Sunday prints

April 22, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Cat and butterfly came out great, the Eiffel not so. Tomorrow I try a portsfilter stand for a friend.

First 3D print

April 20, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Much more to do and learn but not bad.

School 3D

April 18, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Older daughter’s school has printers too and a high power laser cutter. Damn. And my Scurfa arrived! More to come on this.

Hand me down 3D

April 17, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Thanks to a friend, and idle shelf phone (6s+) has been traded for a 3D printer and a couple of spools of PLA. I have a few ideas and much to learn. M Now what to print…

What the College-Admissions Scandal Reveals – The Atlantic

April 4, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

But what accounted for the intensity of emotion these parents expressed, their sense of a profound loss, of rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs? They were experiencing the same response to a changing America that ultimately brought Donald Trump to office: white displacement and a revised social contract. The collapse […]

Quantified self

April 1, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

So I bought a heart rate sensor, the Polar OH1 Plus. (Based entirely on this epic review from DC Rainmaker.) I am curious about fitness and have been liking the 0.5Hz readings from the Motiv. So this new one should provide better data. And it has a VO2 max fitness test, which of course I […]

OBD-II monitoring the Bolt

March 17, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Since I got the Bolt I’ve been looking for a way to view OBD-II data. For those who’ve not encountered it, OBD-II is a specification and connector; all vehicles since 1996 have it. (More at Wikipedia) The Bolt didn’t work with my copy of EngineLink, but… today it does! The secret is this google docs […]