Is a nifty tool. We’ve used a few tools, blender, sketchup, and much more and the normal sets to design for 3D. But if you’re in a pinch, you can use the 3D builder to get a quick and dirty model up and works pretty easily. I was able to...
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Microsoft’s 3D builder
When it comes to design, there’s plenty of options available. Blender is great but I’ve often found the interface to be quite tiresome to get into. Sketchup is easy to work with, probably the easiest, but it’s not free and it’s expensive to maintain. 3D builder is actually pretty simple...
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Hi Gole Mini Computer
When I saw this computer, randomly searching amongst the electronics section, I was instantly smitten. The specs looked great-for my purposes, it was an awesome tiny package, what could be better than this? And so far, it seems to be great. I’ve had it a week, put it through some...
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Upgrayydedd…Upgraded?
That’s a reference to idiotcracy… So I got a new laptop, yea yea I know. Anyways, it’s a new laptop, so it’s a new opportunity to try and re-download all the programs I need. One of the benefits of this is that when you download the programs, sometimes you get...
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Hard Drive Adventures
It’s hard letting go; especially during the digital age. It’s funny, because it affects you in different ways. I’ve always been a geek, my father instilled a fear inducing need to back up files and keep multiple copies. Even now, I keep copies of things that really aren’t necessary-or programs...
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Boothmaker
So we decided to make a new website dedicated to making photobooths. It’s a niche, and there are plenty of guides out there, but because there’s so many different ways to make one, we decided it would be awesome to show people how many options and choices they really have...
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Orange PI Zero H5
I just got in the orange pi zero 2H5. I used the images provided by the orangepi website, and was able to get the little guy humming. It has a csi port, which is useful for a camera, and I just so happened to have one available from the original...
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Aliexpress Screens 2
I had a mean-girls esque type of post about aliexpress screens a while back. It wasn’t about aliexpress itself, which we use a lot of, but the screens. I’ve also found a difference in screens and quality (obviously), but within the use of the screens. Specifically, I bought a 5...
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Octoprint and Octopi!
Was really easy. Like, download the image, plug in a rpi, and you’re good to go. Octopi works well too, the monitoring is a few seconds behind, but I’m attributing that to the fact that I’m using a rpi model b-which I got on sale, and not the new rpi...
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Bummer
Using tracking devices have to be upgraded to 3g services. Or you can use a twilight network, which may or may not work, and will eventually be taken down. This royally sucks, because I had just finished an Arduino tracker, using a grps and a gps shield, which would have...
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