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Everything takes too long!
When I order a shipment and I don’t get a reply for nearly a week. I don’t treat my customers that way.
Month: January 2015
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2015 hackspace classes
Marginally Clever is going to be running more classes at the Vancouver Hack Space in 2015 than ever before. I’ll make the process smooth enough that you can run them at your hackspace, too. Here are some of the planned courses I’ll be doing.
- Learn to solder (TV-B-Gone)
- Arduino Programming 101: LED ticker
- Arduino Programming 201: LED Tetris + make your own joystick
- Build a Line following robot
- Build a Maze solving robot
- Build a Core XY system (basis for any CNC machine)
- Making a game console from a Raspberry Pi
- RFID+U
- Discover the VHS membership system API
More to be revealed as my plans unfold. I would love to run a class every weekend somewhere in the world but for that I would need reliable people who want to make money. Yes, you heard me right: I’ll pay you to run a class at your local hackspace using the course notes and kit parts I put together. It’s a win/win/win situation. More details as the program gels together.
Would you like to take a class? Would you like to lead a class? What would you like to learn? Have you lead a class and do you have tips?
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Makelangelo software v6
I just updated the Makelangelo software to version 6.
- added italian
- added spanish (I did this with google translate, it’s probably not even finished)
- removed code no longer needed
- updated the version number so “please update” shuts up for all Windows users.
- Added a “hooray!” message when a print finishes.
I’ve also branched the github project. From now on I’ll work on the dev branch while the master branch has the code of the last stable release.
I’m looking for people to help translate the Makelangelo software to more languages. If you can’t fork git and make a pull request (that’s almost gibberish even in english) then copy the english.xml file from your languages folder and change it to your langauge of choice. Look to the forums for other translations and help from fellow users.
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SpaceX CRS-5 Launch
Let’s start Monday morning with a blast.
I’m working hard right now on my robot arms. As you know from my about page, when they’re up and running I want to ship them to the moon and build a moon base by remote control.
SpaceX is my favorite choice right now because they seem to be the only company that’s really trying anything new. In most rocket launches the rocket falls apart as it goes up, throwing off parts it doesn’t need when they have been used up. These parts are really really expensive and are never used again. SpaceX is trying to land the expensive throwaways on a drone boat so they can be reused, saving money and lowering the cost of shipping to space.
Also there are some Makelangelo upgrades in the works. Expect a software update later today.
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No shipping Friday Jan 10, 2015
I’m spending the day helping the Vancouver Hack Space move into new facilities so all orders will have to wait to be fulfilled, double checked, hugged goodbye, and dropped in the mail until Monday, Jan 13, 2015.
If only our lathe was this small.
