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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 04/08/2026

I missed my monthly "don't buy a resin printer" meeting with @jumperless.org because I was hand-soldering a 3×2mm WS2811 IC to a flex PCB. If you want a Neopixel with colors other than RGB, turns out you can just make your own by having a long enough manic episode.

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Kevin Santo Cappuccio @jumperless.org · 03/08/2026

@settinger.net missed his monthly appointment to tell me not to buy a resin printer so I did. These things friggin' rule (for the kinds of things I tend to make) But I also see why the washing and curing stuff is such a big deal, my tupperware full of vodka and 3 UV flashlights aren't gonna cut it.

Messy desk with 3 uv flashlights and a tupperware of vodka

The spring clips fit (they will have 6 holes though)

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 25/06/2026

Petition to give the LA Metro A Line a secondary name, the "Jonathan Gold Memorial Line," so we can all go back to calling it the Gold Line and end this song-and-dance where I have to suss out how long you've lived in LA before I know which name to use around you

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Emily @mle.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

This has been a quixotic quest for no reason other than to see if i could do it, but I did do it: I've created a ceramic circuit board with copper traces that I can solder components to. Here's a little astable multivibrator circuit running on stoneware.

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Jason Coon @evilgeniuslabs.org · 30/04/2026

RP3A0-AU: Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W SiP - now with bottom pads! Thanks to @settinger.net for sharing and making this the 154th macrochip design! See them all here: www.evilgeniuslabs.org/macrochips

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 28/04/2026

I made a box to keep my lead-tin solder isolated from the other gear in my traveling electronics kit, and uh,

A small white box with heavy-duty-looking latches and text that reads "PROP 65 WARNING WARNING: this product contains lead, which is known to the state of California to cause Prop 65 Warnings"

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Kester (Space Buck) @spacebuck.net · 19/01/2026

MUST SEE: DOG stuns entire tavern by OPENING ONE UP in FLAWLESS SUMERIAN

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Timon @timonsku.zip · 24/12/2025

Updates from the Cool factory

a soldering iron on a vertical linear rail, a Cool-S placed underneath to press in a threaded insert

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Timon @timonsku.zip · 22/12/2025

#39C3 is about to be very.. Cool

A Cool-S illuminated by LEDs in the white portions in one half pink and one half blue. It is worn around the neck with a golden necklace.

A white PCB in the shape of the Cool-S. It has a string of SMD LEDs following the shape of the S on the middle portion.
On each flat side sits a right angle button.

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 17/11/2025

Ok but seriously, what am I going to do with a nearly 4-foot-tall (114 cm) Cool S, I've run out of wall space for such a thing. Do I let it into the blank wall space I keep for professional video calls? Do I mount it on the ceiling over my bed??

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OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm... Applications due December 21st!

Promo pic of ohs2025 with text calling for submissions for ohs2026 on top
Open hardware summit
May 23-24 2026 Berlin Germany
Submit your talk, workshop, exhibition, artwork or performance!
Deadline: December 21, 2025

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 11/11/2025

Putting on a hard hat and steel toed boots, consulting the cyanotype blueprints for this elaborate construction project

A hand holding a printed out diagram of the Cool S shape, with distances and angles dimensioned. It is not a cyanotype blueprint despite what the post says.

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 11/11/2025

....oh right, I completely forgot about these until someone asked me about them at Supercon and then a lot of people asked for a set.

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging! I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org : dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...

title card saying sharing berries and tools. creating gift economies with inspiration from open source movements and Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Honeycomb pattern, one of the preloaded ones on a Pixelblaze LED controller by electromage @bhencke.bsky.social

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I made a really cool LED wall project for my house last week - spruced up an ugly black fireplace with 1035 LEDs and a Pixelblaze LED controller. Check out the full story and project progress on mastodon: mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...

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Alpenglow Industries (Carrie) (@alpenglow@mstdn.social)

Attached: 1 image Got an ugly-ass nonfunctional fireplace that someone painted black? I’ve got the solution! I’ve had the parts and custom flex boards for a while for this and just no time. Tonigh...

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 08/09/2025

A silly idea that turned out well! Most flex PCBs are cut by laser, not milled, so you can make perforations by adding incomplete edge cuts. These disks are for cleanly joining LED strips at different angles and different radii, and they break apart with just my fingers, no other tools.

A flex PCB with concentric copper rings and perforations so it can be torn into smaller arcs and wedges.

The same flex PCB with one quarter of it torn out and turned into three curved connector pieces of different radii. The remaining board has a silkscreen that says "Do it [...] coward" in Jokerman font.

