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New father, hobbyist, alpinist, software engineer, he/him, USA -> Munich, Germany

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2025-04-18 18:18:23

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My first attempt at this circuit, which when transferred to breadboard didn’t work. Hopefully the simulated one will fare better.
#diyelectronics
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2025-04-18 18:14:55

Here is a circuit I’ve been working on, my first with transistors. Red LED turns on when microcontroller, MC, is powered. Green LED turns on and red off when a signal is sent via GPIO from MC.
#diyelectronics
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2025-04-09 17:25:33

So many smart ideas in Jujutsu Version Control!
https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/introduction/introduction.html

2025-04-09 17:24:45

It took some doing, but I finally got my BEM280 (temperature, pressure, humidity) sensor for my balcony weather station working in C. Crazy how much the Circuit Python library was doing: setting bunch of config values like mode and oversampling rates, enable/disable filter, reading compensation params, and parsing the read out values. Pretty cool to do it all yourself and understand the sensor on a deeper level.
https://git.sr.ht/~travisshears/balcony-weather-station/tree/main/item/bme280.c
#c
#diyelectronics

2025-04-04 12:31:38

I’m convinced by the Quinn’s Quest review. Slugblaster looks epic.
https://youtu.be/kHIcXnfdv94
https://slugblaster.com
#ttrpg

2025-04-02 05:38:02

After years of owning an InstantPot I just now realized you can put the lid on the side. 🤦
#cooking
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2025-03-30 09:52:09

Didn’t realize Humble Bundle has so many TTRPG books.
https://www.humblebundle.com/books
#ttrpg

2025-03-30 06:30:03

This beginner blender tutorial looks awesome. Thinking of modeling some of my recipes for my cooking notes.
https://youtu.be/-kpjaEU8cPU?si=Mh02Xj7e0WpD5ndW
#blender3d

2025-02-17 16:51:21

My next cooking fascination: Hotpot.
#cooking
#hotpot
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2025-02-14 08:05:07

I've been very sick lately. Today I'm in the mood for some cure all chicken soup. Serious Eats never disappoints, great articles / recipes! Here are my notes so far:
https://travisshears.com/cooking/notes/chicken-soup
Planning on using pressure cooker for the broth.
#cooking
#soup

2025-02-10 15:56:24

First attempt at a ginger bug was a complete fail. After a week of feeding and then three days to carbonate a fruit syrup no luck.
Perhaps the German bio ginger didn’t have enough yeast. Will try again with help of wine yeast.
#cooking
#fermentation
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2024-12-12 10:52:21

Things I wish I knew about knife sharpening years ago:
- Skip the cheap Amazon no name whetstones and get Naniwa Basic double sides stones. 400x1000 and 1000x3000. 1000 will be the most used.
- The Naniwa stones need a lot of warming up before initial use, so steel plate and carbon powder 60 and 180. Also used to keep stones flat, though they wear super slow.
- Store the steel plate somewhere super dry to avoid rust.
#knives
#cooking
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2024-12-12 10:52:21