Replatforming to Jekyll and AWS S3
2019-05-23
Webdev
Cloud
Aws
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve rebuilt my website on the static blog engine Jekyll and have setup hosting for it on AWS S3 using the static website feature....
Field Recordings from Nan Province
2019-05-11
Field recording
Travel
While up-country in Nan province last weekend we visited Wat Ket and Wat Kong where there were some interesting sounds. Unfortunately I didn’t have my proper rig so these were...
Automating youtube-dl on Android for Custom In-Flight Entertainment
2019-04-23
Automation
YouTube is a pretty amazing resource - these days there are high-production-quality presentations on almost any topic you want to learn about.
Weird CR10S OctoPrint Error
2019-03-23
3dprinting
I started getting the following error in OctoPrint from my CR10S:
Measuring Remaining Filament on a Spool
2019-03-21
3dprinting
The Internet is kind of awesome. This afternoon while in a taxi between customer sites I was thinking about the next print I want to do and how much filament...
Weekend 3D Printer Upgrades
2019-03-17
3dprinting
Triggered by a number of failed prints this weekend, I’ve ended up making the following upgrades to my CR10S: Replaced the Bowden tube Added cable clips Raspberry Pi enclosure Action...
3D Printed Knife Block Base
2019-02-24
3dprinting
We bought a set of knives a while back that turned out to be too long for the knife block we had at home, and the longer knives would protrude...
Improving Bed Adhesion on the Creality CR-10 3D Printer with an Anycubic Ultrabase
2019-02-21
3dprinting
In the first few months of playing with 3D printing on my CR-10S I’ve had a bunch of problems with bed adhesion - pretty persistently the corners of my PLA...
Fixing a Loose Bowden Tube on a Creality CR-10S 3D Printer
2019-02-17
3dprinting
Since I first bought it I’ve had an intermittent problem with the Bowden tube of my CR-10S coming loose - sometimes during prints. The clip / connector is very small...
4 Pros of a Tablet-Based Dev Environment
2019-01-26
Travel
Gear
I previously wrote up the tablet-based dev environment that replaced my MacBook Air along with four of the key drawbacks that you should be aware of if considering this approach....