Brian Welsby
@theflyingkipper.bsky.social
Retired electronics engineer, software engineer, Internet and IT. I like all things technical and pistachio ice cream
OH POOP!!!
All was going well then clumsy me managed to rip the USB socket off my @pimoroni.com Pico Plus 2W 😭
Ordered replacement which I probably won't get now till Tuesday. I'll have to find something else to do till then.
Definitely not a happy bunny.
All was going well then clumsy me managed to rip the USB socket off my @pimoroni.com Pico Plus 2W 😭
Ordered replacement which I probably won't get now till Tuesday. I'll have to find something else to do till then.
Definitely not a happy bunny.
November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
OH POOP!!!
All was going well then clumsy me managed to rip the USB socket off my @pimoroni.com Pico Plus 2W 😭
Ordered replacement which I probably won't get now till Tuesday. I'll have to find something else to do till then.
Definitely not a happy bunny.
All was going well then clumsy me managed to rip the USB socket off my @pimoroni.com Pico Plus 2W 😭
Ordered replacement which I probably won't get now till Tuesday. I'll have to find something else to do till then.
Definitely not a happy bunny.
Just learning some more CircuitPython, handling json data. My 3D printer sends a lot of status info as a json string to my MQTT broker. Using a @pimoroni.com Pico plus 2W + Pico display 2.0 I am hoping to display status in pretty colours.
#CircuitPython #JSON #MQTT long way to go though
#CircuitPython #JSON #MQTT long way to go though
November 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Just learning some more CircuitPython, handling json data. My 3D printer sends a lot of status info as a json string to my MQTT broker. Using a @pimoroni.com Pico plus 2W + Pico display 2.0 I am hoping to display status in pretty colours.
#CircuitPython #JSON #MQTT long way to go though
#CircuitPython #JSON #MQTT long way to go though
Just for fun I installed the klipper software on my @adafruit.com Macropad RP2040 and connected it to the raspberry pi running klipper on my 3D printer. A bit of tinkering with the config file and it works!! Display, encoder, neopixels, buttons.
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just for fun I installed the klipper software on my @adafruit.com Macropad RP2040 and connected it to the raspberry pi running klipper on my 3D printer. A bit of tinkering with the config file and it works!! Display, encoder, neopixels, buttons.
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Raptcha: select all boxes with people ascending to Heaven
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Raptcha: select all boxes with people ascending to Heaven
Can't wait for it to rain... not just because water supplies / garden need it but also because we have just had the large flat roof replaced and I want to make sure it's now watertight.
August 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Can't wait for it to rain... not just because water supplies / garden need it but also because we have just had the large flat roof replaced and I want to make sure it's now watertight.
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Just quietly singing to myself...
Mr postman look and see
Oh yeah, is there a parcel in your van for me
cos I've been waiting since yesterday
Since @thepihut.bsky.social said it's on it's way...
Due any minute now 😂
Mr postman look and see
Oh yeah, is there a parcel in your van for me
cos I've been waiting since yesterday
Since @thepihut.bsky.social said it's on it's way...
Due any minute now 😂
July 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Just quietly singing to myself...
Mr postman look and see
Oh yeah, is there a parcel in your van for me
cos I've been waiting since yesterday
Since @thepihut.bsky.social said it's on it's way...
Due any minute now 😂
Mr postman look and see
Oh yeah, is there a parcel in your van for me
cos I've been waiting since yesterday
Since @thepihut.bsky.social said it's on it's way...
Due any minute now 😂
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🚨You can now grab yourself an E3D HotEnd on the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social store!
To celebrate, we're giving away 3 x HotEnd Bundles (0.4mm & 0.6mm). To enter, simply make sure you're following E3D and repost this post 💚.
Giveaway ends 27/06/25, 23:59 BST
#Collaboration #Giveaway #E3D #BambuLab
To celebrate, we're giving away 3 x HotEnd Bundles (0.4mm & 0.6mm). To enter, simply make sure you're following E3D and repost this post 💚.
Giveaway ends 27/06/25, 23:59 BST
#Collaboration #Giveaway #E3D #BambuLab
June 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🚨You can now grab yourself an E3D HotEnd on the @bambulabglobal.bsky.social store!
To celebrate, we're giving away 3 x HotEnd Bundles (0.4mm & 0.6mm). To enter, simply make sure you're following E3D and repost this post 💚.
