I've reached the "repairing the local pizza shop's Atari controller for a free beer" portion of my 30's
Guy Dupont
@guydupont.bsky.social
Software/Hardware/Art/Nonsense Day job: Software @ The Light Phone https://www.thelightphone.com/ Portfolio: https://www.guycombinator.net/
great launch day overall but whew... the delta between what it costs to make something as a small co right now and what people think something should cost is.... not good
Going live to talk about the Light Phone dev program in 10 mins! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdFa...
The Light Phone Livestream
YouTube video by Jose Briones - Dumbphone Reviews
youtube.com
As we wait for Google to lock down our Android devices, I am very proud to announce the new SDK / Developer Program for @thelightphone.bsky.social ! www.wired.com/story/exclus...
Light Phone Is Making Its Dumb Phone More Useful With Third-Party ‘Tools’
A new developer program for LightOS allows anyone to create tools for the Light Phone, whether that’s a local public transit app for your city or a way to read ebooks.
wired.com
New, from the makers of Copium: Concede-aminophen. Available over-the-counter.
Some life updates: 1. I'm working as a full time dev on The Light Phone! This has actually been true for the past ~year as of Monday I am officially employed by Light. I'd been a fan for a long time and it's a dream to work on these devices. This company really walks the walk.
There is a special lounge in heaven for people who buy electronic components on Amazon and then leave tips/pictures in a review of how they got them working 🫡
3YO from the other room: "DADA CAN WE PLAY BARFIN' SYSTEM???" girl, maybe
I decided that it was finally time to post about Literoom.app, a tool I've been developing on and off (and over and over again) for the past couple of years. > Organize, tag, and enjoy funtography in Literoom, your tiny studio for the art of Game Boy Camera.
Not my son performing a distillation attack on me by repeatedly asking why
I've been feeling guilty about posting only short-form clips about my more recent projects. It's important to me that everything I do is as open as possible. So I'm going to try to start writing things up again here, and I'm hoping to get some real YouTube stuff posted soon. Feel free to sub :)
When URLs go IRL: AKA The only way I'm letting my kid near YouTube
I built a system that allows my 3-year-old to select videos from a printed binder using a cheap QR code scanner. No remote, no distracting thumbnails, no YouTube app at all! Here's what I did.
guydupont.leaflet.pub
Made an "analog" YouTube book for my kid so she can choose what she wants (from pre-approved list) without being exposed to a thumbnail hellscape. Also automatically cuts her off after x scans
We're working on patience and politeness and saying "please" with the 3YO but we have one exception which is that she's categorically allowed to tell any adult to "put your phone away"
I drew the legend @itseieio.bsky.social for secret santa this year so I made him a handheld, consolized version of One Million Checkboxes. It's still multiplayer, the units sync up wirelessly! the LEDs up top show you which checkbox is currently selected
“we asked Grok” you should ask The Lord for forgiveness
Me: *staring into vending machine for a while* Wife: "do you... want a snack?" Me: "no, I want a vending machine"
Couldn't decide on a photo this year so I decided to record a whole-ass video essay and attach it to an augmented reality holiday card that I can update remotely each year
say hi to the Memory Cloud: an ultra-personal cloud library granular synthesizer that turns your memories into musical material youtu.be/O04mHHChG2U
Introduction to the Memory Cloud
YouTube video by Yann Seznec
youtu.be
Automating holiday cheer with a single Python script that pulls an address from a spreadsheet, validates/formats it with USPS data, generates an envelope SVG, and then plots it out.
I am obsessed with the fact that you can put ~60 lines of Python onto a $2 WiFi microcontroller board and get yourself a IoT sensor complete with custom hostname and HTTP endpoint. Works great with Home Assistant if you use the REST integration!! Shoutout always to @circuitpython.org
