New video early access! "Pen Wiggler"
Available just for you this week before the rest of the world gets to see! You can get it on the u-tube or the diode zone,
scanlime activity
New video early access, "Terrible Button"
It's a teardown of that weird police doorbell thing I got from my real estate agent last year, the disappointing conformal coated 720p camera with a squishy button and a surprisingly large battery!
On youtube and diode zone,
Work-in-progress edit, "terrible button"
Very early access this time, it's not done yet but I have the first few minutes from the next edit, https://diode.zone/videos/watch/26d2b409-178c-4b71-9795-9250b72208cf
Early access to new video, Active Stylus Teardown
Another big editing project is ready for you! This one is mostly about a weird little pen, but there's plenty of Tuco as well :)
On YouTube now, and it's currently transcoding on diode zone and might be ready by the time you're seeing this,
"Sewing Servo Mess", especially early access
I haven't decided if this is the final version of the audio or if it needs some beats. This one is going to be less impressive than the button video, but it was another work-in-progress edit that I just really needed to finish.
New edit, early access: four buttons
Update: On diode zone now too, https://diode.zone/videos/watch/8ef9a577-a97f-412b-ae45-0687b2f3a32e
It's a new video edit! Be the first to see it! :D
It's just a project video,...
2021-01-28 16:59:24 +0000 UTC View PostCoding tunnel
Hi everyone, hope folks are staying warm this winter if it's cold where you are.
I've had my head down for a bit working on some new software projects.. I did a little bit of streaming about them lately but largely I've been feeling like it isn't at an especially visually interesting point ...
2020-11-29 23:42:07 +0000 UTC View PostI found myself writing code again
I'm still not a hundred percent sure why or if it's ever okay to build technology, but somehow I found myself engrossed in it again. Maybe I can ask for some help on where to go from here, since I've been going against my previous intuition and keeping this one off github so far.
Rebuilding a foundation as the ground crumbles away
First of all, I want to say I hope you and your loved ones are doing as well as can be expected in these times. I want to give you all an update on how I'm doing personally and on my work, but I also feel like none of that is important enough to matter at this point, and perhaps none of it has ev...
2020-04-04 20:05:31 +0000 UTC View PostNew focus, new city, same cat
Hi everyone,
I really appreciate everyone who's been sticking with me through this year. I've been having a rough time with mental health for a lot of it. I've also been getting more and more burned out on both the whole San Francisco Bay area and the DIY-tech-focused work I've been doing.<...
2019-11-06 02:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostQuick edit, perler bead shaker with a printer from 2010
Just a simple video made from some leftovers I had in the data fridge while cooking up a more involved video. Hope some of you enjoy, and perhaps it's a project we could resume in the future.
On utube or diode zone:
2019-05-18 23:06:14 +0000 UTC View PostPet video projects
Hi everyone, thanks for the support, I hope this video of Tuco brightens your Monday night (or Tuesday morning?)
Also on diode zone tho the 4K support there isn't as nice, https://diode....
2019-05-07 03:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostDoing things
I've been mostly just trying to make progress on ongoing projects... stream things, edit video, feed the cat. Lately I've been on some information technology sub-quests to support the shop, and I've been busy with things like making space in the rack, running cable, getting some old computers rea...
2019-03-29 19:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostiCEBreaker breaks the ice with open source FPGA tools
Another quick edit from the FPGA streams. On youtube or diode zone:
All four parts of the LED matrix driver
All four parts, on youtube and diode zone!
1: https://youtu.be/aRAyVoljc_w
2019-02-05 01:52:57 +0000 UTC View PostFirst of a four-part FPGA project series
These are all edited and the other three will be posted soon, but I couldn't wait to announce the first one for all of my fine patrons who have been so patient 😅
(sorry again that i let perfectionism stifle this one for so long... oof)
On diode zone and youtube:
&...
2019-02-04 04:30:21 +0000 UTC View PostTiny explainer thing
This is one of the videos I struggle with releasing the most. I feel like if the point is to make a short and pithy explanation, I'd be better off with a scripted format. So, that part of me screams to just throw away footage like this. But then, maybe somebody still finds it useful and perhaps i...
