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Replying to @_tmkly
As an alternative, the design files are open source and available online; I think JLCPCB has some decent deals for new customers that could get you some boards at a reasonable cost. There are shortcuts to order boards at the Kitspace page: https://kitspace.org/boards/github.com/joeycastillo/the-open-book/ebook-wing/
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Replying to @_tmkly
Thanks for the kind words! Alas, I’m not sure when I’ll resume shipping to the UK. The Brexit thing brought about a confusing new VAT regime that I don’t know how to comply with, so I had to remove y’all from the list of countries I ship to.
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Replying to @tomfleet
I believe it just looks at the last command and based on the rules it has, it offers suggestions you can scroll through, and hit ’enter’ to pick one. I mostly use it when I misspell things. But yeah it doesn’t automatically execute anything unless you give it a flag (fuck –yeah)
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Replying to @tomfleet
thefuck has a rule for that! And you can make it less profane; just put “eval $(thefuck –alias please)” in your .bashrc 🙂
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Replying to @tomfleet
it’s moments like that I’m glad I have the ‘fuck’ command installed. https://github.com/nvbn/thefuck
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RT @BarackObama: Georgia voters—If you’re in line before the polls close at 7 pm, stay there. You have the right to vote, no matter how lon…
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Republicans in the Pennsylvania State Senate have now refused to seat a Democrat who was certified as the winner of his race.
They have denied him his seat.
They have overridden the will of the voters in his district.
People say it can’t happen here.
It is happening here. https://twitter.com/SenatorHughes/status/1346527423106588674
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Replying to @josecastillo
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some strong Rick and Morty vibes in this @NYMag article. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/coronavirus-lab-escape-theory.html
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Replying to @glowascii
See, most vaccines only go to ten. These go to eleven!
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Replying to @bateskecom
first thing I printed when I got my first 3D printer! Something revolutionary in having a problem and being able to conjure a solution into being.
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RT @mattmfm: Every network should be breaking into coverage right now with a Special Report to share with viewers Donald Trump, on tape, th…
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Replying to @Hamitron
Could be worse. Here in New York, @NYGovCuomo is requiring that providers throw away extra doses instead of giving them to people who want them, or face a $1 million dollar fine. https://twitter.com/LahavHarkov/status/1345616250832105473
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This is horrifying. While I still expect that the acute phase of this nightmare will end in just over two weeks, the damage that this president and this party have done to our democracy will not be easily repaired.
People said it could not happen here.
It is happening here. https://twitter.com/AmyEGardner/status/1345842345040867335
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Replying to @jordan_ferrusi
I can take a look here on Twitter, I don’t have like a support forum set up though. Can you share a close-up photo of the back of the board, specifically the area with the e-paper display components?
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Replying to @adafruit
One question, is the DB button (in the ‘extra’ spot) a GPIO pin? If so I think it would work with the ESP32-S2’s camera peripheral, in the same pinout as the Feather M4. Could be interesting for a camera FeatherWing!
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Replying to @siddacious
I totally acknowledge that this object is not the final answer to getting people to change their behavior.
It’s a firebomb intended to shock the complacent. Another form of activism may be required to move them from the negative space this creates to a more positive outcome. 3/3(original)
Replying to @siddacious
…activism can create an opening for another. I wish I could find the article that encapsulated it for me, but basically, if the only tool you have is setting the forest on fire, you can clear out rot, but you also need someone to replant trees or all you do is scorched earth. 2/
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Replying to @siddacious
Oh totally. This reminds me of a conversation around LGBTQ activism I was involved in a few years back, and the idea that there’s room for different kinds of advocacy. The bomb-throwers don’t make as many friends as the appeasers, but you really do need both since one mode of 1/3
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Replying to @josecastillo
The point is, now the consequences of our action and inaction are on view in my window. A reminder that we fucked it up last year. An invitation to not fuck it up again.
Happy 2021, y’all. Wear a mask. Get vaccinated when you can. Don’t make me build a bigger Big Board. /thread
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Replying to @josecastillo
With good leadership, we could have stopped this thing. With a sense of shared purpose, we could have stopped this thing. Instead the virus touched my friends. It touched my family. It almost touched me: I was exposed and quarantined for 10 days; thankfully I didn’t get infected.
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Replying to @josecastillo
Watching the death toll rise over the year would normally be cause for sadness. Instead, for me, it induced rage. At the beginning of January, COVID-19 hadn’t killed anyone. By the end of August it was the deadliest infectious disease on Earth. And why? 5/ https://mobile.twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1297651924775374851
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Replying to @josecastillo
Anyway, within weeks it became clear this was a serious and dire thing, and with half the country pretending it wasn’t real, The Big Board now felt for me like a pissed-off reassertion of reality. “Look at the scoreboard, asshole. Now put on your mask.” 4/ https://mobile.twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1243281000320372737
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Replying to @josecastillo
When I first had the idea in March, I’ll admit I hadn’t yet figured out my intent. ‘Gallows humor’ didn’t age well, but I dunno. That one episode of The Daily had just come out (you know which one), and I think we all sensed that _something_ was coming. 3/ https://mobile.twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1237106094742417412
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Replying to @josecastillo
I’ll admit: visualizing this loss of life as a scoreboard could be seen as insensitive. I’ll say that in the end it came from a place of anger. As the disease raged and our president lied and refused to take action, I got mad. This object is a polemic, a rant in hardware form. 2/
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The Big Board will be on limited view this week, in an undisclosed window visible from the Queens-bound J train in Brooklyn. 4PM until midnight, or whenever I remember to turn it off. A few notes about the work in a short thread. 1/?
