When is the last time you
cooked just the right amount of pasta?
Here is a medal for these rare moments in life! 🤣
Latest 3D print: the "Dueling Spirals Chess Set by Shikijiyu" 😍
- Chess board made at the school's wood workshop, so nice!
- Chess pieces simplified in PrusaSlicer (mesh decimated)
- Edited in Tinkercad by my son (taught him the "sacrificial layer" bridging-overhang technique)
- Weighted with various metal nuts and rods
- Lasered felt
- A worthy present for an amazing young chess player
Another great design from JustinSDK in OpenSCAD. Instead of just providing the stl files JustinSDK always provides the source code
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4945832
https://github.com/JustinSDK/dotSCAD/blob/master/examples/emoticon_moai.scad
Whelp!
How can I find people who share my interests?
(3D printing, coding with kids etc)
Not sure I am doing this right...
I've tried searching for related terms via my mastodon instance ; chasing the few hashtags and discussions I see pop up in my timeline ; searching https://joinpeertube.org/ ...
Is there any global mastodon search anywhere that would at least yield results from public timelines?
Current family photo of our house plants
Bespoke #3Dprinted planters made to measure for each plant to better hide the original pots
Thanks to TinkerCAD #CodeBlocks it is trivial to change a few numbers (variables) and generate a differently sized planter for the next plant :)
for the last 10 years i periodically ask someone whos really into 3d printers "are 3d printers actually good yet?" and they're like "yeah! theyre amazing!" and then i actually do my own research and they still take like 19 hours to print anything and they can't print anything bigger than about 25 or 30cm wide, and even the best ones have lines on everything you have to sand off, or resin curing bullshit to deal with, and even the ones that cost $4000 still have several (or all) of these problems
Here’s a fantastic rabbit-hole for you, just in time for whatever lockdown phase you’re currently in ;)
D M L - distributed mode loudspeakers
Start with this overview, and then go ahead and build your own!
https://dmlspeakers.com/articles/101%20-%20Introduction%20to%20Distributed%20Mode%20Loudspeakers
Did I mention that the kids love the PrintABloks?
After the Christmas presents were unwrapped, they went back to play with the old toys! :D
A #3DPrinting highlight of our summer: the PrintABloks construction set - so many possibilities, the kids loooove it :)
See http://printabloks.com/
Looking back on recent #3DPrinting projects, this Otto DIY robot is a great electronics project for kids!
See https://www.ottodiy.com
Every time I need to persist some simple data on a web app, I go through a dreaded “which database should I use?” process which – given I’m not building a global panopticon – is *always* overkill so I’ve decided to bite the bullet and write a very basic transparent (using Proxy) in-memory database for Site.js that flushes to JSON files on each write and is available on all your routes so you can use it without knowing you’re using a database. Working title: What Database? :)
Medical company threatens to sue volunteers that 3D-printed valves for life-saving coronavirus treatments - The Verge #3dprinting
Check out these amazing sportspeople...err, sportsmarbles 🤣
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mmNzfXg6sM&feature=youtu.be&list=PUYJdpnjuSWVOLgGT9fIzL0g&t=204
The sports commentator of the Marble Olympics is truly hypnotising!
The #Luxembourg GouvAlert.lu app is the local Slashdot effect.
You won't be able to access https://meteolux.lu right now, due to the silly weather alerts that the app puts out.
Vous prenez parfois le bus ?
Alors VOTEZ pour nos jeunes codeurs Leo et Henri au Prix de la Jeunesse !
https://www.rtl.lu/aktiounen/jugendpraeis-2019
(Leur projet http://www.BUSTER.lu est en jaune au milieu de la page de vote)
Merci d'avance pour vos votes et boosts ! Aidez nos jeunes Davids contre Goliath en partageant largement autour de vous :)
chocoholic audiophile, passionate about digital literacy, co-founder of Code Club & CoderDojo Luxembourg