Toots · Hackerific

Here are the toots from my Mastodon account. If you’re into ham radio and technology this is a great inclusive server with an awesome mascot called Alex.

It's Alex! A soft brown mastodon holding a handheld radio in their right hand and carrying a blue bag over their shoulder — Alex, the mastodon.radio mascot

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Feb 13, 2020

Spotted in Bath. The new Tesla trip hazard… or solution to charging when you have no driveway.

A Tesla parked outside of a house in bath. There’s a plastic cable protector over the pavement and the car is being charged. The protector is yellow on top but is pretty tall and easy to trip over.

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Feb 10, 2020

I’m surprised it’s still so windy and cold but very glad Saturday was so nice. I went out for a nice paddle in the sunshine, just a few hours before the storm hit!

I need to get my antenna pole down to free a stick pulley but I can’t do that until it stops being so windy!

Two kayaks on a concrete bar. There is a weird on the right and fast moving water in front of the weir.

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Feb 8, 2020

Voyager 2 is back alive! How cool is that! https://www.inverse.com/science/nasa-brings-voyager-2-fully-back-online-11.5-billion-miles-from-earth

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Feb 5, 2020 #hamradio

Mind blowingly pretty construction https://radiotransmitter.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/micro24_schematic_dk7ih_intside_top.png?w=768

and loads of really cool projects https://radiotransmitter.wordpress.com/

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Feb 5, 2020 #electronics

Mosfet girl t-shirt: https://www.crowdsupply.com/open-music-labs/mosfet-girl

I really hope this does well, since it’s for charity and also awesome!

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Jan 29, 2020

JetBrains released their IDE font: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/ it’s pretty nice!

I like the ligatures although speaking to my colleagues a lot of them really don’t (ligatures in general that is).

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Jan 24, 2020 #electronics

I love these “copper tape” circuits https://hackaday.com/2020/01/15/the-flexible-permanence-of-copper-tape-circuits/

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Jan 21, 2020 #hamradio

Found a really (suspiciously?) cheap FT817 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00OD1432I - £309.00

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Jan 15, 2020

It’s not currently in stock but this is a great price for “The Art of Electronics (3rd edition)” https://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronics-Winfield-Hill-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521809266 £23.50!

I must have paid about £50 when I was an undergrad back in the 00s 😂

https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Electronics-Winfield-Hill-Paul-Horowitz/product/0521809266?active=price_amazon&context=home_popular confirmed!

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Jan 11, 2020

Got a lovely anodised red case for my new 60% keyboard. Really pleased with the effect!

A 60% keyboard. There are no function or arrow keys and there’s no number pad. Instead the keyboard is smaller.

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