I got a British WWII signal light for Christmas. I don't feel the need to direct traffic with it, so I wired it for a 1W LED. Now it lives on my fireplace.

This is E. W. David. He hangs around in our backyard. I like the snow-hawk, but it didn't last.

I was on a support chat with my health insurance company, whom I will not name but it rhymes with "Our CEO FAFOed". While we were waiting for my doctor to resend the "prior authorization" they had priorly sent last year, I mentioned that there's a chance of getting an inch of snow here in Raleigh.

Made this flashlight several years ago. Turns out that something as simple as a flashlight takes some engineering! Now I want to try a 3D printed version.

It uses a 1 watt LED and AA batteries.

so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this

I'm reading "I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom", by @jasonkpargin.bsky.social . He wrote the remarkable "John Dies at the End" under the name David Wong. Wow, that one was a wild ride. Loved it.

Black Box of Doom is also a wild ride, but very different.

OK, to get started here:

After the election, I bought a 3D printer on the reasoning that tariffs will make them cost a lot more soon, and I need projects to help distract me from doom-scrolling. Also, while they still take some study to use, they're much friendlier than they used to be.