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bikerglen, to random
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Today I learned pushover lets you send image attachments in push notifications. Hey, who's that asshole testing his software?

bikerglen,
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@rasterweb Thanks! It's next up in the video and blog post todo queue!

bikerglen,
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@rasterweb

def pushover_send_message_image (m, i):

im = Image.open(io.BytesIO(i))
im.thumbnail((512,512), Image.LANCZOS)
output = io.BytesIO()
im.save (output, format="JPEG")
data = output.getvalue()

payload = {
"message": m,
"user": PUSHOVER_USER,
"token": PUSHOVER_API_KEY
}
headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Python'
}
files = {
'attachment': data
}

r = requests.post (PUSHOVER_URL, data=payload, headers=headers, files=files)
print (r.text)

rasterweb, to random
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If anyone has recommendations for alternatives to Google Suite please let me know!

bikerglen,
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@rasterweb If you're looking for online collaboration for a business, Atlassian Confluence is pretty good. Not cheap but not horrible either.

bikerglen, to random
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I quit my job today. Happiest I've been in months

kbob, to 3DPrinting
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Help! What's the best way to bond wire to a nail?

I want to make a magnetic switch where if a piece of iron is touching two magnetized surfaces, it completes the circuit, and a micro controller notices. I think I can make the surfaces from nail heads and magnets in a 3D printed housing. Is there a good way to attach hookup wire to a nail? Solder? Crimp? Other?

Completely different ideas?

Thank you.

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bikerglen,
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@kbob Maybe copper crimp sleeves? Put the wire and the nail in the sleeve and crimp it? https://www.homedepot.com/p/18-10-AWG-Copper-Crimp-Sleeve-Wire-Connectors-100-Pack-SB1810/303999146

bikerglen, to random
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I took a look at controlling a 100 W set of Ustellar GemBand LED flood lights using WLED. Spoiler: It works if you're happy with using only 5 out of 6 lights. https://bikerglen.com/blog/controlling-5-out-of-6-ustellar-smart-flood-lights-with-wled/

geekmomprojects, to random
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Found this new form factor of diffused LED string on AliExpress ( https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMg3nRi ) It looks like a rope, is 15mm in diameter, quite sturdy and moderately flexible. There is a silicone diffusion layer around the LED string surrounded by a woven rope-like sheath. I wanted to try to work it into a wearable, even though it's a bit thick for clothing, so I'm sewing a bag which uses this string as piping and a strap. I'll post an update once it's taken shape.

bikerglen,
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@geekmomprojects @MLE_online I have these little LED trees I found online. They use that white nylon mesh cable wrap stuff to diffuse the light. It works pretty well. I'll post another picture or two when I get home.

bikerglen,
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@geekmomprojects @MLE_online It's no where near as even as the lights on GMP's bag but it does diffuse the light some.

same tree but blue with purple in the middle and a bit closer up

bikerglen,
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@geekmomprojects @MLE_online Yeah, the thick wire gives it the shape. The pixels are attached to that then the nylon sleeve is loosely slid over the assembly.

rasterweb, to random
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Does anyone else just call that 3D printing guy "Thomas Salamander" because you can't remember how to spell (or pronounce) his last name?

bikerglen,
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@rasterweb This one? Looks like Google does!

bikerglen, to random
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Whoa! That's dark!

bikerglen, to random
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rattlesnake area

bikerglen,
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@azonenberg and it's just wrong too, snakes can be venomous but are generally not poisonous.

cabel, (edited ) to random
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✨ It’s true. I’ve been working on this blog post for ten years.

You see, I’ve been slowly buying up nearly seventy super rare issues of a 80s/90s gadget catalog that meant the world to me growing up. And in the process, I’ve uncovered the secret history of this lost copywriting art.

PLUS, as a bonus, I’ve scanned every single issue — so you can read them all.

I hope you enjoy: https://cabel.com/2023/11/06/dak-and-the-golden-age-of-gadget-catalogs/

bikerglen,
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@cabel Don't forget that in the early 1980's you could get a free green JS&A TimeBall with your National car rental! I had at least a few of these growing up as a kid.

blitzcitydiy, to random
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Earth and mars on the 4” 720x720 round display

A large circular display switching between showing an image of earth and an image of mars. The images are from nasa and fill up the display

bikerglen,
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@blitzcitydiy Very nice! I have the 5" version. In keeping with the season, here's Madame Leota. I also display the Monterey Bay Aquarium's jellyfish cam on it in which case it looks like a port hole on a sub.

bikerglen,
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@smellsofbikes

bikerglen, to random
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I submitted a pull request to the maintainers of the project on github today. My pull request adds support for the @olimex ESP32-GATEWAY board in addition to the existing support for the ESP32-POE board. https://github.com/Aircoookie/WLED/pull/3421

tubetime, to random
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this is an aircraft avionics mystery! it's made by Bendix, but i have no part number because the cover is missing (bought it this way from our local electronics flea market). as this video shows, i got it to work, and this thread explains how...

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bikerglen, (edited )
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@tubetime there's a parallel digital altitude format used by aircraft avionics. Is it possible this box converts a coarse + fine synchro formatted altitude input into it's digital representation? I'm not at home or I'd look up the name of the digital altitude format.

bikerglen,
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@tubetime Did you ever see my mystery three digit displays? This one displays values from 0 to 999 according to a synchro format input. 700 degrees from 0 to 999. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7jQK4ueLBo

bikerglen,
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@tubetime 1:11 isn't like any encoding altimeters I've seen but I'm still betting on an analog synchro to digital Gillham code converter.

bikerglen, to random
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I found another use for those 1.2" 240px × 240px round LCDs.

image/jpeg

bikerglen,
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@todbot https://www.seeedstudio.com/Seeed-Studio-Round-Display-for-XIAO-p-5638.html

bikerglen,
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@ve7fim @todbot M5Stack has some sort of round LCD knob encoder thing in the works. Maybe calling it M5Ring. They've been teasing the mechanics and packaging for quite some time now. Maybe soon.

bikerglen,
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@piotrsikora It has an LED backlight so pretty sure it's an LCD.

bikerglen,
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@piotrsikora See this post for the link I used years ago on AliExpress. https://mastodon.social/@bikerglen/110800914848845766

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