Giveaway ends 27/06/25, 23:59 BST
#Collaboration #Giveaway #E3D #BambuLab
To celebrate, we're giving away 3 x HotEnd Bundles (0.4mm & 0.6mm). To enter, simply make sure you're following E3D and repost this post 💚.
Giveaway ends 27/06/25, 23:59 BST
#Collaboration #Giveaway #E3D #BambuLab
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The use of swearing to relieve stress, anger, pain or frustration is known as ‘lalochezia’.
June 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The use of swearing to relieve stress, anger, pain or frustration is known as ‘lalochezia’.
Just finished upgrading my 3D printer with a magnetic heated bed. I decided to use a @prusa3d.com MK52 from Prusa as the size was just right. Now I need some good build plates, I tried a cheap one from Amazon but the surface bubbled up so I have some genuine Prusa ones on order from a UK supplier.
May 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Just finished upgrading my 3D printer with a magnetic heated bed. I decided to use a @prusa3d.com MK52 from Prusa as the size was just right. Now I need some good build plates, I tried a cheap one from Amazon but the surface bubbled up so I have some genuine Prusa ones on order from a UK supplier.
I woke up this morning with a sharp pain in my neck, at first I thought it was related to a recent tooth extraction but then I discovered it's World Dracula Day today 🧛 🦇
May 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I woke up this morning with a sharp pain in my neck, at first I thought it was related to a recent tooth extraction but then I discovered it's World Dracula Day today 🧛 🦇
Oh no we have no water!!! United Utilities are working on the problem... good job we have some beer in the fridge.
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Oh no we have no water!!! United Utilities are working on the problem... good job we have some beer in the fridge.
An appropriate registration
May 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
An appropriate registration
Today I have been celebrating my 71st orbit of the sun. What a lovely hot sunny day it's been.
🌞
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April 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Today I have been celebrating my 71st orbit of the sun. What a lovely hot sunny day it's been.
🌞
🌞
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March 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
9 yr old grandson asked a question... what language do people think in if they are born deaf ?
February 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
9 yr old grandson asked a question... what language do people think in if they are born deaf ?
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The word 'symposium' comes from a Greek term for a drinking party, should you be looking for a truthful excuse to knock off early.
February 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The word 'symposium' comes from a Greek term for a drinking party, should you be looking for a truthful excuse to knock off early.
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One Russian paper today calls elections in Russia “…a vote to reappoint…to elect those currently in power” & reports that the Central Election Commission here has held a competition to promote elections. First prize: a book of Russian Fairy Tales. #ReadingRussia
Steve's Reading Russia - Russian Press Review (7 February 2025)
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
February 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
One Russian paper today calls elections in Russia “…a vote to reappoint…to elect those currently in power” & reports that the Central Election Commission here has held a competition to promote elections. First prize: a book of Russian Fairy Tales. #ReadingRussia
Merry Christmas everyone!
December 25, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!
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Life really is beautiful. A friend of mine just informed me that, after years of refusing to do so, they have now begun using the Oxford comma.
This is heartwarming proof that people really do have the capacity to change.
This is heartwarming proof that people really do have the capacity to change.
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Life really is beautiful. A friend of mine just informed me that, after years of refusing to do so, they have now begun using the Oxford comma.
This is heartwarming proof that people really do have the capacity to change.
This is heartwarming proof that people really do have the capacity to change.
So I get home after a long and tiring drive to be greeted with... The tumble dryer isn't working.
It won't switch on (it's a touch panel), the light comes on if I open the door so it's getting power. Checked and it's still under warranty till 2028 so it's not my job to fix it. 🤔
It won't switch on (it's a touch panel), the light comes on if I open the door so it's getting power. Checked and it's still under warranty till 2028 so it's not my job to fix it. 🤔
December 7, 2024 at 10:11 PM
So I get home after a long and tiring drive to be greeted with... The tumble dryer isn't working.
It won't switch on (it's a touch panel), the light comes on if I open the door so it's getting power. Checked and it's still under warranty till 2028 so it's not my job to fix it. 🤔
It won't switch on (it's a touch panel), the light comes on if I open the door so it's getting power. Checked and it's still under warranty till 2028 so it's not my job to fix it. 🤔
I had to drive 460 miles to London and back.
December 7, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I had to drive 460 miles to London and back.