Project: God Box – tangible prayers, with a twist
I’ve had an idea bouncing around my head for years. In a conversation with Dan Alroy, I forget what we were talking about, he mentioned a God Box. Basical...
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Whimsey, whimsey, whimsey: I love this
Life is too short. I love seeing folks mixing things up like this. I am a simple midwesterner living in the middle of New York City. I put my shoes on one at a ...
Project: “My heart beats for you”
I was inspired by this clever little Valentine’s Day card from the delightfully creative Charlyn (left), made with a wee Trinket M0 (a fave of mine), Neop...
Pause for station identification
Yes, another station ID post. And, not that you’re keeping score, normally I have large gaps between them. Alas, we live in Strange Times and strange thin...
Living the IoT dream: adding to my vaccine fridge monitor
In a previous post, I talked about how I worked on a vaccine fridge monitor that was designed to alert me over Pushover if anything was going on with the fridge...
Pause for station identification
I’ve been posting these pauses for almost 17 years. They are meant to give folks a quick overview of where I am at, but when I look at them, they serve a ...
Building this gyro watch winder was like jazz
Isn’t making one big jam session? Many decades ago, my mother bought my father a Tissot Seastar Seven. A very simple watch, which also has its own pendulu...
Last challenge project: Tree of Life, with a twist
Here is my final project of my year-long challenge. I was on target to finish it on time, but life has a way and I ended up finishing it about a week late. But ...
Project: For all time
Some great projects are very personal. Or, at least, only the maker really understands the driving forces that led to the creation. And, yes, this is one of tho...
The back and forthing when selecting microcontrollers for my projects
The tools we use not only deliver the experience we wish to build, but also shape the experience. So when I think of what will be the brains of my project, the ...