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I’ve seen this movie enough times to know, things will not end well for this employee. https://twitter.com/JurassicPark2go/status/1283895065337909248
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working on some Open Book photos for a blog post; took a snap of the new grayscale test while I was at it. Not quite a macro lens; still, fun to be able to zoom in on individual e-paper pixels. (also, wear a mask. for real. somehow 1918 people are better at this than we are.)
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Replying to @joshu
if humans go extinct, GPT-3 can just replay echoes of our present culture, frozen on repeat for all eternity
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ADVISORY: If you got an E-Book Wing or Open Book PCB, there is one typo in each printed BOM. For the E-Book Wing you need two 10µF capacitors (C1&C2), not one. And on the Open Book, the 0.47Ω resistor is listed as R5 on the BOM; it should read R12. Fixed on Kitspace; sorry y’all!
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I missed this Der Spiegel cover when it came out on June 6 (translation: “Fire Devil: A President Sets His Country Ablaze”) but seeing it now, it’s horrifying to see how the situation has decayed in just five weeks. This is a staggering failure without precedent in our lifetimes.
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update: made it to NYC, got the test (negative) but still isolating for 2 weeks per the guidelines. some unpacking to do, some writing, some coding. can’t wait to get back to the workshop. but for now it feels good to hear the JMZ roaring outside my window again; I missed that :)
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yay! https://twitter.com/joshu/status/1282907981013647361
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RT @TrentonEmory: The realest tweet/post you’ll see today. https://twitter.com/KristenClarkeJD/status/1281959992866766849
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Replying to @AndrewVall
You should be able to export a library of all the components from the schematic (linked), but I’m afraid turning that into whatever format the assembly house would want is further ahead than I’ve gotten. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/eagle-forum/creating-a-library-from-schematic/td-p/8139804
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RT @theavalkyrie: Okay - if you’re into hobbyist / independent electronics and related “maker” stuff and you’re interested in helping build…
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Replying to @joshu
Not just now. An assembled version would be time consuming, and as for an unassembled parts-included kit, the 1-click BOM on Kitspace makes it easy enough to get components. Eventually, probably; but right now, with limited time on hand, I want to ship these and focus on software
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Replying to @josecastillo
Wondering which one to get? Blue board: E-Book Wing; simpler to build, but needs to be paired with a device like a Feather M4 to function. Black board: Open Book; more complex to build, but has a SAMD51 on board, so it works more like a PyBadge with headers free for other wings.
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Very very exciting: a dozen Open Book PCBs shipped out in three days, plus several dozen E-Book Wings shipped out earlier. Today’s the last chance to grab one before I pause shipping tonight; making the long trip back to NYC (and two weeks of isolation) :/ https://www.tindie.com/stores/joeycastillo/
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Replying to @JohnKennedyMSFT and @tindie
Thanks! So, the E-Book Wing is simpler to build, but has no microcontroller on board; it needs a device like a Feather M4 plugged into the headers to work. Open Book: more complex to build, but has a SAMD51 on board; it works more like a PyBadge with headers free for other wings.
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RT @thegarance: If 2020 had a tagline, this would be it https://twitter.com/benpershing/status/1280918225782538241
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Replying to @yorgle
Alas I haven’t seen anything just right for this purpose, but I do find it promising that Good Display is starting to put touch screen overlays on more of their e-paper panels. Watching this space :)
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Replying to @josecastillo
This is only the beginning. In the coming weeks, I’m hoping to advance the state of software support for the book. Improve the UI story (LvGL on e-paper?), implement on-device pagination of texts, finish up Arabic shaping, fix up the partial refresh code. Lots still to do. 4/
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Replying to @josecastillo
I’m very proud of this documentation. I’ve been working in the open, but until now many details only existed in my head. Documenting processes and making sure the knowledge was in the envelope was a prerequisite for being ready to ship. (it’s open too!) 3/ https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book/blob/master/Open%20Book%20Feather/Documentation%20Packet/open-book-printout.pdf
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Replying to @josecastillo
In the envelope: the Open Book PCB, a large printout of the board’s silkscreen, a copy of the BOM, and a 24-page booklet with instructions for bringing up the board. It’s also $5 off til the end of the week, when I have to do a two-week pause on shipping to travel back to NYC. 2/
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If you’ve been waiting patiently to build your own Open Book, today that got a little easier: the bare Open Book PCB is now available on Tindie! It’s still a very DIY affair, but I’ve been working hard on documentation to make it as simple as possible. 1/? https://www.tindie.com/products/20599/
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Replying to @motorcyclefuck
Yep, at least with the Wing and a Feather M4, the Arduino library works with both seamlessly. But remember this is still more work in progress than completed gadget; the hardware works, but software support is in its infancy, lots more coding to be done :) https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book
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Replying to @motorcyclefuck
Right now only one PCB is up on Tindie, the blue one which is the E-Book FeatherWing. The Open Book PCB should be available very soon, but it’s not there yet; I can @ you when it’s available though!
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Replying to @motorcyclefuck
Yep two boards. Open Book is an integrated gadget with a microcontroller on board. E-Book Wing is just peripherals; it requires a board like Adafruit’s Feather M4 to work. Advantage to the Wing is that it’s fewer parts to place, simpler to build. But Open Book is more all-in-one.
