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Brian Starkey

@usedbytes.com
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System Architect at Arm. Views are my own. --- blog.usedbytes.com github.com/usedbytes

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 21/09/2025
Oh dear! I’m innocent!
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 14/08/2025
I didn’t manage to find dimensions for the Time 2 anywhere, are they finalised now?
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 03/08/2025
I made a game for the GMTK Game Jam. My first Jam and my first game, would be cool if someone played it usedbytes.itch.io/ouroboros
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OUROBOROS by usedbytes
Snake. Eat your tail. Make a loop.
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 08/06/2025
Broke: Naff die-cast metal Bespoke: Fermented corn starch Cheap drill press now works 😁
A broken die cast metal part from a drill pressDrill press with 3D printed PLA part replacing the broken casting
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 21/05/2025
It’s interesting to me that we’re fine with dumping 8 litres of perfectly good water every time we use a toilet, but for some reason a few millilitres of datacentre cooling evaporation is beyond the pail
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 03/05/2025
If you’re in the UK and you own a pair of binoculars, go look at the moon. The sun is hitting it just right
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 30/04/2025
Vote to end Bad Graphs!
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 21/01/2025
As opposed to the RAF bases which are not in counties?
George King
BBC News, Norfolk
20 January 2025
An RAF fighter jet has been left "damaged" after it came into contact with a bird and had to return to its base in a county.
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 10/01/2025
I don’t have any idea 😞
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 10/01/2025
Pinout heat proof or cutting mat, definitely
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 01/01/2025
New theory: There *was* hologauze, but it was positioned in front of that specific camera and not attached to the wheel itself. Still lame!
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 01/01/2025
youtube.com/shorts/fB7b_...
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London Fireworks | Happy New Year 2025 🔥🔥🎉🎉🎊🎊
YouTube video by Mr Apu
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 01/01/2025
Are you sure? It doesn’t show up in anyone’s video, and on the BBC it was only ever shown on one locked-off static camera youtube.com/shorts/o47g5...
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YouTube
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 01/01/2025
I was wondering what kind of projector technology they were using on the London Eye. The answer is post processing compositing. Lame!
The London Eye with graphics superimposed on it to make it look like a projection
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 20/12/2024
The pee/poop tracker has been great, so now I have made a new widget. Breastfeeding and baby on/off state tracker. Same principle, notifications via @pushover.net , Adafruit ESP32-C6 this time.
3D printed device with switches for baby breastfeeding tracking and nap tracking.Internals of an electronic device with an Adafruit Feather ESP32-C6 and small LiPo battery Screenshot of pushover app showing notifications from the breastfeeding tracker device
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 26/11/2024
Any tips for getting the char off the edges so you don’t get charcoal on everything/everyone it touches?
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 23/11/2024
Precisely!
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 22/11/2024
After a few…. containment breaches, it has become necessary to add a third button to call for help
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 17/11/2024
Yep, baby
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 17/11/2024
Quick little weekend baby tracking project. Sending notifications made super easy by pushover.net
A DIY device with two buttons: Pee and Poop, with instructions to “Press button(s) until blue light shows”An application screen showing pee/poop notificationsThe inside of a DIY device consisting of an ESP32 board, a recycled 18650 cell, 3D printed cell holder, and switches
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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 15/11/2024
Neat system in the cafe at our local National Trust place. NFC(?) tags under the table, cashier gives you a wireless reader, your food finds you
NFC tags stuck to the underside of a tableWireless NFC reader attached to your order
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