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Basement project table

Basement project table with sewing machine and marked off project sectionBasement 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.

Process

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Bin wall

Left wall I've my office, now filled with shoebox-sized bins.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?).

Gardening

Garden posting interfaceGarden posting interface

New posting interface up for this site (garden.grantcuster.com). Complete with media (S3) upload, markdown preview and posting to Bluesky.

Work

Hand range testHand range test

Experimenting with mediapipe hand-tracking for value adjustments.

Fight Club Masks

Experimenting with running a modified version of Masks on movies (Fight Club).

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Masks

Me recording my face using masksMe recording my face using masks

Masks - Collage faces using your webcam.

Dev notes

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Working om masksWorking om masks

String computer storage

New desk experiments - stashing a beheaded desktop below the desk with string loops.

Bottom view - laptop body tied to the underside of the deskBottom view - laptop body tied to the underside of the desk

Top view - strings coming out of drilled holesTop view - strings coming out of drilled holes

Wide desk

New desk setup as of this weekendNew desk setup as of this weekend

Process

Materials, with extra for laterMaterials, with extra for later

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Raspberry Pi setup

I'm doing some more experimentation with raspberry pi's around the house. Working on a base ubuntu setup, that is pretty close to what I would do with ubuntu on any other computer.

Flashing

Install ubuntu-server through rpi-imager. Annoying rpi-imager doesn't work with sway, something about QT apps and security. I've been flashing from my work macbook so far. I'd like to get a better setup. I could do it from the command line with dd but I'm not sure how to replicate the settings presets that the imager has, which is especially nice for automatically connecting to wifi. Still, I should dig in and get this figured out.

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Organizing a new quotes repo: https://github.com/grantcuster/quotes

pokemonsay hooked up to my quotes text filepokemonsay hooked up to my quotes text file


Inspired by dynamicland to try some real world manipulation linked to digital objects. I'd guessed coarse color matching would be enough here - it may not be.

Red construction paper in real life moves sloth on computerRed construction paper in real life moves sloth on computer

glasses edition

The elements: mini PC, AR glasses, portable battery, bluetooth keyboardThe elements: mini PC, AR glasses, portable battery, bluetooth keyboard

Simulation of POV from the porch. A floating window over the world.Simulation of POV from the porch. A floating window over the world.

After trying out a DIY deck version, I've redone my cyberdeck experiment using AR glasses. It's not perfect but I've been using it pretty consistently on subway commutes and porch nights.

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CSS Zoom

Redid CSS zoom method again. Hopefully a base to build on for future projects at https://github.com/GrantCuster/zoom

Zooming in on the slothZooming in on the sloth


Source, output, data. More wyswig work.


Maybe: everything (source, layout, output) in one big image. WYSIWYG

Source on the left, output on the right, the beginning of data belowSource on the left, output on the right, the beginning of data below


I have some image blending ideas.

Sloth overlapSloth overlap

Grain

Progressively pixelate an image.Progressively pixelate an image.

https://grain.constraint.systems


I think this is actually the 'right' progressive pixelation. Had to step away for a while and come back.

Pixelated sloth reduxPixelated sloth redux


Ambient TV is on the wall now.

Flipping through channels on the ambient TV setupFlipping through channels on the ambient TV setup