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blitzcitydiy

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She/her. Music technology, knitting, all forms of media and cats. Currently making, writing and videoing for Adafruit. It's possible that the average person would feel that I watch too much TV.

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blitzcitydiy, to random
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Picture day for the ybox3 project

A 3D printed box with a pico w and dvi PiCowbell inside of it. An IR remote is being used. When the buttons are pressed, a new scene appears on an hdmi monitor that the dvi PiCowbell is connected to

MLE_online, to random
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Anyone have any favorite PeerTube instances they can recommend? My instance, Diode Zone, is going away soon and I need to find a new place for my videos or just let them exist only on YouTube

blitzcitydiy,
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@MLE_online i migrated to Maker Tube last week and it was fairly painless. it seems to be a good instance

blitzcitydiy, to modularsynth
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i edited together a video about the patch bay i built for my keystep pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWCxitBAL5U

#eurorack #musictech #modular #synthdiy

blitzcitydiy, to random
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movies that @ecken and i watched this weekend, in order:
the lighthouse
bladerunner
dune 2
bladerunner 2049
her
rushmore
the great mouse detective
saltburn

blitzcitydiy, to random
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Using the new @adafruit pixel trinkey as a dynamic lighting device on Windows 11. Microsoft has an Arduino HID library that lets you setup a board as an HID lamp array device. The trinkey can then be controlled thru the dynamic lighting menu. Should be fairly straight forward to get this working as a custom HID device in CircuitPython

blitzcitydiy, to random
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i've been working on a project with a Pico W and DVI output that includes weather data. we're having a thunderstorm so that means a rare appearance of the pixelated lightning bolt sprite

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@gvy_dvpont "in this project, i'll show you how to control the weather with sprites!"

thanks! the dvi stuff is fun, highly recommend. easy to run out of memory though so you sometimes have to get a little creative depending on your plans

blitzcitydiy,
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@MLE_online indeed, @ecken originally drew them for a pyportal project (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/tree/main/PyPortal/PyPortal_Titano_Weather_Station/icons) and then i resized them recently for an rgb matrix project and luckily that size and color profile ended up being a good fit for DVI

blitzcitydiy,
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@tehstu so the RP2040 chip/pico or pico w can do graphics output over DVI. this screenshot is from the DVI output into a capture card on my computer

gallaugher, to boston
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A narrative that has to be rewritten: the American South has great weather vs. terrible weather in #Boston. Have you spent Fall or Spring in Boston? It’s glorious! Sure we have a small number of days in the winter where it rains while it is cold, or when there is slushy snow, but fresh snow looks truly magnificent. We live close enough to ski, snowshoe, and walking on a quiet winter beach is priceless. Whiners were never taught to wear the right clothes. (1/2)

blitzcitydiy,
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@gallaugher @ecken can confirm this 😸😸 we were just talking last night about how I was so worried how he’d feel about the weather but he’s been loving it

gvy_dvpont, to random
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How can you be a grown person learning how to play the saxophone in a building with 16 units. be serious neighbor

blitzcitydiy,
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@gvy_dvpont when i was in the 5th grade i chose saxophone to try and learn thru school and my mom made me practice in the basement. i did not learn the saxophone

blitzcitydiy,
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@gvy_dvpont the sax failure was more of a public school system failure. i've had many successful musical rehearsals in basements. if anything a basement is ideal

blitzcitydiy, to random
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i love love love this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqCVWZeIb5g

blitzcitydiy, to knitting
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Another blanket square done. Harriet approves

gvy_dvpont, to random
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Still unpacking from Open Hardware Summit (both brain-wise and clothing-wise). I had an impossible amount of fun and was so glad to meet so many of you IRL.

If you missed it, here's my talk:
https://youtu.be/41qIQzLS304?si=maed84rj14VoYxPA

blitzcitydiy,
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@gvy_dvpont your talk was excellent, really enjoyed it

blitzcitydiy, to FiberArts
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Cassette tape zipper pouch, pattern by Lysa Flower (http://www.lysaflower.com). First time doing paper piecing which was really fun

An unzipped zipper pouch that looks like a cassette tape. The inside is lined with a small floral print fabric

blitzcitydiy, to random
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I’ve had a cricut for about 2 years and the rubber rollers started to dry out and get super wonky. I’d been dreading opening it up to do the replacement but I finally did it and it worked great.

Dried up decrepit rubber rollers from a cricut machine. Behind them are new ones installed on the roller bar
A disassembled cricut machine. The housing is removed
The reassembled cricut machine with the new rubber rollers installed

blitzcitydiy,
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I normally prefer an article for repairs but this video was actually really excellent to follow along with: https://youtu.be/6gtmq7uYPb4?si=Xa1mJYGWd_jBOpZQ

blitzcitydiy, to FiberArts
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I took a day to do some sewing, which I haven’t done in a while. I fixed a beanie full of holes, took up some curtains for a friend and make these cat mug rugs with cutoffs from a quilt I made a few years ago

A close up of a scrappy cat mug rug. The fabric is mostly small floral prints
A close up of a scrappy cat mug rug. The fabrics are mainly floral prints

blitzcitydiy, to knitting
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Finished a blanket block today

A close up corner of a knitted blanket block. There are textured seed, checkerboard and bobble stitches in ecru yarn with multi color flecks

blitzcitydiy, to random
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Plugging in a usb keyboard to the usb host featherwing. Arduino code takes the incoming key inputs and sends them over BLE

A small usb keyboard plugged into a usb host featherwing. The featherwing is on a doubler breakout with an esp32-s3 tft feather. Text that is being typed on the keyboard is showing up in a text editor (β€œhello world”). The keyboard is being transmitted wirelessly over Bluetooth

blitzcitydiy, to random
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Winnie and Harriet in their arm chair bunk bed last night

stoneymonster, to random
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Since starting playing piano again (after a long enough break the break could have kids in high school), I’ve mostly re-learned Moonlight Sonata (first two movements), Debussy’s Reverie, and learned 1st Gymnopaedie and Linus and Lucy (minus the jazz parts which elude me). What should I try next at this level? I’ve though about Claire de Lune, but I think that may be beyond me.

blitzcitydiy,
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@stoneymonster not sure if you're a twin peaks fan but recently i've been enjoying playing a few of the songs from it (main theme and audrey's dance). they're fairly straight forward technique wise but sound interesting

blitzcitydiy,
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@stoneymonster but also i feel like based on the pieces you listed you could tackle claire de lune. i remember playing it around the time that i learned moonlight sonata

DrFerrous, to random
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Completed pre-therapy questionaires. Wow, I have a lot I need to talk with someone about. Maybe I should not have waited this long. :blobfoxpatsad:

blitzcitydiy,
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@DrFerrous starting therapy is hard and you need to be ready. have faith that you are reaching out at the time that is right for you πŸ’œ

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