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Mark Finkle

@mfinkle.bsky.social

Technology curmudgeon starkravingfinkle.org mastodon.cloud/@mfinkle

Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sometimes I just want to give up, but I guess I need to figure out why nothing wants to stick to the build plate anymore

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Have we always been at war with Flying Carp?

Humans are stepping up their fight against flying carp

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Wow. If only there was a way to change members of Congress.

Question of the day: Do you trust your member of Congress to vote in your best interest? 7% yes and 93% no

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I didn't check to see if @siracusa.social was named in the article

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I finally updated my Apple Watch from a Series 1 to a Series 10. Other than short battery life, the Series 1 was working fine. I am looking forward to the extra features of the Series 10.

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

After playing around with ATTiny85 and getting I2C working, I made some simple PCBs to make prototypes easier.

simple PCB for ATTiny85 experiments. the board has connectors for power, Neopixel, and I2C.

using PCB for a simple ATTiny85 powered I2C LED matrix

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

I got I2C working with ATTinyCore and a SSD1306 display. I was trying to prototype from the programmer and that was causing errors. Once I separated things it started working.

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

At least I got some NeoPixels (WS2812) LEDs to work with an ATTiny85

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Mark Finkle @mfinkle.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I was playing around with 3d printing "suspended" objects using "strings", and it was trickier than I expected. Thankfully I found a short Tinkercad tutorial.

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