iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 15/04/2026

So if you happen to be from the #Pikeville KY area, I'll be hosting a #BoardGame night at the UK Cooperative Extension Office on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month starting next month. Come by, hang out, play some games! #BoardGames #PikevilleKY #EasternKY

A flyer advertising board game night in Pikeville, KY.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 06/11/2025

Lost three games of Sushi Go Party last night but had a great time! #BoardGames

A game of sushi go with cards and a board on a fold out table.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 01/11/2025

It’s a smooth jazz and warm kitty kind of morning. #caturday

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 09/09/2025

I ordered a set of metal #dice and also received this card, which is immediately going in my wallet.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 28/07/2025

A bit of a throwback, but saw this in the store and had to pick it up. #Nostalgia #80s

A green can of Slice soda sitting on a cable box.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 31/05/2025

Bonus Saturday morning cartoon video.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 31/05/2025

Spent the last week or so setting up the amazing Field Station 42 (github.com/shane-mason/...) to create my own retro television network! Everything runs on a Pi 5. It even has 80s and 90s commercials. #RaspberryPi #DIY #80s #90s #Linux

An old CRT television connected to a Raspberry Pi playing Knight Rider as it sits on a desk.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 15/05/2025

Played a game of old school HeroQuest last night with some good friends. #BoardGames #Tabletop

A close up of the game HeroQuest with several miniatures and doors placed on the board.

An overhead shot of the board game HeroQuest.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 12/05/2025

1/10, would not recommend. But I made it work. #Linux #ArchBTW

A virtual Linux machine with the KDE graphical environment showing a terminal that displays various sytem specs. It's running Arch, btw.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 12/05/2025

Picked up a textured bed for my 3D printer. Oh, my days! I'm in love! 😍 #3dPrinting #Maker

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 11/05/2025

I put in an order for filament and got a bit carried away. I think I’m good for a while. #3DPrinting #maker

A bunch of multicolored 3D printing filament on a rack.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 09/05/2025

“3D printing will change the world!” Me: “What if I print and Easter Island head and put googly eyes on it?” #3dPrinting #geek

A 3D printed Easter Island head with googly eyes.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 07/05/2025

Kinda irks me that up to down isn't lawful to chaotic and left to right isn't good to evil. That being said, apparently I'm lawful neutral?

An alignment chart showing ranges from lawful to chaotic, good to evil. This shows the results of a morality test, placing the test taker in the category of Lawful Neutral.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 07/05/2025

Lawful Neutral? Hmm.. sure. I can see it. www.idrlabs.com/moral-alignm...

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 27/04/2025

Worked well with my SEEED Studio. Modified the STL to fit a 12 LED Neopixel ring I had. Only odd thing is fast forward and rewind don’t seem to work. I’ll check my solder joints in the morning. Thanks for posting this cool project!

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 19/04/2025

Linus and Gizmo enjoying their outdoor time this #Caturday.

Two cats sitting on chairs around an outdoor table on a deck.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 19/04/2025

I put a motion sensor in my room so my wall buddy would greet me after work. (Sound required) #DIY #maker #RaspberryPi

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 17/04/2025

Desperate times in the office bathroom call for desperate measures. It’s happened twice.

A world war 2 propaganda style picture taped above a bathroom light switch. It reads: STOP! Is someone in the bathroom stall?

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 11/04/2025

ChatGPT just dropped this gem in the midst of a response to a rant about python, pip and externally managed environments. I nearly spit my drink. 😆

Text from a ChatGPT session that reads: "So yeah... your frustration is 100% valid. Sometimes, you just want to remove a white background from anime art — not become a Python dependency shaman."

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 04/04/2025

Got donated this smol boi and loaded it up with MX Linux Fluxbox. Random puzzle box for scale. Might open it later, IDK. #Linux

A Lenovo Ideapad S10-e loaded with MX Linux beside a puzzle box for scale.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 03/04/2025

Had a great time GMing Tales from the Loop last night. We finished “The Recycled Boy”. Radical #80s fun! #TTRPG #TalesFromTheLoop

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 01/04/2025

After a few months (half of which was waiting on shipping), my #RaspberryPi Pico powered Magic 8 Ball is complete! A tilt sensor turns the screen on when you rotate it and it cycles through about 30 phrases. #DIY #Tech #Electronics

A series of electronics and a LiPo battery powering an orb displaying a blue triangle and words that read "Very Doubtful".

Two halves of a custom "Magic 8 Ball", showing a series of magnets to hold it together and a battery, with 4 cables running between the halves.

A digital "Magic 8 Ball", being held up. The screen shows a blue triangle and reads "A man chooses. A slave obeys."

A custom 3D printed "Magic 8 Ball" sitting on a cluttered desk with a soldering iron, wires and other parts in the background.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 30/03/2025

An office of a friend of mine recently closed and they asked if I could scrub the PCs, put a fresh OS on them and donate them. What better way to spread the good word about #Linux. 😁

Several PCs being loaded with Linux Mint before donation. They are lined up on a long desk.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 28/03/2025

PSA: When designing custom PCBs, make sure you have the pins in the right position. I swapped my + and - pins for my booster and now it’s… well, I had to get creative. #DIY #RaspberryPi

An electronics project with a pcb that was designed improperly, requiring jumper wires to make it work.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 24/03/2025

I don't really advertise it much, but proud to announce my indie game "Heroes of Spyria" crossed 2000 downloads! store.steampowered.com/app/2420930/... #gaming #indiegames #indie #steam

An anime style promo graphic proclaiming that the indie game "Heroes of Spyria" has surpassed 2000 downloads on Steam.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 19/03/2025

Better {TOPPINGS}, better {FOOD}... {storeName}

A screenshot of an order screen from Papa Johns, but instead of name and email address, the variable names are displayed.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 15/03/2025

A cool weekend project! I found this modular model kit made by Rolife. Later on I can build another one and snap it to this one, effectively making a larger and larger building with different, unique rooms.

SUPER CREATOR Double Joy Bubble Tea box.

The contents of a suer creator double joy bubble tea model kit

A close up of an assembled bubble tea shop model set

A close up of an assembled bubble tea shop model kit with lights

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 11/03/2025

I picked up this lil injection molded robot from a science center over the weekend. He needed a paint job. His pants are a tour of the galaxy. If ya know, ya know.

A small plastic robot toy painted to have galactic pants.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 05/03/2025

Clams, a chocolate martini and flank steak stuffed with prosciutto and cheese and stuff. 🤣 I forgot but it was good! At Positano in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Delicious! #food #FoodPorn

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 02/03/2025

Going on a trip tomorrow and my shower speaker that I’ve had forever fell and broke off its handle. #3DPrinting to the rescue!

An old shower speaker on a 3D printed stand.

An old shower speaker on a 3D printed stand. View from behind.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 27/02/2025

This joke is really on my wavelength.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 20/02/2025

He just plopped down there. Hope an I supposed to mouse with a #cat on my hand??

A cat sleeping beside a hand holding a computer mouse.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 17/02/2025

This was the original schematic. I've removed the 47uF capacitor. Also I've removed the MOSFET in favor of an NPN with base connected where gate is and emitter and collector now going straight to the MH-CD42 button pads.

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Hiro @hiro.slasho.me · 17/02/2025

Crowdsourcing help from Bluesky #engineers. I have this circuit I designed. I thought I had it laid out right but it hasn't worked thusfar. It's supposed to perform as thus: 1. Power from the TP4056 will charge a LiPo battery 2. A tilt sensor in the middle will provide power to a Pico when rotated.