2019-02-03 23:34:20 +0000 UTC View PostGiving that inner critic a kick in the pants
Gotta stop being a perfectionist and get these videos out the door! Here's an unscripted bit of explanation about the video server side project. Available on youtube and diode zone:
https://youtu.be/R6Zql7V0CmE ...
2019-02-03 22:23:17 +0000 UTC View PostVideo stockpile, depression, friendly bugs
I've been stockpiling almost-finished projects lately because, well, mostly depression. I have this whole series of FPGA videos that I had convinced myself I need to edit and finish all at once. But they don't have some great story arc or anything, they're project videos and edited monologues fro...
2019-02-02 01:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostNew pets you can hang out with live
Hi there, kind patrons and internet friends! I hope the holidays have been treating you and your family well. I've been kind of a depressed hermit lately but there have been some nice times with friends this past couple weeks, and that's been really nice.
I have so much video in the pipelin...
2019-01-03 23:39:13 +0000 UTC View PostQ&A stream tomorrow
Hi again, my wonderful patrons, just a quick note that I’ll be streaming tomorrow afternoon (Saturday) with the intent to make it mostly a question and answer session. This comes mostly from feeling lately like people often have questions on Twitter that are too big to answer on Twitter.
I’ve ...
2018-11-30 16:34:45 +0000 UTC View PostPineapple Slime Oscillator
Early access to the latest video edit! Sorry the access isn't as early as I usually try for, I plan for this to go out more widely later today.
I don't know if Patreon supports the embed, but this is available both on YouTube and Diode Zone:
Diode Zone is open for invitation
Hi Everyone! Just a quick note, the PeerTube-powered video site I’ve been setting up is finally open for invitation after a miniature roller coaster of network issues and a long transcode queue of stream archive videos.
h...
Because I needed another project? A home away from YouTube
I'll be writing more about this once it's less experimental, but I wanted to let my patrons know something new is in progress, if you hadn't seen it elsewhere.
I've been kinda excited about the potential for "re-decentralizing" the internet, i.e. finding ways to have smaller collections of servers...
2018-08-28 02:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostManufacturing Test Fixture for bike lights? Teardown and Quick Look
Another quick video, this time a cursory teardown of some manufacturing test jigs I picked up cheap at a local moving sale. Like the donation unboxings, consider this an introduction to an object we may use for something more involved later on.
<3 tuco & micah
Monster donation unboxing compilation
Okay, a few more boxes to open on film, sent in by many of you! I'm still trying to deal with my footage backlog, and I made things a bit harder for myself this week by rebuilding the windows install on my editing machine... but now things are squeaky clean and running smoothly, and I'm sticking the...
2018-08-10 03:40:27 +0000 UTC View PostAnother early access edit, unboxing thing 1
Still trying to clear my footage backlog... I had been stockpiling this footage from doing live streamed unboxing of the new hardware donations that we'll be going into more deeply later, since I wasn't sure what format it should take. Well let's try a few at a time, with a little bit of mystery. St...
2018-08-03 03:34:51 +0000 UTC View PostEarly access to another quick video: 3D printer hotend repair
Hello hello! Just another quick and possibly relaxing video on something I did around the shop recently.
(This is from the bin of footage that was mostly unboxings, but had a few other worthwhile tidbits in it.)
Back to editing! This will go up for everyone later in the week.
Early access video quickie sticky printer
This is another pretty simple edit from today, as I go through old footage. There's a nice tasty pile of unboxing footage that I'm turning into a compilation video which should be fun, but this little block printing adventure was nestled in amongst the rest.
As usual I'm posting it here on Patreon...
2018-07-24 05:40:53 +0000 UTC View PostEarly access: Boldport Light to Sound kit
Hot off the editing press (right next to the drill press), another little vid that apparently results from half a stream's worth of filming plus... well most of this week on editing and b-roll. But now it's done!
I'll keep trying to turn the footage backlog into finished videos... the faster compu...
2018-07-20 01:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post