Sheldon McGee
@tooshel.bsky.social
Professional Flutter and Rust Developer, maker, husband, dad, conference organizer, engineering manager. IoT, building 3D printers.
@tooshel on twitter,
@tooshel@fosstodon.org on mastodon but I wish I could just stay here.
@tooshel on twitter,
@tooshel@fosstodon.org on mastodon but I wish I could just stay here.
news: NEW! 50 year mortgage!
me: congratulations! another way to rent?
me: congratulations! another way to rent?
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
news: NEW! 50 year mortgage!
me: congratulations! another way to rent?
me: congratulations! another way to rent?
OH: We just need 3 density settings, like gmail, "0 padding, normal padding, Justin padding"
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
OH: We just need 3 density settings, like gmail, "0 padding, normal padding, Justin padding"
lol, not even sure what mode it's in??? you are making me nervous Claude @anthropic.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
lol, not even sure what mode it's in??? you are making me nervous Claude @anthropic.com
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
I made this hasty #LaserCutter tutorial for the spiral shapes I've been doing. If you want your finished laser cut to consist of thin lines, the trick is not to draw thick strokes; you actually need paths on *both* sides of your lines!
![I've been using the laser cutters at my local makerspace to cut lots of spiral shapes like this:
[Photo of 3 plywood pieces, each with a spiral formed out of a different repeating shape laser-cut into it.]
If you want to do the same, you might open Inkscape, make a shape, and scale it and rotate it:
[Screenshot of solid pentagons, each one slightly rotated and smaller than the last. The pentagons are completely filled in.]
Here's the catch. Laser cutter software's kinda dumb - all it can do when cutting is trace the paths (outer lines) of your shapes. So you could feed the above into it, and it would cut it, but what we'd end up with is the smallest pentagon and a bunch of tiny obtuse triangle shards, rather than a connected shape.
In my pieces, the wooden "lines" are actually part of the solid shape; I made them by creating a sort of shape frame using a "difference" operation and then scaling and rotating that. Like so:
[Screenshot of:
- Two solid squares, one nested inside the other, labelled "overlapping shapes".
- A hollow square with a thick, filled-in edge, labelled "difference".
- A spiral pattern made out of these hollow squares, nested and rotated. The places the squares are touching are still separated by strokes. Labeled "transform: rotate and scale repeatedly".
- The same spiral, but all the squares are now fused into a single shape. No strokes are visible at the places the squares touch. Labeled "union".
]
It has to be done this way (as far as I can tell); even if you used a stroke style multiple millimeters thick, the laser would still just cut a 0.1mm line at the center of the stroke. So be sure strokes are drawn on BOTH sides of the wooden struts you want!
--Jay McGavren, September 2025](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hjxzww33epzvppwiq2rmkaff/bafkreic3pfybpxm2yemqmifauxu3yahqtbsj723v5ykomq64pjozqa6dei@jpeg)
September 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I made this hasty #LaserCutter tutorial for the spiral shapes I've been doing. If you want your finished laser cut to consist of thin lines, the trick is not to draw thick strokes; you actually need paths on *both* sides of your lines!
OH:
Dev 1: Why did you make those changes?
Dev 2: I don't know, I just let Jesus take the wheel. 🎶Jesus take the wheel!!! 🎶
Dev 1: Why did you make those changes?
Dev 2: I don't know, I just let Jesus take the wheel. 🎶Jesus take the wheel!!! 🎶
August 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OH:
Dev 1: Why did you make those changes?
Dev 2: I don't know, I just let Jesus take the wheel. 🎶Jesus take the wheel!!! 🎶
Dev 1: Why did you make those changes?
Dev 2: I don't know, I just let Jesus take the wheel. 🎶Jesus take the wheel!!! 🎶
OH: "it's like when you learn that a church is a business and Jesus is just part of the marketing"
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
OH: "it's like when you learn that a church is a business and Jesus is just part of the marketing"
Another case of Democrats thinking "we got him!" and once again MAGA will ignore it all. I thought "eating the cats! eating the dogs!" was the end. Being a pedo isn't going to change anything. It was already known he was a friend of Epstein before the election but his base gave him a pass.
