Jeremy Wright @jmwright@makerdon.org

Anyone know the differences between Librem 5 and Necunos?

#Librem5 #Necunos

Finally got my lego saturn V on the wall.

Lately I've been using this awesome #Firefox addon named Temporary Containers.

You can set it on automatic and every time you open a link or a new tab it creates a fresh container for you, then destroys it when your done. This way the fact that every damn site wants to put a cookie on your system doesn't matter anymore.

With sites I want to keep login cookies for, like Mastodon, I just create dedicated containers and have the site always load in them.

Great addon.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/

#QEMU 4.1.0 is out!

https://www.qemu.org/2019/08/16/qemu-4-1-0/

I decided to replace the old under-the-cabinet fluorescent lamp (hasn't worked in years) with an adhesive-backed LED strip (warm white from Ebay - $7.50 for 5 meters). I got a 12V switching power supply wall wart ($8.00 from Ebay), removed it from the case, and stuck it a wood box (held together with 5-minute epoxy). The box is stuck to the cabinet wood with Weldwood contact cement. The little brackets that help the LED strip stay up are made from 1/16" UHMW.

When life hands you a cool old keypad, you must customize it! https://hackaday.com/2019/08/08/cash-register-hotkey-board-is-on-the-money/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1159487026212720640

I'd like to take a moment to praise d-sub connectors (DB-25 etc). They're awesome. I'm surprised by the current they can handle every time I look it up. You can't connect them backwards and they're easy to solder to.

All of the motors on the Cocktailor are powered through a DB-25. A lot of my model planes have DB-9s in them to connect wings etc.

I'm working on a new mount for my lights stand. I decided to use M5 hardware for everything.

The whole square thing around 1/4-20 bolt was not a great idea, but version 2 is on the way.

#3dprinting

GHz RF design has an air of black magic about it, here's a primer for you. https://hackaday.com/2019/08/03/antenna-tuning-for-ghz-frequencies/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1157561851468816384

Developing a high-speed photography toolkit that anyone can use. hackaday.com/2019/07/28/tak…

Original tweet: https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1155568709290856449?p=v

If anyone is stuck using windows but wants all their programs foss, I'd recommend using ImageGlass as an image viewer.

https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass
#foss #opensource #oss

I’m off to bed (UTC+10 lyfe) so here’s a photo of some of the cool new toys that have arrived this past week or two that I haven’t much gotten to play with yet. But now I’m less busy for a few weeks I have fun ahead of me! Will be back to talk about them in the morning (after a meeting about a lighting design gig, yeet)