Here is the side view of the CT scan I posted last week. From this viewpoint you can easily see the vias connecting the layers of the rigid-flex PCB. I'm working on a write-up of the scan and will post it soon. The porosity in the solder joints is also interesting to see.

The stars aligned and two of my friends who live on opposite ends of the world were in Lisbon. Make the trip, pick up the phone, do what needs to be done for your friends!

This reminded me to cancel my invoicing software subscription. I don’t use any of the online/tracking features anyway, so might as well just generate the PDF directly. It’s not that I’m against giving money to someone, it made my life easier when I sent 5 invoices a month, but it’s down to a handful per year. You can craft an invoicing app in 10 mins now.

Here it is in use.

I'd rather buy a @formlabs Studio anyway 😅 (Please let there be clear cover stock in Dec!)

I jumped on the bandwagon, and added a little feature! A BLE "catprinter" for the kids' pocket money receipts, and the shopping list. It also runs a screensaver that pulls from my Artwork project that uses public museum images, controls Sonos over Home Assistant, and let's the family know when I'm on a call. Details here: github.com/No1089/hearth

Back in 2019 when the Cybertruck launched I had just joined Particle and one of my new colleagues was ex-Tesla, and the cracked windows caused a few crunge moments. Different story this time! (This is a cool stunt, but I have my doubts about any of this making it to production)

How did Tesla keep the flying Roadster a secret, but the Apple duo leaked months ago?

Inspired by the Aereagloris flash app that taught me to read Hangul 11 years ago, this was rebuilt. no1089.github.io/hangul-dril… I found it extremely easy to learn Hangul with this method, and can still read it 9 years after I needed it. It’s been down since flash was killed and recently the entire site went offline.

TIL Apple blocks iCloud logins from inside a Windows VM. Does not consider the device type as legitimate. Guess I have the Beeper folks to thank for that! (Was trying to get iCloud passwords working inside Linux by spinning up a VM, long shot, I know.)

Claude: "I'm 1000% sure it's broken for everyone" Me: "Are you suuuuuure?" Claude: "You got me!"

Eagle -> KiCAD migration (Ancient project that needs a quick re-build). Running it via Claude, doing checks along the way. Such a nice experience vs. trudging through this myself.

Ok Claude. Challenge accepted! Banked reset, and $250 in free credits. I'm pointing Fable Ultracode at all my pet projects.

I'll have to do this to my QingPing too. The world's going bonkers with no proprietary device safe any more! Custom firmware will become the standard soon!

“Funny guy” indeed. Humans bond through shared connections and shared experiences. We don’t want to live in isolation.

I’m on Linux. I’ve used Mac for 20 years straight. Send help.