Thanks 😊 it'd be cooler if it worked but, the design is mostly done at least.

You know it's been a couple months where the hardware has been on pause while I was moving to Los Feliz. I need to get back on the ADCS prototype, but in the meantime. Check out this lil satellite simulator I coded up flotilla.space/orbit

Servo is a tumbling tumbleweed.

Machine shop transform and roll out.

a man in a suit is holding a pink object ALT: a man in a suit is holding a pink object

i miss when this guy was the only LLM

Just a few more parts to go but I'll have a brief intermission while I raise money and move my house and garage shop. The new year is going to be really busy.

Part reuse is pretty great

The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job

A reminder: you can quit working for idiots that are going to kill people. It's a totally reasonable thing to do. I really hope that guy in the audio trying to talk sense got a sweet job after that.

Also as an engineer the dumb shit they were doing with composites (grinding down high spots in the layup) is obviously not going to work from someone with even the most basic understanding of hoop stress.

This guy fucked up kid shit basics and was proud of his 💩

The comparison to Virgin Galactic is what gets me.

All the engineers I know in the industry think that was some dumb shit and not like ... Brave frontier pushing. Suborbital spaceflight is old hat.

This is just a junior engineer being ride or die for his bad design. Not a pioneer.

Dear Jeebus it's raining in LA?!?!?!

Ran a 5k yesterday but this picture of a KFC bucket ascending to heaven via portal was the most compelling picture I took by far.

Yeah... My muscles are full of regret today.

Pinguino with Kyle and a corgi at Hollywood sign

Cat at the catnip coalition shop. You can see its fluffy paws through the glass it’s sitting on

Afternoon walks and exploring Burbank with @risknc.bsky.social

Hot pot and 3D printing. The results of hot pot and CAD

Smd soldering is always smaller than I remember

Repairing my own devices always feels kinda neat. Saving $200 on a new mixer by a little bit of soldering.

So clean

Servo always finds the softest spot.

What you don't celebrate clipmas?

Fixing broken connectors. Never easy.

Hehe I found out the other day that 2 of the 4 screws holding one of the solar panels to the awning fell out on the drive back
Got lucky.

Cleaned the garage a bit and started on the head rebuild of the bridgebort.

Post breakup mindless work to fill the cycles.

Replaced the clock spring. Next on to the bushings in the head. Hopefully the belt isn't fried.

Then adding a power drawbar.

I put in a lot of work on the bike and the trailer and id say the burn went a lot better for it. Despite the weather I still managed to get out and see a lot of fun stuff and was relatively comfortable when I got back to camp.

I also got to share tea and kbbq with the camp mates which felt great.

Electrifying the bike worked great and was probably the biggest win. The porch lights and the countertop extension were also pretty clutch.

Proud of all the fun stuff I designed and fabricated for the burn this year. The awning mods survived a 1200 mile journey and 60mph winds. The grey water tank mount did great too.

Temple burn was pretty cool too. Quite large.

Now to get on with the rest of my life lol

Made it back intact from burning man.

Space goats built some rad art this year

And I came away from the burn with one transformative experience ( a sweet Elijah wood collage)

Deal announcement from Publisher's Marketplace for the Heresy of Thieves. It has two map graphics and reads: THE HERESY OF THIEVES. Book one in the Spellfall Series. Publisher's Marketplace Deal Report. Category: Sci-fi/Fantasy uthor of MAI TAIS FOR THE LOST Mia V. Moss's THE HERESY OF THIEVES, book one in the epic queer fantasy SPELLFALL series, which follows a lovelorn knight, a con artist, and a young king as they confront their shifting fates when magic is lost, a mysterious force awakens in the outlands, and a charismatic priest with a dark secret rises to power, to Rob Carroll at Dark Matter Ink, in a three-book deal, for publication in fall 2026.

For the morning #booksky crowd: I've got a big ol' epic fantasy book coming out in 2026 from Dark Matter Ink! ⚔️
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