As a long-term MAGA person I can excuse narcissism, mediocrity, childishness, dishonesty, racism, sexism, lawbreaking, dementia, incoherence, and blatant hostility to the constitution and American values, but I draw the line when I decide to stop ignoring that he’s also always clearly been a pedo
July 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Another case of Democrats thinking "we got him!" and once again MAGA will ignore it all. I thought "eating the cats! eating the dogs!" was the end. Being a pedo isn't going to change anything. It was already known he was a friend of Epstein before the election but his base gave him a pass.
This is going to be a fantastic hallowingo prize. Maybe I should get more. MUSTAAAAAARD! MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!
July 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is going to be a fantastic hallowingo prize. Maybe I should get more. MUSTAAAAAARD! MUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!
A friend named Landon recently let me down. I called him "Let Down Landon" and it reminded me of my old Garbage Pail Kid name. I asked ChatGPT to make me one of a guy with dark hair and a fedora with the title "Let down Landon". Here is the original from my childhood next to ChatGPT.
April 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A friend named Landon recently let me down. I called him "Let Down Landon" and it reminded me of my old Garbage Pail Kid name. I asked ChatGPT to make me one of a guy with dark hair and a fedora with the title "Let down Landon". Here is the original from my childhood next to ChatGPT.
Nearly 50% blocked!!! What the h e 🏑 🏒?? This is just crazy. So far no one at home has said anything about stuff that doesn't work but I'm sure after seeing this they might (even though it's been a week).
March 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nearly 50% blocked!!! What the h e 🏑 🏒?? This is just crazy. So far no one at home has said anything about stuff that doesn't work but I'm sure after seeing this they might (even though it's been a week).
I'm not sure who Cox planned this with but it wasn't me. Hopefully this means Internet won't go down as often?
March 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm not sure who Cox planned this with but it wasn't me. Hopefully this means Internet won't go down as often?
Very disappointed in CVS. They do their best to hide costs of the minute clinic. I should have known when I couldn't find the price online. Even AFTER the visit you won't get a receipt with a breakdown of costs. Just a "thanks for the $194".
March 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Very disappointed in CVS. They do their best to hide costs of the minute clinic. I should have known when I couldn't find the price online. Even AFTER the visit you won't get a receipt with a breakdown of costs. Just a "thanks for the $194".
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
Setting up for tomorrow's game jam at @heatsynclabs.bsky.social with @tooshel.bsky.social
#gamedev #javascript #webdev #retrogaming #ai
#gamedev #javascript #webdev #retrogaming #ai
February 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Setting up for tomorrow's game jam at @heatsynclabs.bsky.social with @tooshel.bsky.social
#gamedev #javascript #webdev #retrogaming #ai
#gamedev #javascript #webdev #retrogaming #ai
Getting ready for tomorrow's event! Still some tickets left!
gdg.community.dev/events/detai...
gdg.community.dev/events/detai...
February 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Getting ready for tomorrow's event! Still some tickets left!
gdg.community.dev/events/detai...
gdg.community.dev/events/detai...
OH: at some point either the product manager is going to learn enough that they don't need a developer or the developer is going to learn to talk to customers
but one of those two jobs is going away
my guess is it's the developer
so now I'm looking to be a PM
so when your PM leaves I got you
but one of those two jobs is going away
my guess is it's the developer
so now I'm looking to be a PM
so when your PM leaves I got you
February 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
OH: at some point either the product manager is going to learn enough that they don't need a developer or the developer is going to learn to talk to customers
but one of those two jobs is going away
my guess is it's the developer
so now I'm looking to be a PM
so when your PM leaves I got you
but one of those two jobs is going away
my guess is it's the developer
so now I'm looking to be a PM
so when your PM leaves I got you
I mean, they aren't using it anymore right?
February 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I mean, they aren't using it anymore right?
