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Oct 7, 2024

Sometimes you eat gazpacho.

Not out of desire, but because of optimism.

You eat it because you were overly optimistic about the microwave's efficacy and too lazy to walk across the kitchen two more times.

So you eat gazpacho.

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Oct 3, 2024

Don't hope that events will turn out the way you want, welcome events in whichever way they happen: this is the path to peace.

―Epictetus, Discourses and Selected Writings, on Agile™ development, apparently

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Sep 23, 2024

A Raspberry pi pico wired up to a joystick and some buttons on the inside of a cigar box.

I thought these things looked geeky... on the outside.

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A cigar box that has been fashioned into an arcade stick with 11 visible buttons.

I made an arcade stick style controller for retro gaming.

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A Raspberry Pi computer in a 3D printed case in the grass for no good reason.

Fractal shared the model so you can make your own mini north case. This Is a fun build, but not the most practical or cost efficient Pi case I've seen.

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Sep 2, 2024

A small 3D printed rover style robot. It has sensors on the front housed in an enclosure that looks like a cat's head.

I made an adorable robot with a cat head and a pinchy claw for a butt.

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