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“[Trump’s] goal is to convince Americans that they can live with the virus… ‘They’re of the belief that people will get over it or if we stop highlighting it, the base will move on and the public will learn to accept 50,000 to 100,000 new cases a day.’” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-biden-campaigns-shift-focus-to-coronavirus-as-pandemic-surges/2020/07/06/53a4ec50-bd62-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html
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Replying to @theavalkyrie
Sounds rad! Reminds me of this :) https://falseknees.com/371.html
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RT @EEBormett: A few moments from yesterday’s protest.
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RT @tarahaelle: I will never stop being angry about this. And no one should ever forgive Trump for this. More American deaths are on his ha…
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It’s been a while since I’ve checked in on the big board. The news at halftime: not good. COVID-19 on track to kill more people this year than malaria, suicide or AIDS. Remember, it started the year at zero; there were no confirmed COVID deaths on Jan 1. https://www.thebigboard.cc
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Replying to @ChengduLittleA
If it helps, I did end up making a thing with the 2.7" screen (just the one tho) when I was playing with the Tiny Book concept. Feel free to use any of this as a starting point or just for ideas :) https://github.com/joeycastillo/The-Open-Book/tree/master/Tiny%20Book
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RT @EEBormett: “Today has been a proud day to be Lakota. We shut down Mount Rushmore. We put this place in lockdown for three hours and we…
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RT @Blabbeando: “It’s not gonna be a pleasant smell… it’s going to be very irritating…” Police apparently ready to throw tear gas at…
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Replying to @josecastillo
Unsure whether ‘military’ refers to military or national guard, just using the same nomenclature she used in the initial video reporting the info https://mobile.twitter.com/EEBormett/status/1279199488666714113
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Happening right now in South Dakota. Photojournalist Erin Bormett of the @argusleader reports that members of the military have donned gas masks and are attempting to disperse protesters blocking the road to Mount Rushmore. https://twitter.com/EEWoodiel/status/1279200052515344392
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Found while cleaning old boxes: a late-2018 Open Book design prototype! This idea was two 2.7″ 264×176 e-paper displays, with some kind of cable (?) through the hinge; would show a book cover closed, and text when opened. Kind of whimsical, never built, but fun to look back on :)
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Replying to @bikerglen
Best bet would be to find the ‘cancel’ button and try again.
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Now comes the hard part. https://twitter.com/ProgressBar202_/status/1278478602074497031
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RT @TheKingCenter:
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Almost nails it. But in Idiocracy, the President was actually serving the people by trying to solve the crops crisis. He hired a smart person & accepted evidence-based science in the end. Idiocracy was a profile in good governance compared to our shitshow. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/30/welcome-united-states-idiocracy/
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Thanks for the shout out, @hackadayio! Just added a project log on the Open Book’s Hackaday page. Some notes on revision 5 of the board (which will be on Tindie next week instead of yesterday, sorry), and on the last few months of work. https://hackaday.io/project/168761-the-open-book-feather/log/180038-the-open-book-final-revision https://twitter.com/hackadayio/status/1278342842826534914
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Replying to @josecastillo
At a time when surviving feels a full-time job for everyone, my thought is, “we got this.” We’re locked in a struggle for survival, fighting a force that wants us dead, defending the soul of a nation and trying to support each other along the way. So, Tuesday. Happy #pride y’all.
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Replying to @josecastillo
Oh! And we could lose it all in one night this Fall. So it’s hard to feel pride when the situation is so dire. But I’m proud to be gay, and I’m proud of my LGBT sibs. I’m proud of those of us who’ve joined the fight and those who will. I’m also proud of us for making it this far.
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Replying to @josecastillo
Stores will sell you rainbow shopping bags, but trans folks still face discrimination and violence, and people of color are suffocating in the streets. Facebook marches in Pride while rewriting their policies to please a president who tweets “White Power.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/28/facebook-zuckerberg-trump-hate/
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Replying to @josecastillo
Still, it feels weird and difficult to have pride right now. On the one hand, we have come far! Gay marriage is the law of the land, and for the first time in my lifetime this month, you can’t be fired in America for being LGBT. And yet, it feels like such a veneer of progress.
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Replying to @josecastillo
Anyway, two: it’s also pride at having survived. I know I haven’t had it as hard as others; I’m a queer person of color, but I’m also, like, a scruffy cisgender dude. But my sense of pride extends to all of us. I’m proud of how hard we’ve fought. I’m proud of what we’ve achieved.
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Replying to @josecastillo
an aside: in one box I saved this newspaper from 2005, when my home state voted nigh uniformly to ban gay marriage. I was out by then. But I wasn’t happy. I was conditioned by years of being made to feel less-than, of piling on shame. I’m grown now, and I still struggle at times.
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Replying to @josecastillo
A friend long ago said he didn’t see the point of pride. He didn’t get me taking pride in a quality that, by my own admission, is innate. I responded two ways. One: pride is an anti-venom, to counteract the venomous shame that has been piled on to people like us our whole lives.
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Replying to @josecastillo
I’ve been cleaning out bins of old papers these past few days, and it feels odd to look back on my last decade and a half of queer experience. I see the terrified kid in Catholic middle school, the angst-ridden high schooler, writings from college that are just bleak and dark.
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Well, #pride month is over. It feels like so much more than a year since I marched up Sixth Avenue with the Queer Liberation March. Idly I thought last night to look back at my photos from that day. I found these two, taken in the city, about one hour apart. (a thread)
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Replying to @theavalkyrie
Wait, it’s exactly the question you asked. Sorry, I’m scattered today 🙃
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Replying to @theavalkyrie
Not the question you asked, but you made both my sister and me smile today with your list of ‘required’ courses for STEM majors :)
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