Dec 2022 Advent of Code 2022

This is it: I’m finally going to finish Advent of Code this year! (A strong claim, given that this is my third attempt, but we’ll see!) This year, I’m planning to use this as an excuse to learn/relearn Emacs and Rust.

Jan 2021 Van Conversion Electronics

In which I help my brother to add an electrical system to his van conversion project, including lighting, battery control, automatic charging and disconnect from the vehicle battery, and a 120V inverter.

Dec 2019 Tracking Duluth buses with an interactive light-up map

In which I design and build a 3x4 foot interactive map of Duluth (or at least the parts in which I regularly travel) to view bus locations

Nov 2018 Auto-timed Fish Tank Light

In which I build a NTP-syncin’ LED-blinkin’ fish light timer.

Mar 2018 Using a 5.25" Floppy as a MIDI instrument

In which Jeff and I get hopelessly distracted from our original goal and wind up making music from a 5.25" floppy drive.

Dec 2017 Building a MIDI Pedalboard

In which I build a MIDI pedalboard from a Baldwin 125B pedalboard and a bit of Arduino magic!

Jul 2017 ESP8266 Light Switch: A Few Revisions

In which I attempt to explain the many revisions of my ESP8266 light switch, as well as some of the cooler ways to control it.