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Tentacle now has terrifying flashing lights

Saturday, November 5th, 2016

I switched from micropython to regular Arduino code as the garbage collection isn’t quite ready for prime time. I also added a ring of WS2812 LEDs controlled via the Neopixel library.

A Small Interruption to the Swimming Season

Thursday, June 20th, 2013

Hm.

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‘Tis the Spring Duck

Saturday, April 13th, 2013

Sadly this means I cannot uncover, scrape, power wash, repair, chemically treat and maintain the pool this year for fear of arousing the Ire of the Duck.

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Got My Hexbright!

Saturday, December 29th, 2012

hey, remember this? After only 18 months my Kickstarter-funded flashlight has arrived. It’s called the Hexbright. As you might think, it’s very bright, but cooler than that is that it has a programmable microcontroller and an accelerometer so you can use gestures or taps to make it do things.

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I’ve never been in a Walmart before

Sunday, December 23rd, 2012

and I hope not to again.

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What Shape is Your Holiday?

Sunday, November 11th, 2012

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The hurricane is over

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012

… and we just have a snowstorm to contend with.

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Luckily we have this little guy to help us

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Waiting in line

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

5 days without power and the infrastructure is slowly returning. Getting gas for the generator.

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Hurricane Sandy

Monday, October 29th, 2012

Our new best friend Sandy releases from the bonds of electricity until the weekend at the very least

Presumably not *this* squirrel

Saturday, October 20th, 2012

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