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Kevin Santo Cappuccio @jumperless.org · 07/07/2025

I made this specifically for @settinger.net but felt I couldn't deprive the rest of the internet of this nonsense.

The one scene from Say Anything anyone would recognize, but with long arms. Imagine he's playing Longarm by Wall of Voodoo

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 26/02/2025

I have enough pieces to fill an 11×14" shadowbox now. It's all coming together 😁 I'm still a bit worried about fit and precision (or lack thereof) on these tiles, but gosh they fit nicely so far. Need to get more hot glue though.... So that's *two* things I had to buy in order to complete this.

A stretched canvas with some of the homemade melted plastic zellij tiles nestled in place, starting at the center and progressing to the top left.

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ℂlaire 𝔻anielle ℂassidy⚡🔌⚒️👩🏻‍💻♾️🏳️‍🌈 @lasermistress.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

"A small Guide to starting Community (and Mutual Aid.)" I'm no specific expert for you and the people around you but I've been dedicated to this for quite a while and I write about it. Everything I put in Patreon is open, free, always, and a stable link to share. www.patreon.com/posts/small-...

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A small Guide to starting Community (and Mutual Aid.) | Claire Danielle Cassidy

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 20/02/2025

I made some high-temp silicone molds out of Mold Max 60 and have begun casting Moroccan-style zellij tiles out of my years of accumulated PLA scrap. They are very fun to play with.

A photo of a hand holding two brick-red rubber molds, about 5mm deep and 40mm across, in two geometric shapes common to Moroccan zellij tiles. In the background are more rubber molds, still encased in the black plastic forms that they were poured in.

A photo of a canvas board partly covered in zellij tiles. The 8-pointed star pieces are solid blue or solid orange color, and the rest of the tiles are messy tie-dye colors. More tiles sit on a piece of paper next to the canvas, waiting to be placed.

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Janet Hansen @flashingjanet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Another pillow demo, running different patterns (there are 20 options), with different music. This was part of the #makergiftexchange that I did with some friends, and the first sample is shipping out today to @geekmomprojects.com

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Janet Hansen @flashingjanet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The stickers have arrived, thank you! #makergiftexchange They're even more shimmery in person - I look forward to using them to encourage people to "do it, coward!" (including myself)

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Janet Hansen @flashingjanet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Video demo of my lighted pillow

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Janet Hansen @flashingjanet.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Introducing my new light up pillow ...

throw pillow with rainbow colored lights

light up pillow on a couch in a room with lava lamps and other artistic lighting

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 20/01/2025

Our #makergiftexchange happened on Wednesday, another moment where I'm bowled over by just how creative my friends and colleagues can be. My contribution was an inside joke. Did you know that, in Shenzhen, they'll let you print whatever you want on those shiny holographic security stickers?

A roll of stickers in a black plastic dispenser. Each sticker is a silver holographic circle, about 1 inch diameter, with "Do it you Coward" written in the Jokerman typeface.

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

SO. I’m developing a kit because I have a feeling that maybe other people might like to add LEDs to their crochetwear? What do you think, would you crochet with LEDs? I’ll do another post soon showing you the inside, maybe another little vid. More shout-outs to my electronics homies -

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Carrie (prev of Alpenglow) @alpenglow.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I’m so excited that I can finally show this to you all! I’ve been working on it for a while, as part of an annual white elephant #makergiftexchange that I do with some friends every year. This time I went for the full cross-over and made a #crochet LED hat.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody: THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS

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The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14

YouTube video by Secret Base

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 21/09/2023

@slugworlds.bsky.social holy shit, how do you already have over a thousand posts here, how did I miss this

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 18/09/2023

I almost called this model "oh look at the time, it's gender o'clock" but I went with a more clinical title in the end. But check it out, it's a fun print! www.printables.com/model/585949...

Two side by side images of a person wearing a white-and-violet pendant made of gears. In the left photo, the dials on the gears form the male/Mars astrological symbol; in the right photo, the dials have been turned and the gears shifted to form the female/Venus astrological symbol.

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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 25/08/2023

you, too, can have a babylonian cuneiform keyboard www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 28/07/2023

NOOOOOO my favorite 8-bit microcontroller, the ATtiny20-UUR, is officially Not Recommended For New Designs 😭 1.4×1.6 mm of perfect adorable computation

A 5mm LED held in a pair of tweezers. Under the lens is a tiny, tiny PCB with a tiny microcontroller and a programmable shunt IC.

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Sam Ettinger @settinger.net · 23/06/2023

Hi! I am still burnt-out on social sites at the moment, but it's nice to be here.

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