Today I got a barebones version of my weather report machine working! It uses Apple WeatherKit in a Python script to pull, format, and print the weather data. In the long run, I want to make it look nicer and hook it up to a Raspberry Pi (think push button, get weather). Code is on sourcehut, as usual: git.sr.ht/~alexjs/pyESCPOS_testing
today i made 10 print for sprig! 10 print, or more properly, 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, is a program for the commodore 64 that makes these really cool maze-like structure. i ported it to sprig for no reason other than that i was bored. here you go sprig.hackclub.com/share/DSErsjdIrMRczE0X6kw9
today i finally stopped procrastinating on #sapling! this is a personal project i’ve been thinking about for a while to add some stuff to the sprig. i added and routed all the components in kicad’s pcb editor. once i’m less eepy, i’ll ask someone to look over my design and then maybe onboard it! maybe not, maybe i’ll pay for it out of pocket. or maybe it’ll only exist in the bowels of my laptop ssd. who can know for sure?
Today I set up Prusa Connect with my 3D printer! We were previously using OctoPrint, but it had a few quirks and wasn't as well-integrated with the slicer as I would have liked it to be. The setup process was really dang easy and quick, and it appears to send parts well!
where we last left our hero, they had a working version of their dog door monitor.
today, they tried to add polling on powerup, so it worked as soon as it was plugged in, and nothing they tried consistently worked.
🐶had an frc team meeting today! in addition to having some new prospective members, we focused on getting ready for sunset showdown (an offseason competition on the USS Hornet). our main issue is that the beam-break sensors we use don’t work well in the sun, so we tried a few things to fix it. we 3d printed some shrouds for the sensors (first pic) that have little flanges to stop light from refracting inside. we also tried putting aluminum foil around the recievers (second pic) to try and stop the radiation. the foil didn’t work as well as the new shrouds did. we also got a new member trained on the cnc working on a personal project (3rd pic)
🤖#10-days-in-public day number whatever it is
back to my website, today i added some details about why it is the way it is!
#10-days-in-public number six! today i did a lot of robotting and finished the stack page on my website! alex.sirota.org/stack.html
#10-days-in-public day number i forgot :p
robots robots robots. we have an arm with PD position control, and a new drivebase (not pictured)#10-days-in-public number three! Today was full of robots, so I didn't do any personal projects today. The robot has an arm (can't send photos because there are people in them), and I'm setting up new computers for the team! The left one will be our driver station, and I'm putting Fedora on the right one for programming.
#10-days-in-public day number two! i kept working on my stack page today, and actually deployed it: alex.sirota.org/stack.html
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today i started working on a stack page for my website! bunch of homework so didn’t do much more
👍Finally, back on the scrapbook grind. I’ve been working on CADvent, which is a challenge someone on Chief Delphi has been putting on, to brush up on my :f360: skills. Here are my designs for the first four days! (Plus a bonus dog photo because y’all deserve it :blobhaj_heart:)
🐶Finished the map for Hack The Interstate (#something-on-a-bus-this-summer)!
☀️🚌Installing Fedora on an old laptop! ( @reesericci are you proud of me)
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you: the booth. We now return you to your regularly scheduled scraps. Thank you. (especially yall Gordians :sprig-dino: )
🦕I’ve been doing a lot lately. In no particular order:
• :oblong: Getting a forum set up to replace #oblong-dev
• 📚 Homework. Lots of homework.
• 🪛 Taking apart a bunch of stuff! Here’s the internals of an AirPort Time Capsule. It seems like Jony said “here’s the design I want, do everything you can to make it possible” - the ports on the mainboard literally come up at an angle. It was pretty neat to look around!
Some number of days remain until 2024. I’m working on a simple PCB whose use is a bit hard to explain (check #alex-needs-a-better-name-for-their-channel) but will be very useful in FRC. Hopefully I’ll be able to use #onboard to get it fabbed!
(Gord house best house :gord:)
Slow day today. I was going to work on getting OAuth in #scrapper-dev, but we found a vuln in Obl.ong and had to take it down. 😔 It’s still spinning around in my head though, and I’ll keep working as soon as it’s back! Anyway, please have this accurate depiction of what’s going on in my head right now.
Making some more progress on Scrapper, my app for Scrapbook! Today I tried to get OAuth working (so it can actually post to Slack as you), but it turns out that Slack only supports HTTPS for OAuth redirects, not custom URI schemes. That means that I need to get a dino.icu domain set up for Universal Links. That’ll have to happen later, though. :gord:
🦕It’s SwiftUI! I want to make an app to quickly post Scrapbook posts
Here's my shopping list! (Please excuse the messy handwriting, I am very dysgraphia and very tired)
I’m making some progress on my Discord bot for The Blue Alliance!
Mini ship! (somehow this is my first ship, i’ve been here for months and haven’t shipped, wow)
I’ve always been interested in ambient information, and here are two little projects based on that! The first one is a weather display. It’s powered by this guide code, but I made a few changes to make it my own. The other is just a big clock. Again, it’s based on a guide, but I added the date to the bottom (because in my house we get very confused about the date sometimes lol).
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