Valentines was fun this year! We made these for 50 kids in Dex's class and a few for Ems friends . . . I guess Valentines fun ends in middle school :(
February 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Valentines was fun this year! We made these for 50 kids in Dex's class and a few for Ems friends . . . I guess Valentines fun ends in middle school :(
Thanks to @adafruit.com for the idea! I made a little "Candy Heart" that FlexiRex is holding tight. And of course to DrLex for one of the most amazing 3D models ever made! github.com/DrLex0/print...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKm...
February 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thanks to @adafruit.com for the idea! I made a little "Candy Heart" that FlexiRex is holding tight. And of course to DrLex for one of the most amazing 3D models ever made! github.com/DrLex0/print...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYKm...
LOL! It's not just a diss track battle . . . it's a battle over Wikipedia too.
February 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
LOL! It's not just a diss track battle . . . it's a battle over Wikipedia too.
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
Don't ever talk to me (RG40xxv) or my son (RG28xx) again.
Another day, another Anbernic running jsgamelauncher
#gamedev #retrogaming #javascript
Another day, another Anbernic running jsgamelauncher
#gamedev #retrogaming #javascript
February 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Don't ever talk to me (RG40xxv) or my son (RG28xx) again.
Another day, another Anbernic running jsgamelauncher
#gamedev #retrogaming #javascript
Another day, another Anbernic running jsgamelauncher
#gamedev #retrogaming #javascript
I never really got what the points on Honey got you and I DID link my PayPal and Honey accounts back in the day . . . but I recently deleted the chrome extension because of the controversy of course. Now I'm getting notifications about how they can't steal creator discount codes anymore.
February 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I never really got what the points on Honey got you and I DID link my PayPal and Honey accounts back in the day . . . but I recently deleted the chrome extension because of the controversy of course. Now I'm getting notifications about how they can't steal creator discount codes anymore.
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
Very inspired by stories from participants of the Women Coding Community at #halfstackconf. Lots of cross-training and activating.
A program that offers resumé clinics, interview coaching, coding clubs, career clubs, speaking clubs, mentoring programs, and much more.
womencodingcommunity.com
A program that offers resumé clinics, interview coaching, coding clubs, career clubs, speaking clubs, mentoring programs, and much more.
womencodingcommunity.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Very inspired by stories from participants of the Women Coding Community at #halfstackconf. Lots of cross-training and activating.
A program that offers resumé clinics, interview coaching, coding clubs, career clubs, speaking clubs, mentoring programs, and much more.
womencodingcommunity.com
A program that offers resumé clinics, interview coaching, coding clubs, career clubs, speaking clubs, mentoring programs, and much more.
womencodingcommunity.com
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
Loving this use of the Web Browser speech recognition API @ohhelloana.blog
Thanks for the Beats, Rhymes and Unit Test shout as well 🙌
#HalfStackConf
Thanks for the Beats, Rhymes and Unit Test shout as well 🙌
#HalfStackConf
November 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Loving this use of the Web Browser speech recognition API @ohhelloana.blog
Thanks for the Beats, Rhymes and Unit Test shout as well 🙌
#HalfStackConf
Thanks for the Beats, Rhymes and Unit Test shout as well 🙌
#HalfStackConf
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
I always knew that @thisisjofrank.bsky.social was braver than me, but watching her demo @deno.land by starting from absolute scratch on a recently formatted PC at #halfstackconf is all kinds of cool.
November 13, 2024 at 10:32 AM
I always knew that @thisisjofrank.bsky.social was braver than me, but watching her demo @deno.land by starting from absolute scratch on a recently formatted PC at #halfstackconf is all kinds of cool.
Reposted by Sheldon McGee
if i keep hanging out with @monteslu.com
he's going to have me designing games before long.
Bro demoed how to build a game in less time than it takes to play it. 🤯
he's going to have me designing games before long.
Bro demoed how to build a game in less time than it takes to play it. 🤯
February 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
if i keep hanging out with @monteslu.com
he's going to have me designing games before long.
Bro demoed how to build a game in less time than it takes to play it. 🤯
he's going to have me designing games before long.
Bro demoed how to build a game in less time than it takes to play it. 🤯