The same hallway with a large grey rectangle blocking off view of the top half of the ring doorbell's view. There is a "save" button in the top right corner with a red circle around it and an arrow pointing to it.
The same hallway with a large grey rectangle blocking off view of the top half of the ring doorbell's view. There is a "save" button in the top right corner with a red circle around it and an arrow pointing to it.
The same hallway with a grey box covering the middle of it. This box has 4 white circles, one in each corner, showing you can drag the box edges to where you would like them in the camera view, with a button saying "done" at the bottom.
The same hallway with a grey box covering the middle of it. This box has 4 white circles, one in each corner, showing you can drag the box edges to where you would like them in the camera view, with a button saying "done" at the bottom.
There is a view of the same hallway with a button that says "add privacy zones" button and that is circled in red with an arrow pointing to it.
There is a view of the same hallway with a button that says "add privacy zones" button and that is circled in red with an arrow pointing to it.
There is a list of ring doorbell device settings, including "video settings," snapshot capture," alert settings," and "privacy settings". There is a red circle around "privacy settings" with and arrow pointing to it.
There is a list of ring doorbell device settings, including "video settings," snapshot capture," alert settings," and "privacy settings". There is a red circle around "privacy settings" with and arrow pointing to it.
Shows the settings page for the ring doorbell. There is a red box around the "Device Settings" button with an arrow pointing to it.
Shows the settings page for the ring doorbell. There is a red box around the "Device Settings" button with an arrow pointing to it.
Shows the live view of a ring camera view looking into the same hallway, without privacy view enabled. There is a red circle around the gear button in the top right corner with an arrow pointing to it.
Shows the live view of a ring camera view looking into the same hallway, without privacy view enabled. There is a red circle around the gear button in the top right corner with an arrow pointing to it.
This allows me to still see when someone is here, and use my doorbell effectively, while still protecting the privacy of those who come to my place.
Just wanted to put that out there for anyone else who may need this information. Tutorial on how to set up the privacy zone in the images below.
In this area, the camera won't record or show you what's in that area. As you can see, I've blocked out where someone's face would be if they come to my door.
I wanted to let everyone know, if you use a ring doorbell, if you go into the doorbell's setting, there is something called "privacy zones" and they allow you to block out parts of your camera's view.
Shows the live view of a ring doorbell looking into an apartment hallway with a greyed out box covering up the top half of the camera view showing the privacy zone created.
There's been a lot of talk about how ICE and other government officials are using Ring camera data to get information about your neighbors and delivery people, and so rightfully so. However, I also know that a lot of disabled people use them for accessibility reasons, like myself.
I can't be out on the streets protesting, so I'm super happy to have found a way I can contribute to the cause, and protest in a way that's accessible to me.
A photo looking from the top into a brown paper bag with 3D printed whistles inside. There are a mixture of orange, black, and rainbow colored whistles.
A friend connected me with a group that is making anti-ICE kits and needed someone to 3D print ICE whistles. This is my second batch
The first batch had about 600. I have 300 in this one, printing more as we speak.
Image of a man with a long beard peaking out from the bottom of a blue tie-dye kn95 mask. He is wearing a Mario video game hat that is black with a mushroom, star, and flower across the front.
Normalize masking
A blanket square made up of 4 triangular panels seamed together. The blanket square is lying slightly rumpled on top of a fleece unicorn blanket.
The same blanket square laid out on a black background
Seamed the first square of the blanket I'm working on. (It has been blocked, I just didn't lay it out straight.) I love how this is turning out.
Haha, I'd love to do karate in the garage. Can you source me a new body?
It has an option to write a caption for each image.
Thank you so much! I love a person who swears a lot 🤣
Nice to meet you
A picture of a blue sky peaking over the top of a wooden divider panel and the top of a small tree. There is a string of blue and purple lights across the top of the picture and the top of a windsock on the very left-hand side hanging from the patio wall
A picture of my view from the patio. The blue sky shows through between the wooden divider panel on the right and the patio wall on the left. In the center bottom is a plant pot with a rainbow pinwheel, and behind that are a few small trees in front of a parking lot.
A picture of me, a bearded fat guy in a brightly colored knit beanie in various neon colors, holding up the corner of my current knit project. Across the top of the project you can see a row of knit leaves in an off-white cotton thread.