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Replying to @DavidGlaude and @abetusk
Pretty much, I would also love to find big display modules… I do recall finding some on Aliexpress, but they were numeric only and not in the colors I wanted, so I didn’t dig deeper. Might be worth another look.
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Replying to @wizardOfRobots
#1 is heart disease. My source for non-COVID deaths is the Global Burden of Disease study (tho I used 2017 data because 2019’s study wasn’t out when I started this) http://www.healthdata.org/gbd/2019
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Replying to @DavidGlaude and @abetusk
I actually didn’t. I couldn’t find alphanumeric displays in that size or color, so I wrote out the title in a segmented font, 3D printed it and used some tape and Elmer’s glue as a diffuser. It’s illuminated by an army of white LEDs; I can dim the title but can’t change the text.
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I realize I shared this earlier without much context, so let’s try again. FINALLY finished The Big Board, and plugged in a full year’s worth of data to visualize how the death toll from COVID compared to other causes of death over the course of the year. Sobering and infuriating. https://twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1345044537253785603
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Replying to @cynorg
Totally! Like, I could have done this with an LED matrix, but this is an _aesthetic_. For me it calls to mind things like the scoreboard at a high school football game, the national debt clock, or the absurdist sky-high scoring of classic pinball machines.
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Replying to @abetusk
Sure! Not many standard objects around, but here it is with a PS4 controller and a Bananagrams set. Not as big as I had hoped, but these were the displays I could find in the same size and 3 colors. Controller is a Feather M4 driving 4 I²C buses and a transistor to dim the title.
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“The Big Board”, 2020. 3D printed parts, Python code, custom electronics.
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Replying to @josecastillo
yep this feels appropriate for the last build of 2020. started off with the best intentions, ended up kind of a mess. in the end I just feel relieved to be done with it.
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@adafruit perma-proto boards: is there anything they can’t do?
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Replying to @oshpark and @_nitz
I got lucky this week with my last design of 2020. Ordered it in After Dark on the 27th, panel got sent out the 28th. Best of both worlds!
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Replying to @theavalkyrie
“Death to America!”
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this tweet aged well. https://twitter.com/josecastillo/status/1212252151793274881
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Replying to @timonsku
Even step one is a revelation. Anything that is, you can learn how it works. Opens up a whole new lens on the world.
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Replying to @MakeAugusta
I guess two days total… I did the apartment model in one crazy all-nighter over the summer, then yesterday I added the hallways, building facade and alleyway. 3D modeling is not my strong suit, but I did live there for 10 years, so I kinda know the place by heart :)
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Replying to @pdp7 and @oshpark
All credit to @adafruit for that one; I just started with their DS3231 breakout board and replaced the pin headers with STEMMA-QT connectors. They’re kind enough to share all their design files with the community :)
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It’s a good day when TWO @oshpark orders arrive! In the purple, a DS3231 breakout I need for a QTPy clock; in After Dark, a programming board for the v2 sensor ring, and a Trinket to SWD adapter. I couldn’t decide whether to label the traces or not; figured why not try both ways!
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Replying to @audreydodgen
I love all of this! Also wow, some real bucket list national parks there, I’m jealous! Still have yet to make it to Yellowstone.
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Replying to @mattyigreene
Thanks, Matty! I used @SketchUp Make (2017 edition) to build the loft, and then to make it a virtual space that folks can visit, I imported it into @MozillaHubs. Hoping to host a virtual New Year’s party there, maybe on Saturday or on Sunday; will let you know!
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today I made a virtual model of the loft where I spent my first 10 yrs in NYC. No one lives there now; IRL tonight it sits a mile away: cold, dark, empty. An uncanny feeling, being inside this replica full of warm winter vibes. Like I’ve stolen a grain of sand from the hourglass.
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RT @ProgressBar202_: 2020 is 99% complete.
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Replying to @theavalkyrie
and then printed it on, y’know, a DNA printer. As one does.
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brainstorming last night on the ‘Polycorder’ name. It nails the idea, but phonetically strays a bit from the ‘Tricorder’ inspiration. Browsing synonyms for ‘poly-’ when it hit like lightning: a screen + sensor interface that runs CircuitPython. The name was right there all along:
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Replying to @M_uh_lee
This was actually from one of the roommates; reaction to a gift from home that arrived cracked. We’re all doing our best this year (:
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“What are you doing?”
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