Kit Bashir
@unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Hacker. Parent. Scientist. Rantist. Atheist. Roboticist. Treehugger. (they/them¹).
At Accelerando Lab I research, design and build custom IoT and electronics solutions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://aus.social/@Unixbigot, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
At Accelerando Lab I research, design and build custom IoT and electronics solutions […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://aus.social/@Unixbigot, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Fill in your street party name tag. Try to be anatomically correct.
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Fill in your street party name tag. Try to be anatomically correct.
[silly / lewd adjacent]
WTAF YouTube
WTAF YouTube
November 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
[silly / lewd adjacent]
WTAF YouTube
WTAF YouTube
#tooloftheday: combined drill-tap-chamfer bit. When you only have one hole to tap and you couldn’t be smegged getting out the tap wrench or fitting a tap follower in the mill, there is no tool that will ruin your day faster than popping one of these bad girls in […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#tooloftheday: combined drill-tap-chamfer bit. When you only have one hole to tap and you couldn’t be smegged getting out the tap wrench or fitting a tap follower in the mill, there is no tool that will ruin your day faster than popping one of these bad girls in […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
#tipoftheday: when you are mounting a motor, take apart an old, ideally burned out, motor of the same type to use as a drilling template. You haven’t got a blown up motor? I’ll wait.
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
#tipoftheday: when you are mounting a motor, take apart an old, ideally burned out, motor of the same type to use as a drilling template. You haven’t got a blown up motor? I’ll wait.
[uspol, picture of cheeto benito]
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
[uspol, picture of cheeto benito]
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
You missed a gold plated opportunity to work “Taco” into that headline somewhere, ABC.
My decadent bourgeois family prefer to buy “cafe style” 25.4mm thick sliced bread. I do not. I’m toasting the crusts to get some working class breakfast.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My decadent bourgeois family prefer to buy “cafe style” 25.4mm thick sliced bread. I do not. I’m toasting the crusts to get some working class breakfast.
Still Life With Mad Science (2025)
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Still Life With Mad Science (2025)
Mx 21’s cat doing her best “shipwrecked pirate washed up on a beach” mood
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Mx 21’s cat doing her best “shipwrecked pirate washed up on a beach” mood
@MelissaBearTrix see your b&e and raise you leftover hamburgers sliced thin and grilled on toast
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@MelissaBearTrix see your b&e and raise you leftover hamburgers sliced thin and grilled on toast
#tooloftheday: Campbell’s chicken soup. The ideal quenching medium for Rings of Power.
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
#tooloftheday: Campbell’s chicken soup. The ideal quenching medium for Rings of Power.
#tooloftheday Adjustable reamers. You don’t need wm very often but when you do they save an asstonne of work. (If you don’t have any, you can make a one off reamer to do the job, but that takes longer).
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#tooloftheday Adjustable reamers. You don’t need wm very often but when you do they save an asstonne of work. (If you don’t have any, you can make a one off reamer to do the job, but that takes longer).
selfie w/ 6 eye contact
November 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
selfie w/ 6 eye contact
I don't remember why I needed to allow notifications, but I do know that it was you who scorched my trust.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I don't remember why I needed to allow notifications, but I do know that it was you who scorched my trust.
Three of my PCB designs uploaded to Lectronz, a couple more to go.
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Three of my PCB designs uploaded to Lectronz, a couple more to go.
My halloween costume arrived just in time.
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 AM
My halloween costume arrived just in time.
I’m featured in issue 95 of Make Magazine (@makemagazine). They picked¹ my most mad-scientist out-take from the photo shoot as the hero image, of course! The article is about how I (ab)used esphome and ESP-skainet to add voice control to my workbench gadgets.
¹ […]
[Original post on aus.social]
¹ […]
[Original post on aus.social]
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’m featured in issue 95 of Make Magazine (@makemagazine). They picked¹ my most mad-scientist out-take from the photo shoot as the hero image, of course! The article is about how I (ab)used esphome and ESP-skainet to add voice control to my workbench gadgets.
¹ […]
[Original post on aus.social]
¹ […]
[Original post on aus.social]
Looks like smoked haddock, tastes like artisanal sourdough, bread rolls rescued from an accidental 24hr cold-ferment. Will toast them for garlic bread with the pasta Mx 17’s cooking tonight.
October 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Looks like smoked haddock, tastes like artisanal sourdough, bread rolls rescued from an accidental 24hr cold-ferment. Will toast them for garlic bread with the pasta Mx 17’s cooking tonight.
This has nothing to do with halloween, Harry always dresses like that.
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This has nothing to do with halloween, Harry always dresses like that.
[gore]
Seat snapped off pole on a hairpin bend (probs only 10km/h due to tight turn) , handlegrip broke, impacted asphalt of temporary bikeway at centenary bridge roadworks knee, elbow, shoulder, helmet.
Seat snapped off pole on a hairpin bend (probs only 10km/h due to tight turn) , handlegrip broke, impacted asphalt of temporary bikeway at centenary bridge roadworks knee, elbow, shoulder, helmet.
October 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
[gore]
Seat snapped off pole on a hairpin bend (probs only 10km/h due to tight turn) , handlegrip broke, impacted asphalt of temporary bikeway at centenary bridge roadworks knee, elbow, shoulder, helmet.
Seat snapped off pole on a hairpin bend (probs only 10km/h due to tight turn) , handlegrip broke, impacted asphalt of temporary bikeway at centenary bridge roadworks knee, elbow, shoulder, helmet.
Me: ahh, a brisbane summer storm, about time
My brain: mmmnf mph
Me: wassup brain o thought you had the day off
Brain: you cycled here you nincompoop
My brain: mmmnf mph
Me: wassup brain o thought you had the day off
Brain: you cycled here you nincompoop
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Me: ahh, a brisbane summer storm, about time
My brain: mmmnf mph
Me: wassup brain o thought you had the day off
Brain: you cycled here you nincompoop
My brain: mmmnf mph
Me: wassup brain o thought you had the day off
Brain: you cycled here you nincompoop
Meta: see some hobo signs here https://owlcation.com/humanities/all-things-hobo-signs-and-symbols
October 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Meta: see some hobo signs here https://owlcation.com/humanities/all-things-hobo-signs-and-symbols
It’s really hot in here today. But I got dis.
October 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It’s really hot in here today. But I got dis.
I’m testing a client product incorporating an AC power meter . To do a baseline calibration on the hall-effect current sensor I want a nice clean resistive load. Like a power resistor or an incandescent light. Now I do have Hela the 3000W rheostat, but she’s a […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
October 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’m testing a client product incorporating an AC power meter . To do a baseline calibration on the hall-effect current sensor I want a nice clean resistive load. Like a power resistor or an incandescent light. Now I do have Hela the 3000W rheostat, but she’s a […]
[Original post on aus.social]
[Original post on aus.social]
What could possibly go wrong? #straightouttashenzen
October 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What could possibly go wrong? #straightouttashenzen