Chris
@no1089.com
Husband, father, tinkerer, builder, curious mind, dreamer, a kid at heart. 🇿🇦 in 🇵🇹. Manager of the TAM team @particle. He/Him.
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Chris
@no1089.com
· Oct 22
I had a part CT scanned back in 2019. ~$100 for the scan, which is reasonable since this is non-destructive vs. the time + destruction if I was to do this by hand.
It was an enlightening experience, and if you ever get the chance to do so - go for it!
It was an enlightening experience, and if you ever get the chance to do so - go for it!
You could also do this in 18mins. 22.5 if you are not concentrating.
Seriously consider taking 45 minutes out of your day (perfect for multitaskers) watch, or listen, to this from Hank Green. Multiple 💡💡 going on all at once. Answers many, many questions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwgz... @hankgreen.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwgz... @hankgreen.bsky.social
Why Was Every President Born in the Same Year?
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
You could also do this in 18mins. 22.5 if you are not concentrating.
Intel “Optane” surplus 16GB NVME SSDs are <€4 on Aliexpress. Time to replace a couple Raspberry Pi boot drives!
(Apparently these can be fakes, but it’s better than MicroSDs, so I’m not complaining)
(Apparently these can be fakes, but it’s better than MicroSDs, so I’m not complaining)
October 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Intel “Optane” surplus 16GB NVME SSDs are <€4 on Aliexpress. Time to replace a couple Raspberry Pi boot drives!
(Apparently these can be fakes, but it’s better than MicroSDs, so I’m not complaining)
(Apparently these can be fakes, but it’s better than MicroSDs, so I’m not complaining)
How many millions of MicroUSB connectors do we think TI is still sitting on?
This is one of their newer dev kits (May 2024!)
This is one of their newer dev kits (May 2024!)
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How many millions of MicroUSB connectors do we think TI is still sitting on?
This is one of their newer dev kits (May 2024!)
This is one of their newer dev kits (May 2024!)
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Yay! So glad it’s on the continent this year!
Now I’m just hoping my residence permit will be renewed in time!
Yay! So glad it’s on the continent this year!
Now I’m just hoping my residence permit will be renewed in time!
The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming.... to Berlin, Germany! On May 22nd and 23rd!! Still so much news to come here but we wanted to be sure you knew! For now you can enjoy the beautiful logo designed by @bleeptrack@vis.social and check out the site at 2026.oshwa.org
(livestream heard it first🤭)
(livestream heard it first🤭)
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Yay! So glad it’s on the continent this year!
Now I’m just hoping my residence permit will be renewed in time!
Yay! So glad it’s on the continent this year!
Now I’m just hoping my residence permit will be renewed in time!
For no reason at all, I was looking at Paper Guillotines. (I can't find reasonably priced A7 paper here in Portugal)
This beast is 325 EUR... and weighs 17KG!
This beast is 325 EUR... and weighs 17KG!
September 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
For no reason at all, I was looking at Paper Guillotines. (I can't find reasonably priced A7 paper here in Portugal)
This beast is 325 EUR... and weighs 17KG!
This beast is 325 EUR... and weighs 17KG!
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I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
My thoughts exactly.
I need to do the work
I do not want to do the work
It is very very boring
I do not want to do the work
It is very very boring
September 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
My thoughts exactly.
The solution is Sublime text, or Notepad++.
You are welcome.
You are welcome.
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The solution is Sublime text, or Notepad++.
You are welcome.
You are welcome.
There are absolutely incredible levels of dedication on display when doing something like this!
i reverse-engineered the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5! check it out at github.com/schlae/cm5-r...
August 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There are absolutely incredible levels of dedication on display when doing something like this!
My love language.
PCBs shipped notification 🥰
August 20, 2025 at 6:54 AM
My love language.
I was considering Milanote after being coaxed by a couple Youtuber sponsor segments, but then realised Apple Freeform exists.
It's 90% of Milanote at 0% of the cost. Helped me quickly clean up my tab mess and organise a few ideas.
Definitely worth considering if you need something similar.
It's 90% of Milanote at 0% of the cost. Helped me quickly clean up my tab mess and organise a few ideas.
Definitely worth considering if you need something similar.
August 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I was considering Milanote after being coaxed by a couple Youtuber sponsor segments, but then realised Apple Freeform exists.
It's 90% of Milanote at 0% of the cost. Helped me quickly clean up my tab mess and organise a few ideas.
Definitely worth considering if you need something similar.
It's 90% of Milanote at 0% of the cost. Helped me quickly clean up my tab mess and organise a few ideas.
Definitely worth considering if you need something similar.
