I’m switching to a more health diet right now and part of that involves cutting down on things that are bad for me. Cakes, sweets, biscuits but mostly sugar. Yes, I know that the main reason most of the things in that list are bad for me is because of the sugar in them. I’ve […]
Writing pages
I’ve been adding more pages to the Phoenix section of the blog. You can now see the ideas for the Frame and mounting the Projector to it. Hoping that, when all those pages are done, I can get back to posting more tinkerneering.
IT WORKS !!!!
“… I’ve finally invented* something that works.” E.L.Brown. *built not invented. After a long time in procrastination hell, I’ve finally finished my 3d printer. Based on this brilliant “Chimera” Instructable from Matstermind, my printer is taking an old and unwanted DLP projector and allowing it to be reborn as the heart of my Phoenix 3d […]
The unending TO-DO list
In which your author realises that his procrastinating means his list of ideas keeps getting longer … In creating this blog, I’ve realised a few things. Firstly that I don’t allocate enough time to it. That’s partly because of family, vacations, money, work but mostly because of procrastinating. I have a little blue book in […]
Landing Gear Deployed
Good Afternoon Everyone. Sorry I’ve been away so long. Late last year I discovered that I’d missed the KickStarter for Elite Dangerous. Not by a couple of months but by nearly two years. #Gutted. I only realised this because my wife pointed out that there was a sale on the purchase price for the STEAM edition […]
Soldering on
Picked up a set of broken DVD players off eBay last week, which arrived yesterday. I’ve pulled one of them apart and soldered some wires to the drive motor today. Pleased to say that even though I have no soldering skills what-so-ever, I’ve now been able to create a working z-axis for my Phoenix 3d […]
Three in one!
Every once in a while you stumble across a project that catches your interest because I incorporates something you love. Sometimes, you catch one that combines two such things. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you with the trinity. 3D Printing Raspberry Pi Astronomy I’m nerding out on this one….. Watch the folks at MAKE: talk […]
Dalek-Berry-Pi Mower
There are a few things you may know about me. One is my love of Science Fiction and another is my love of tech. This project (via Hackaday) combines both, with one of the chores I hate. Mowing the lawn. Yep, someone has built a lawn mower in the shape of a Dalek from Doctor […]
AROS: Run an Amiga OS like it’s 1993
I never did own an Amiga, I took the Atari path in 90s before growing up and getting a PC. Now it seems the Amiga is back, with a fully fledged reproduction that you can reportedly run on a Raspberry PI. I did get to play Lemmings with an Amiga though but it didn’t […]
Raspberry Pi Tablet Based on Sailfish...
Now this looks excellent, a tablet project based on Raspberry Pi. Source: Raspberry Pi Tablet Based on Sailfish OS | Hackaday