Robin
@robinhp.bsky.social
Same person as @robin_h_p on other sites. Resolving to make more art, make more music, & make more friends.
Opto-Mechanical Engineer, nerd-generalist, etc...
Opto-Mechanical Engineer, nerd-generalist, etc...
I'm here at VCFMW again, say hi!
September 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm here at VCFMW again, say hi!
Knobcon Sunday! I'm planning on spending more time (& probably money) on the con floor today. Maybe I'll figure out the blank panel scavenger hunt. Might go to lectures?
Anyway, if we're mutuals & haven't met, here's what I'm wearing, track me down to say hi!
Anyway, if we're mutuals & haven't met, here's what I'm wearing, track me down to say hi!
September 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Knobcon Sunday! I'm planning on spending more time (& probably money) on the con floor today. Maybe I'll figure out the blank panel scavenger hunt. Might go to lectures?
Anyway, if we're mutuals & haven't met, here's what I'm wearing, track me down to say hi!
Anyway, if we're mutuals & haven't met, here's what I'm wearing, track me down to say hi!
August 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Welp, I think I found part of the problem. Pretty sure this is a power protection component. I'll look for other toasted things then take this module out to go into the penalty box to be gone over with a multimeter later.
(All the power cabling is plugged in correctly according to silk screening.)
(All the power cabling is plugged in correctly according to silk screening.)
August 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Welp, I think I found part of the problem. Pretty sure this is a power protection component. I'll look for other toasted things then take this module out to go into the penalty box to be gone over with a multimeter later.
(All the power cabling is plugged in correctly according to silk screening.)
(All the power cabling is plugged in correctly according to silk screening.)
B took this really good picture of Dozer, presented here for your Caturday feed.
August 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
B took this really good picture of Dozer, presented here for your Caturday feed.
Spotted @dnotive.bsky.social on my di.fm radio app this morning!
July 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Spotted @dnotive.bsky.social on my di.fm radio app this morning!
Water-soluble wax crayons on paper.
July 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Water-soluble wax crayons on paper.
Water-soluble wax crayons on paper.
July 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Water-soluble wax crayons on paper.
Sketched my view at lunch, pen & watercolor on cold-press paper. This is a courtyard at work, where I'm not allowed to take photos, so you can't see what it really looks like in comparison.
May 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sketched my view at lunch, pen & watercolor on cold-press paper. This is a courtyard at work, where I'm not allowed to take photos, so you can't see what it really looks like in comparison.
If I've got to wake up this is a good consolation prize. Bananarama pancakes at Jojo's Diner:
May 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If I've got to wake up this is a good consolation prize. Bananarama pancakes at Jojo's Diner:
It is super beautiful out today so this time I sat on a park bench in Palatine & sketched a scene.
April 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
It is super beautiful out today so this time I sat on a park bench in Palatine & sketched a scene.
February 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Today is for pointless pretty watercolor.
February 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today is for pointless pretty watercolor.
One more. I just really love getting so many sounds at once out of something with "only" two oscillators.
January 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
One more. I just really love getting so many sounds at once out of something with "only" two oscillators.
Lower register, slower pace. Time just evaporates while I'm tweaking it just-so.
January 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Lower register, slower pace. Time just evaporates while I'm tweaking it just-so.
Fuck this thing is enthralling.
January 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fuck this thing is enthralling.
Front row seats were only $20, so I was wondering what was wrong with them. If I were much shorter this could be an issue. But I'll have a very good view of the conductor's gestures & the bowing of the bass strings.
January 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Front row seats were only $20, so I was wondering what was wrong with them. If I were much shorter this could be an issue. But I'll have a very good view of the conductor's gestures & the bowing of the bass strings.
I hate being cold, so I take advantage of modern & traditional textile forms.
January 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I hate being cold, so I take advantage of modern & traditional textile forms.
Here's Dozer attempting to sleep despite my attempts to take pictures of him sleeping.
January 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Here's Dozer attempting to sleep despite my attempts to take pictures of him sleeping.
On a (sticker) roll tonight so I did both sides of my new soft pastel box from Jackson's Art.
These stickers came from craft fairs, Etsy, artists, Kickstarters, in boxes with purchases, & assortment packs from Michaels & amazon.
These stickers came from craft fairs, Etsy, artists, Kickstarters, in boxes with purchases, & assortment packs from Michaels & amazon.
January 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
On a (sticker) roll tonight so I did both sides of my new soft pastel box from Jackson's Art.
These stickers came from craft fairs, Etsy, artists, Kickstarters, in boxes with purchases, & assortment packs from Michaels & amazon.
These stickers came from craft fairs, Etsy, artists, Kickstarters, in boxes with purchases, & assortment packs from Michaels & amazon.
Last, the under/back side of the mini-synth briefcase is for entities where my only interaction may be they handed me a cool sticker at knobcon.
Exceptions: I have bought earrings from Happy Hardwear, an album from modbap, DIY touch pads from LANDSCAPE, parts from thonk, & too much from Sweetwater.
Exceptions: I have bought earrings from Happy Hardwear, an album from modbap, DIY touch pads from LANDSCAPE, parts from thonk, & too much from Sweetwater.
January 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Last, the under/back side of the mini-synth briefcase is for entities where my only interaction may be they handed me a cool sticker at knobcon.
Exceptions: I have bought earrings from Happy Hardwear, an album from modbap, DIY touch pads from LANDSCAPE, parts from thonk, & too much from Sweetwater.
Exceptions: I have bought earrings from Happy Hardwear, an album from modbap, DIY touch pads from LANDSCAPE, parts from thonk, & too much from Sweetwater.
Here's a much smaller collection of stickers on the inside lid. I put the streamers' stickers here because this is what will show on stream if I use the briefcase to play something.
January 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Here's a much smaller collection of stickers on the inside lid. I put the streamers' stickers here because this is what will show on stream if I use the briefcase to play something.
New sticker collage on the lid of my mini-synth briefcase! These are all companies/brands I've got kit from or am otherwise involved with.
January 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
New sticker collage on the lid of my mini-synth briefcase! These are all companies/brands I've got kit from or am otherwise involved with.
B got me Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors watercolors for Christmas. Here are some of the experiments I did tonight. The special thing about them is how many colors one color will separate into, given enough water & space.
(Note the white balance is wonky in these & I can't fix it on my phone.)
(Note the white balance is wonky in these & I can't fix it on my phone.)
January 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
B got me Gansai Tambi Granulating Colors watercolors for Christmas. Here are some of the experiments I did tonight. The special thing about them is how many colors one color will separate into, given enough water & space.
(Note the white balance is wonky in these & I can't fix it on my phone.)
(Note the white balance is wonky in these & I can't fix it on my phone.)
Yesterday's project involved getting all of my rack-mount synthesizers actually racked & hooked up to MIDI, power, & audio interfaces.
Since most of these can do more than one thing at a time, I'm definitely hindered by there only being 16 MIDI channels.
Since most of these can do more than one thing at a time, I'm definitely hindered by there only being 16 MIDI channels.
December 7, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Yesterday's project involved getting all of my rack-mount synthesizers actually racked & hooked up to MIDI, power, & audio interfaces.
Since most of these can do more than one thing at a time, I'm definitely hindered by there only being 16 MIDI channels.
Since most of these can do more than one thing at a time, I'm definitely hindered by there only being 16 MIDI channels.