PSA: if you design and build your own electronics and/or cases, standardize on M2.5 screws. This will make it easier for Makerspaces and fellow hardware hackers to stock screws. Obviously there will be exceptions (e.g. holes in other people's PCBs which are not M2.5), but M2.5 can work in most cases.

Supporting this project (or not) sends a message to others who are thinking about making their open source hardware available for purchase. It's a double edged sword: inspiring or demotivating. The crowd decides. View quoted note →

Pumpkin spice granola. With both pumpkin seeds and puree

This will probably be the last batch of dehydrated blonde cherry tomatoes for the season. These make a great snack! We looked for a way to slice hundreds of cherry tomatoes more efficiently than the "one at a time" method I'm currently using. It looks like there are lots of different designs. Maybe next season we'll print one of them. The plant is still producing, but there won't be another huge batch this season. Getting the amount of labor down is the next step to having these all year around. Currently, they go before the end of the calendar year, even if I show some restraint. I want to produce such an abundance that I can actually have as many as I want, as often as I want. That's the dream. #garden #homestead #gardening #homesteadinh

Anyone have a big cloth photo backdrop that they're not using that they would be willing to sell me? I have one that was made of some kind of plastic and it hasn't held up to the amount of wear & tear I put on it.

I'm trying to raise money for the creator of NiceTOTP so he can order parts to make these devices available, and hopefully be able to drop the price.

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Full offline (except configuration) TOTP Hardware key, using the nRF52840.

I'm not going to give out someone else's wallet address, but you have my word that every sat that gets zapped to this note will be passed along to him. I donated some. The goal is to get him 80k more sats. LFG. Boost this to the moon. #OpenSource #OpenHardware #FOSS #FreedomTech

The creator is currently making some major upgrades. Anyone interested in trying one of these? And if so, would you prefer to build your own or just buy one that is already made & flashed? View quoted note →

I've gone from my first prototype to a custom PCB connector board. This is a NiceTOTP device. It's a standalone TOTP device. After the initial setup, no phone nor computer is required. It doesn't do passwords, just TOTP. A code is entered with the two buttons to unlock it, then you can flip through your accounts. If you wanted to build just one unit, it'd be about $60 USD in parts ($50 w/o a battery). Links: https://github.com/ICantMakeTh…

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NiceTOTP

Full offline (except configuration) TOTP Hardware key, using the nRF52840.

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"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication." Western Union International Memo, 1876

Fotrune cookie idea: don't mistake a bunch of platitudes for wisdom

Almost didn't get my daily lumber staining in today. Fortunately... - launching a new online marketplace went reasonably smoothly - my meeting ended on time - I pulled the lumber under roof last night before the rain came - I figured out what ingredients to buy for the big batch of Wandering Vegetable Soup - bought said groceries - and managed the lumber/did the staining 💪😃🤙

I am super out of touch with what people want. I wouldn't have never guessed that ghee, super fancy soap, or chocolate priced at $70/lb would be top sellers. Congrats to those who are making it happen. It's nice to see people earning a living without engaging in a race to the bottom.

Pulling a double yesterday was a mistake. My back is rekt. It sucks to have a body that is broken. But I stretched and then did another pass today. It wasn't too bad, but we'll see how I feel tomorrow. That'll be the real test. View quoted note →

Got two work sessions in today. If all goes well, I should be done staining by Thursday. Then I can start assembly. View quoted note →

My laziness is forcing me to stain this lumber every day until the project is done (or until it rains). Why? Because I'm putting the brush in a plastic bag instead of washing it out every day. It can last 24 hours, no problem, but I'd be worried about it starting to dry if I left it for 48 hours. So now I'm making time at least once every day to keep on this. It's good for me. Shows me that no matter how busy I might be, I can still make time for things. That's a good lesson to internalize. View quoted note →

Completed the first batch. Posts done. Braces basically done. Cross beams partially done. Runners not yet started. View quoted note →

I did some real work today. No computer work. First coat of stain on the first half of the lumber for the kiwi trellis. Expect to get the second coat done tomorrow. Not sure when I'll get to the second half of the lumber.

Using SSH on a hidden site isn't terrible. It's not great either, but it's usable.

Fun fact: another nice!nano knock off arrived and it lights up when the battery is applied. It seems the first batch is a messed up board design. If only this were #OpenSource hardware, I'd be able to easily debug and possibly repair them. But instead I'm going to take the L and those will be "wall-power only" units. It's about $50 in hardware down the drain. It's not worth spending a ton of time to reverse engineer. View quoted note →

I just search #nostr for the word "bicycle" and my client turned up zero results. Has nobody ever used the word bicycle on nostr? Even if only searching a small number of relays, that seems unlikely. Feels like search is busted over here.