Screenshot of prototype for converting movie files and GIFs
Making progress on the web-frontend + node-server-to-call-ffmpeg movie/gif converter. Mainly so far learning Node sort of has access to all your files if you want it too... optimistic if still not entirely sure where this one is going.
Screenshot of my desk with several computers out
Made some more wooden boxes. All the computers are out for some file transfer reorg.
I'm thinking about making a GIF/video converter with an HTML frontend that uses shell (ffmpeg and gifsicle) commands to do the conversions.
Screenshot of a figma prototype sketch
Desk with hanging box for mixer and hinged box for cords.
Three small additions to the desk today. Trying to tidy up based on where things have accumulated.
Open desk box with USB hubs.
Basement project table with sewing machine and marked off project section
I feel like these quick builds are an exercise in building intuition about "how wood goes together". And then using it is building intuition about "what makes a table feel good to use", that then feeds into the next build.
Left wall I've my office, now filled with shoebox-sized bins.
I've gone all in on clear shoebox + masking tape storage. Great for locating cords and small electronics so far. Still more to be figured out in terms of overall sorting (I'm hoping a natural cache will emerge?).
Thread of latent space explorations curated by Prathyush
Screenshot of building a desktop from a broken fence
Enjoying Evan Monsma's Youtube channel. Featuring relaxed figuring-it-out-as-you go builds from salvaged scraps. Sometime I want to write about the connections between prototyping on the web and DIYing IRL.
Screenshot of Murphy bed tutorial.
Thinking about DIY-ing a Murphy bed and I appreciate this straightforward guide. Nice to connect with alternate aesthetics in the cause of making stuff. From https://www.littlevintagecottage.com/2021/02/diy-poor-mans-murphy-bed.html
Tweet by Omar: two reasons to program: 1. make cool unexpected things 2. feeling of mastery over the computer system
Obviously not every reason for programming, but I think about this tweet often bc it captures two of my favorites. From https://x.com/rsnous/status/1820489330839998621
Garden posting interface
New posting interface up for this site (garden.grantcuster.com). Complete with media (S3) upload, markdown preview and posting to Bluesky.
Hand range test
Experimenting with mediapipe hand-tracking for value adjustments.
I want to think more about some connected ideas. Silicon Jungle's prototypes where he is exploring breaking ideas into cards, I think called lenses, that can then be further explored.
Linus Lee's talk about using LLMs as a microscope for thoughts.
Some work experiments where we've been using LLMs to break scenes down into parts, then applying a transformation to one of those parts.
New desk experiments - stashing a beheaded desktop below the desk with string loops.
Bottom view - laptop body tied to the underside of the desk
Top view - strings coming out of drilled holes
New desk setup as of this weekend
Materials, with extra for later
Thinking a lot lately about making a comfortable environment for myself. Both in real space and digital space.
In real space I think about my desk setup. I think about nostalgic 90s photos of cozy computer setups.
In digital space I think about my neovim and terminal setup. After getting things pretty well setup I've kind of let them sit - and added a few things that never quite worked right. That cruft started to build up and now I'm starting to clean it out.
Link project generative video-loop series
Me recording my face using masks
Working om masks