My kiddo’s been struggling with anxiety since day one.
I’m not lying if I say what happened today would have blown my mind a year ago.
Super proud of this little guy.
(He’s about 4/5m up in the air here)
I’m not lying if I say what happened today would have blown my mind a year ago.
Super proud of this little guy.
(He’s about 4/5m up in the air here)
August 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My kiddo’s been struggling with anxiety since day one.
I’m not lying if I say what happened today would have blown my mind a year ago.
Super proud of this little guy.
(He’s about 4/5m up in the air here)
I’m not lying if I say what happened today would have blown my mind a year ago.
Super proud of this little guy.
(He’s about 4/5m up in the air here)
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You're not gonna believe where this trailer goes 😄
FORTNITE SEASON 4 TRAILER‼️
“This season will be Shock 'N Awesome! You think bugs would wait for Morphin Time to be over before they start fightin’?? 8.7.25”
“This season will be Shock 'N Awesome! You think bugs would wait for Morphin Time to be over before they start fightin’?? 8.7.25”
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You're not gonna believe where this trailer goes 😄
Sine waves are the best waves.
Once you implement dimming against a sin() function, you won't ever use linear dimming again.
Once you implement dimming against a sin() function, you won't ever use linear dimming again.
Check out my writeup about Sine waves, LEDS, code and more in the latest issue of Make!
August 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Sine waves are the best waves.
Once you implement dimming against a sin() function, you won't ever use linear dimming again.
Once you implement dimming against a sin() function, you won't ever use linear dimming again.
Speaking of... @jeffgeerling.com have you ever considered Tape storage as a project?
*kindly ignore my spelling.
*kindly ignore my spelling.
In my mind, tape backups on good old casettes make so much sense. I don't* know why it's not a thing.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
GenX kids will know the pain of needing just the right kind of pencil to rewind.
July 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Speaking of... @jeffgeerling.com have you ever considered Tape storage as a project?
*kindly ignore my spelling.
*kindly ignore my spelling.
In my mind, tape backups on good old casettes make so much sense. I don't* know why it's not a thing.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
GenX kids will know the pain of needing just the right kind of pencil to rewind.
July 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In my mind, tape backups on good old casettes make so much sense. I don't* know why it's not a thing.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
*I do, but I'd love to be dead-wrong. Tape storage could be an excellent home-backup solution, but it's SO expensive.
Google is not even trying anymore.
July 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Google is not even trying anymore.
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It's been a while since I promoted my own and others' Maker/Electronics Starter Packs!
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July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's been a while since I promoted my own and others' Maker/Electronics Starter Packs!
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ruffle.rs exists btw. Niche, but useful when you need it.
Ruffle - Flash Emulator
Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust. Ruffle targets both desktop and the web using WebAssembly.
ruffle.rs
July 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
ruffle.rs exists btw. Niche, but useful when you need it.
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i have an enormous amount of respect for PCB fab workers. PCBs are ubiquitous and mostly invisible, but it takes a surprising and hard to understand amount of expertise to make them reliably at any scale and price, much less at the scale and price we're seeing
July 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
i have an enormous amount of respect for PCB fab workers. PCBs are ubiquitous and mostly invisible, but it takes a surprising and hard to understand amount of expertise to make them reliably at any scale and price, much less at the scale and price we're seeing
This is how you buy a Vidaa based "smart" TV and get the discount, minus all the ad nonsense.
Pihole to the rescue!
The funny thing is that Netflix is not even signed in, and has never been opened on the TV, but it's been hit 22000 times in the last 24hrs. (logs-netflix-com).
Pihole to the rescue!
The funny thing is that Netflix is not even signed in, and has never been opened on the TV, but it's been hit 22000 times in the last 24hrs. (logs-netflix-com).
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This is how you buy a Vidaa based "smart" TV and get the discount, minus all the ad nonsense.
Pihole to the rescue!
The funny thing is that Netflix is not even signed in, and has never been opened on the TV, but it's been hit 22000 times in the last 24hrs. (logs-netflix-com).
Pihole to the rescue!
The funny thing is that Netflix is not even signed in, and has never been opened on the TV, but it's been hit 22000 times in the last 24hrs. (logs-netflix-com).
Woke up early and took the kids to see the sunrise. Hot chocolate after. It was 2°C!
10/10; doing it again.
10/10; doing it again.
July 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Woke up early and took the kids to see the sunrise. Hot chocolate after. It was 2°C!
10/10; doing it again.
10/10; doing it again.
Almost an inverse square relationship cost/performance wise.
July 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Almost an inverse square relationship cost/performance wise.