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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Doom running on an #EMFcamp badge on a Monitor!

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This would not have been possible without the work of Jon Hazan.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Been playing with a mad idea, a HDMI hexpanson for the #EMFcamp badge, just need to design the PCB, firmware and the badge app are coming along nicely 😁

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Link to repo, be great or name of app, looked in the badge app store and could not find it. :-) thanks for the quick reply.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I was lucky to be gifted this hexpanson over the weekend by @notenoughtech.bsky.social I have not been able to find any information about it.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It was good fun, nice to be with fellow geeks and nerds

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It's only taken me two years to sew the LED noodle to the Brain Slug Hextension and it's amazing. #emfcamp26

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

#emfcamp26 was great, building my Hextension collection 40 plus, not including my own designs.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Looking forward to it, it is tradition

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Good news, Liverpool Makefest is back on the 13th September!!!

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Car Tetris lll: New Beginnings, helping Bill move from Sheffield to Leicester before he starts his placement with Royal Enfield Motor cycles!

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Looking forward to #emfcamp next week, got lots of prep to do, including about soldering up about 12 of my Space Unicorn Hextension. Also make up some Evil Henchman, guess I should also print some of the none evil Henchman as well

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

New toy! Finally setup my new snapmaker U1, first print, I could watch this for hours the head changing is so cool! And almost no poop. I also have a Bambu A1, is two machines enough for a farm or is it more an allotment?

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Extreme Kits @extkits.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Quick impromptu May day sale 15% off from today till Tuesday. With the code "MayDay" at the checkout. extkits.co.uk.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

The @pimoroni.com Tufty 2350 Makes a nice compact tool, i2c scanner, needs tidying up the layout but not a bad start :-)

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Been working on my Hacky Racers autonomous robot, been vibe coding with Claude. Experience has been very good so far, been able to improve my code and add lots of tests and enhancements including GUIs local/web for the robot, an app calibrating the camera to help with distortion at the edges.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Quick correction, it is Makespace that is relocating not CamJam.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

The kids are great, very positive that they were there sharing/showing off their projects. My Bill blames his exposure STEM/STEAM events and the maker movement to his choice of a mechanical engineering course. 😂

Billy added about 7 years holding his first laser cut project, a small castle made out of MDF

Billy sitting at a whiteboard designing his castle to be laser cut

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thank you to everyone who helped/attended yesterday at CamJam hosted at Makespace. It was a great day and sadly be the last time CamJam will be held in this location as CamJam will be relocating in the near future.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Kaiser Chiefs were amazing, full of energy! Great set, every track from the first alarm played, and all the followed! Visuals were great.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I should be at Cambridge's Makespace getting ready for Cam Jam however I at a gig waiting to see the Kaiser Chiefs 😁, their support band the Corella were good. #CamJam

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Been playing with my @pimoroni.com Blinky 2350, this time ported a version of Conway's Game of Life. :-) #BadgeLife

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

It's made by @pimoroni.com and is the Blinky, a badge with a matrix of a lot of leds shop.pimoroni.com/collections/...

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Badgeware - Pimoroni

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

But I was able to create exactly what was in my mind 😎

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I wrote an app for the @pimoroni.com Blinky 2350, it basically uses pirate example code, the menu image is my own work. :-) #BadgeLife

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Parent tech support again, the normal complaint about it being too slow and nagging about not enough memory. login in from home and found about 5 Edge windows open and at lest 60+ tags, most them Facebook games! Wonder what the problem could be 🤔

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This time next week, CamJam will done & dusted. Hopefully be in the pub, having a burger :-) Big thanks to @recantha.bsky.social for his support with words. random raspberry cake for your enjoyment

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a chocolate cake with raspberries and chocolate frosting is on a wooden cutting board

ALT: a chocolate cake with raspberries and chocolate frosting is on a wooden cutting board

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is a surprise! Look mum no computer is this year's UK Eurovision entry. An interesting and inspiring choice! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Eurovision 2026: Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK in Vienna

The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

One possible location is near the railway station on the opposite side of the tracks, plenty of parking close by and we will even have some of our own. :-)

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

You will be happy to know that it will be the last time it will be held at Makespace's current location, we have to vacate the premises by the 1st June. Hopefully we will have secured a new location soon.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Less than two weeks to CamJam hosted at Cambridge's Makespace, been catching up on some admin today. Tickets are going fast. We have interesting talks including one by Eben Upton. Over 15 'Show & Tell' including some by younger community members :-) camjam.me

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

HP colour laser, dropped inkjets years ago, every time wanted to print something the heads would be blocked

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Yes, and swearing at it! The first worked and the 2nd made me feel better :-) but did not work.

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Nice picture of a naughty cat :-)

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Left my Colour picker running in Makespace, Cambridge on display with the Giant Unicorn Hat and other projects. It feels great when people interact with your projects :-)

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Brian Corteil @cannonfodder.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

It was originally sent out in December. :-)

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