Out on the patio knitting before it gets hot for the day and my pain levels get too high.
I'm seeing a few slip-ups by cis people who want to support trans people but aren't quite sure about some of the language. So here are some things I've picked up.
Trans folk may get to break some of these rules in ways that we don't. They get to use sarcasm about it all differently.
I've been EXTREMELY uncomfortable with how trans women being forced to use the men's room is (rightfully) portrayed as a tragedy... while trans men being forced into the women's is played as a comedy. "Haha, you want THIS guy to use the ladies room?" As if that guy isn't in major danger.
I know you don’t like hearing it, because it reminds you of our collective and your personal fragility, but them’s the stakes. There is no perfect victim of disease or disability.
You cannot win with eugenicists unless you’re one of theirs. Don’t try playing their game. It doesn’t end well.
It's definitely one of my favorites
Eryone Matte Macaron Rainbow
A yarn bowl in pastel rainbow stripes. The inside is divided into 3 sections. You can see some yarn peaking over the top.
Top view of the same yarn bowl. Inside one section is some cream colored #10 thread, the red cable of a circular knitting needles, a blue pair of reading glasses, and a microfiber cloth. Inside another section is multicolored neon yarn and the beginning of a hat brim. In the third section is some multicolored yarn in jewel tones, it is also sparkly.
Printed this shorter version of my divided yarn bowl. I love it so much.
Side view of another rainbow pastel yarn bowl, but this one had a partition wall inside that separates the bowl into 3 equally sized sections.
Top down image of the divided yarn bowl with 3 projects inside, one on each partitioned section. There is a project with a multicolored neon yarn, a project with cream colored crochet thread on a long cabled circular needle, and a skein of yarn in jewel tones that is also sparkly.
Angled view of the partitioned yarn bowl with a Royal Dansk cookie tin sitting on top. The tin is blue with pictures of cookies on it. The tin is closed.
A closer up image of the tin on top of the yarn bowl, thos time the tin is opened. Inside the tin is a 3D printed insert with different sections for things like stitch markers, cable needles, scissors, tape measure, and needle minders. There are a variety of stitch markers, including some robots, some 3D printed stars, plain circles, and more. The insert is 2 shades of blue.
But I noticed that between large projects, I was keeping multiple small projects in the large bowls. While I like having all my projects contained and easily within reach, if I'm not careful, they intertwine or tangle. That's where I got the idea for a partitioned yarn bowl. Here it is.
Front on view of a brightly colored rainbow yarn bowl that is ever so slightly translucent. it is the same style and size as the pastel rainbow bowl, just in brighter, richer colors.
Side view of the brightly colored rainbow bowl with a large project inside. The project has several colors visible above the yarn bowl and each color is a different stitch pattern.
Here is the third of the 3 yarn bowls.
Front on view of a mostly green, very large yarn bowl with some purple horizontal banding. There is a curvy slit that starts at the lip of the bowl and curves down to about the middle for the yarn to silde through
Top down view of the green yarn bowl with a single long skein of whote yarn. The whole skein fits standing in the bowl and there is plenty of extra space around it.
Front on view of a pastel rainbow colored, very large yarn bowl. it has a slit that comes down from the lip and ends in a small circle for the yarn to slide through.
Top down view of the pastel rainbow yarn bowl with 7 full sized skeins of yarn in it to show the large size of the bowl. the yarns are all shades of pink and peach.
I've 3D printed 3 regular, but very large yarn bowls (2 for me, one for a friend) over the last several months. I originally wanted a giant yarn bowl because I was working on a tree skirt and wanted a bowl I could fit the project into. Each bowl is 250mm across (almost 10")
Any amount will be helpful, even if you can only afford $5. I will post updates as I get closer to the goal of getting one.
If you can't afford to donate, if you could share this status update so more people can see, or even comment to promote engagement, that would also be appreciated.
If anyone would like to donate toward getting them a portable machine, you can donate to me directly over Facebook pay, venmo, paypal, or cash app. All the money will go directly toward their new oxygen concentrator.
They are trying to get one covered by insurance, but of course insurance has a million hoops to jump through and a whole list of loopholes, so they have been unsuccessful so far getting one covered.