collections/...
Closing Sale
Week 1, 02/14/26 - 02/20/26: 25% off all prices shown below!Discounts will be shown AFTER items are added to your cart. Also check out even bigger discounts on our remaining SOLDERING KITS. SkeinTwist...
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My friend, @lasermistress.bsky.social, is constantly doing good for others and she needs us to do some good for her. Please, donate to her Go Fund Me ASAP so she can keep bringing us all impactful resistance art. * clairecassidy.info * www.gofundme.com/f/keep-my-am...
Donate to Keep My Amazing Maker Rig Alive, organized by Claire Cassidy
After my first Maker Rig and open source regenerative living space conversion on wheels… Claire Cassidy needs your support for Keep My Amazing Maker Rig Alive
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All of our electronics kits, boards, weird shit, & misc notions are on sale starting now. This week thru 02/20/26 everything is 25% off. Week 2 - 02/21/26 - 02/27/26 is 35% off, Week 3 - 02/28/26 - 03/08/26 is 50% off. Soldering kits are already 50% off. www.alpenglowindustries.com/collections/...
Closing Sale
Week 1, 02/14/26 - 02/20/26: 25% off all prices shown below!Discounts will be shown AFTER items are added to your cart. Also check out even bigger discounts on our remaining SOLDERING KITS. SkeinTwist...
alpenglowindustries.com
A friend picked some very spicy eggs that he's calling Eggs of Mass Destruction and asked me to design him a label for the jar, so here it is
By request: Fibonacci256 Expanding HDR with circles instead of straight Voronoi grid lines. Both grids are 4mm thick with 1mm gap between the grid and LED PCB. Next I'll try both with thinner grids and larger gaps for a more diffused look.
Woo! The ALASKAN BULL WORM! PSRAM Mod Kits are ordered, and I wrote a whole thing about them in my store. jumperless.myshopify.com/products/ala...
ALASKAN BULL WORM! Jumperless V5 PSRAM Mod Kit
8 megabytes of extra room for activities! Do PCB assembly crimes in the process! The Jumperless V5's RP2350B has 520kB of RAM, which is pretty awesome for a microcontroller. But in the course of scope...
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I recently returned from an incredible trip to Antarctica and need everyone to see these penguins.
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
Woo! Just got a box of 200 more Jumperless V5s. These are rev 7, the only real difference is they have 2 friction-fit OLED headers on the main board, so it can sit in that crevice between the Nano headers (or scoot it over to the right if you have something in there that would cover it.)
