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bornach

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I like hackspace stuff, STEM education, discrete electronics, microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi, kinetic art, electronic music synthesis

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Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q5 How do you tackle waste in your making or crafting? Both in terms of the waste you produce in order to make, and creating things out of other people’s waste.
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A5
Well I once made a desk toy from spice bottle lids, 2 liter bottles, paper and refrigerator magnets.
https://youtu.be/aUVqgX0Hvhg
Saved me having to buy anything new

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A5 part 2
And when it comes to making use of other people's discarded items, there is my collection of street lithium that I will be powering many an electronic/electromechanical project
https://fosstodon.org/@bornach/112192249226091152

AtariSTMusic , to Chiptunes
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./Unknown_Composer/Music_Studio/Star_Spangled_Banner.sndh
Title: Star-Spangled Banner / F.S.Key
Author: Unknown
RIPP Grazey / PHF
CONV SNG to SNDH PHF
YEAR

1

!# 1
TA 960
TIME 1 0
Track: 1

bornach ,
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That brings back memories. It must have been one of the demo files distributed with the software. Or was included with the pirated copy my Dad brought back from America.

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q4 Have you created anything recently outside your usual skill set?
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A4
Nope. Ventured into mains voltage electronics but that stuff scares me so I gave up at the first sign of trouble
https://fosstodon.org/@bornach/112382802114842695

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q3 What are the most useful skills you have learned as maker, crafter, or artist? Not only practical, but mental skills like how to handle stress and pressure or find inspiration of to overcome challenges.
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bornach ,
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Paraphrasing Lesson 5 in this video by KamuiCosplay (at 6:23)
https://youtu.be/IuIKxva7GoE?t=6m23s

Make, craft, create in your own way. It isn't fun if you're only doing it because it is what others expected from you.

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Q2 What strategies do you use to stay focused and productive rather than just having a big pile of unfinished stuff oppressing you.
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Strategies?
https://imgflip.com/i/89ffw3

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q1 Hello! Do introduce yourself, and tell us what you’ve been making or doing this week.
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bornach ,
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A1
Adrian here.
I've been coming to terms with the fact that a fair proportion of electronics stuff I ordered on EBay over the last decade is counterfeit, fake, or doesn't work.

https://fosstodon.org/@bornach/112396766792201927

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q5 What's your best advice for a starting “maker”?
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A5
Place no expectations on yourself

Being a maker is a journey and not a destination

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q4 Many of us identify as “Makers” what makes being a “Maker” part of your identity instead of just a hobby? How do you feel about that?
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bornach ,
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Tough one.
I guess it becomes your identity when you have to go on away on a trip and you agonise over what maker kit or tools to bring with you.

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Q3 Lots of Makers are involved in educational outreach if you are how so, if not, is it something you would like to do?
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A3
I hope the handful of Instructables I've authored have inspired teachers, if not also the children, to go make something educational.

I know of one project that inspired an educator to make this wonderfully explained science video
https://youtu.be/coJT0ATfW4Y

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q2 What fills you with the most joy as a Maker and the most frustration?
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A2
Joy - People appreciating something I've made. People making it themselves based on my instructions, even better if they did a remix

Frustration - wasted tech that heads straight to landfill and could have been put to better use in a project

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q1 Who are you, and what have you made this week?
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bornach ,
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A1
Adrian here.
I have just completed my final few generative artworks for Genuary 2024

https://vis.social/@bornach/media

Maker_of_Things , to makershour group
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Q2: Modern tools and methods can make making simpler and more accessible. But are there parts and tasks you find older tools or methods to be preferable when you make?
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Probably can already do fitted sheets. You’d need to ask the employee who was remotely controlling the robot
https://tadviser.com/index.php/Product:Tesla_Optimus_%28robot%29

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Still very impressive technology to have that level of dexterity under remote control. I wouldn't expect this early prototype Disney Research puppet to be able to fold a shirt even with the human puppeteer standing right next to it.
https://youtu.be/HY4bfnHMdtk

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This robot puts a fitted sheet on a bed among the many examples of domestic chores shown. But again this is a telepresence demo and not autonomous AI.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drjimfan_what-did-i-tell-you-a-few-days-ago-2024-activity-7148697097872039936-SpWc

nixCraft , to Random stuff
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who made this? 😂

bornach ,
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Don't laugh. Someone literally did lose their shirt...

brion , to Random stuff
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this place is not a place of honor
no great deeds are commemorated here
what was here was dangerous and repulsive to us
the danger still exists in your time

bornach ,
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[Computer Clan] on the history of that photo and then he goes and photographs the wrong hill
https://youtu.be/imMd4kLLIvo

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