3D printing 3D Printing Workflow demystified! The major steps of a basic 3D printing workflow, explained from conception to print.
mDNS is cool as hell TLDR: Setup mDNS on a wifi-connected device to establish a human-friendly hostname on your local network for convenience. IP addresses are great but they've never really had the warm and
ESP8266 Getting Started with the ESP8266-01 This is so far the smallest wifi-connected thing I've programmed. Looking back more than 2 years now, this post will document my 'first contact' with the ESP family of hardware.
IP Cameras IP Camera Troubleshooting Hell TLDR: Among the many variables in an IP Camera networking setup, the POE standard required by the cameras is critical. POE. Three little letters. A relatively simple concept. What can
drones My Top 5 FPV Tips TLDR: Push the throttle stick up These are my consolidated tips for getting going with flying a drone FPV ( "First Person View", or using a live video feed
development The Streetlight Effect A campfire skit from my childhood has been on my mind recently. It's a simple one and you may have seen or read a version of it yourself: A person
development StackOverflow's 2018 Survey Being such an important hub for developers, StackOverflow conducts an annual survey to identify trends in technologies, jobs and behaviors. They just recently announced the 2018 survey results, and there
electronics Multimeter Maintenance Digital multimeters have an internal battey, and it turns out that it can affect the accuracy of your readings. If your DMM is more than a few years old, a
docker Put That Mess in a Container Virtual machines are awesome, there is no debate about that. They have also become a lot easier to use - a fact that their increasing populariry reinforces. In this post
drones New 180 build Once I started flying FPV with my newly build 180 quad I really never went back to flying my tricopters. As a result, I've started to break them down and
linux Evernote Desktop Client in Ubuntu with WINE As I've been using Ubuntu Desktop more and more, I've found good alternatives for almost all of my basic productivity applications. The one that has eluded me for a long
drones San Felipe Drone Fun I had been warned about sand, but probably should have been more careful. The problem was, everything in San Felipe is desert or beach.
Evernote: Especially Kick-Ass for Developers People who know me well know that I'm an evangelist for Evernote. I try to be casual about it by asking, "Do you use a note-taking app?" but
drones I Finally Built a Quad This was my first legit build in several ways. Most notably, it was the first build where I used a pre-fab carbon fiber frame. The durability can't be beat, and
ESP8266 IoT Weather Station: Part I Building a wifi-enabled weather station with a DHT11 temperature sensor has turned into a great learning experience about power consumption and battery powering IoT devices.
running Marathon Debrief & Results First and foremost, I shattered my goal of a sub-4 hour finish with my time of 3:42:12 . I was really pleased. My best guess was that I would
running Chasing the Sub-4 Hour Marathon I'm going to run another marathon on May 21st. This will be my third, and it will also be my last. People seem to think that is a funny thing
garden Time lapse photography with gphoto2, avconv and a little bit of bash For the last two growing seasons, I've experimented with making time lapse videos of my plants sprouting. It's an easy setup to leave in place for several weeks, and being
drones Fly, Crash, Rebuild, Repeat I tried to do some nice cinematic flying today. I'm not great at this. Basically I'm trying to keep moving forward and make the turns nice and gradual. I'm also
photography Canon EOS 300D resurrection - and gphoto2 Back in college (circa 2004) I bought myself a Canon 300D, which I think was the first of the 'digital rebel' line. Digital cameras were still relatively expensive back then,
arduino Telemetry Project Update This has been quite a journey already. More than anything, I'm surprised at how many powerful new tools I've learned about.
arduino Home Baked Telemetry System I thought that it would be a realistic challenge to build my own telemetry system, considering that I had already worked with most of the components I wanted to use.
drones Switching to CC3D & OpenPilot I recently picked up a CC3D because I figured that I had tortured myself enough dealing with Arduinos and MPU6050s. At this point I feel no shame in buying an
