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socketwench @deninet.com · 21/09/2026

Time to close out the weekend.

A paper copy of "She Who Knows" by Nndei Okorafor.

socketwench @deninet.com · 20/09/2026

Of course, right as I print the last one, I have a design breakthrough and need to start all over again. Anyways, 3D printable server rack rail. Joinable. This version uses M6s.

A screenshot of OpenSCAD showing a 3D printable "rack rail". Highlighted in the code editor are a pair of modules which describe a tapered dovetail key and a matching socket.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 19/09/2026

I mean, AI already has a body count. If it's not a bombed school, or healthcare denials, it's people erroneously jailed, or deported, or jailed and *then* deported... We feed Moloch to curry favor from Mammon.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 10/09/2026

I can't resist making my robots pretty.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 05/09/2026

My timeline Did The Thing.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 01/09/2026

As far as I'm concerned, this is Tim Apple's legacy. I hope it haunts him until the end of days.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 31/08/2026

Harvested most of the potatoes. There's still one raised bed to go.

A big steel bowl full of purple potatoes

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socketwench @deninet.com · 31/08/2026

Time for some seasonally appropriate reading.

"By the Ore Docks: A Working People's History of Duluth"

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socketwench @deninet.com · 25/08/2026

Lay prone and pay homage to the queen.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 19/08/2026

This is for students, but apply this for knowledge workers. Workers who have to constantly learn new things, fix new problems. Like programmers. Are LLMs making our everyone stupid? Yes. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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socketwench @deninet.com · 15/08/2026

Share your mood for the weekend

Sailor (Moon) Says: The old world is dying. The new world struggles to be born. Now is the time of monsters.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 14/08/2026

Tonight's dinner, charcuterie pizza. Savory, understated, and sweet. You wouldn't think figs would work on a pizza, but... #foodsky

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socketwench @deninet.com · 13/08/2026

Version 2 of my camera mount for the Voron Switchwire:

A screenshot of OpenSCAD showing a camera boom arm.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 12/08/2026

Well, that's silly, but it might be silly enough to work to mount the Nocturne camera to the gantry of the Enderwire.

A screenshot of a 3D slicer application showing a small camera boom mount.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 07/08/2026

This is my new brand. (Yes, I actually made this cursed USB C cable. Yes, it works.)

A small clear plastic box on a wood desk with a small black cable adapter inside. The box reads in red sharpie: "Ill-advised USB C Cables Done Quick".

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socketwench @deninet.com · 04/08/2026

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Bluesky (Don't mess with my neighbors, man.)

A version of the "I'm a healer, but" meme, only with Aeris/Aerith from Final Fantasy 7.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 01/08/2026

Well, That went in weird directions. Trying to mount a BTT ADXL345 on an Ender3 Pro bed carrier for the Switchwire. This version keeps the button within reach on the front of the bed, uses existing mounting holes, and routes the USB C cable with zip tie anchors. #3dprinting #voron

A screenshot from a 3D Slicer application showing mounting bracket.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 31/07/2026

Minnesota is being eaten by a continent sized xenomorph.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 23/07/2026

Now *that's* looking more PCB vise like. (Minus the base). #3dprinting

Screenshot of a 3D slicer application showing a round knurled knob on top of a chamfered jaw.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 19/07/2026

Dehumanizing and de-intentionalizing.

Screenshot of a social media post by Aaron Regunberg:

Single best description of Al I've ever
read, from the great Ted Chiang.

"The task that generative A.I has been
most successful at is lowering our
expectations, both of the things we read
and of ourselves when we write
anything for others to read. It is a
fundamentally dehumanizing
technology because it treats us as less
than what we are: creators and
apprehenders of meaning. It reduces the
amount of intention in the world."

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socketwench @deninet.com · 11/07/2026

Cleaned my bench this morning. Swapped out the full size keyboard and trackpad with a macropad and a gamepad thingy. Collected all the random hardware in a dish for later sorting, and moved Biggest Fan to my biggest fan (on the workbench).

A corner shot of a mostly clean electronics workbench. On the left there's a handheld keyboard, a macropad, and a USB power supply. In the center is a metal dish full of screws and nuts. Behind it is a blue soldering fume extractor with a 3D printed "Boykisser meme" stuck on top. The far end of the bench is still messy.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 05/07/2026

I counted. I have 11 soldering iron tips. 11. 🫠

A screenshot of a 3D slicer application showing a holdering iron tip holder for a hakko soldering iron station.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 02/07/2026

Hey all, I need some help. Last month we had to replace our home's AC unit here in Minneapolis. My housemate has medical issues forcing us to choose a hotel or the ER, and we struggle a lot on my single income. Anything helps! Thank you! $591/$11000 www.gofundme.com/manage/help-... #mutualaid

An HVAC system efficiency report, many items are marked "requires immediate attention".

A new AC unit outside a pink house in Minneapolis.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 27/06/2026

The more I keep reading this, the more "data driven" or statistical approaches to business and social policy look more and more suspect. Without considering unconscious bias and social nuance, big data is little more the phrenology. And phrenology kills.

A copy of "Weapons of Math Destruction" by Cathy O'Neil.

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socketwench @deninet.com · 25/06/2026

New blog post: "What is Abstraction in The Amazing Digital Circus anyways?" Two different interpretations of the setting mechanic provide two different ways to analyze the characters. Also, an anime from 2002!? (Spoilers within.) deninet.com/blog/2026/06...

A screenshot from "The Amazing Digital Circus" episode 9.

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