NeoPixel Cylon — LED Animation Library
Cylon eye scanner for NeoPixels — multiple modes, DIP switch selection, instant BSG vibes.
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CircuitPython Rotating File Handler
Never fill up your flash with logs — rotating file handler for CircuitPython that wraps adafruit_logging.
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HDSP2111 — Retro LED Display Driver
The only Arduino library for HDSP2111 retro LED displays over I2C — two wires, two displays, full alphanumeric.
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MCP23017 — I2C Port Expander with Interrupts
Need more GPIO? 16 extra pins over I2C with interrupt support — the MCP23017 library Adafruit was missing.
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RTClib — DS3231 / ChronoDot RTC Library
The DS3231 / ChronoDot RTC library for Arduino — 26 stars, 20 forks, and battle-tested in real projects.
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SNIPE — Extensible Arduinos
Extensible serial to I2C-and-more tool. Easily control your Arduino over a comm port.
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Full-Scale Minecraft Enderman
A full-scale Minecraft Enderman, with glowing NeoPixel eyes run by an Arduino Nano. He’s stood watch over the front yard every Halloween night for two-plus years now.
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Cribbage Board 18 – Go, Leafs!
A Maple Leafs cribbage board for my brother-in-law. Taped, painted, and re-engraved so bare oak shows through the blue. Yes, oak — not maple.
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Cribbage Board 17 – Big Scary Laser
Big Scary Laser! Do not stare into it with your one remaining eye.
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Cribbage Board 16 – Hex Comb
First pass attempt on scrap wood (hence the scar) Honeycomb design cribbage board.
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Cribbage Board 15 – Long Skinny
One of my early CNC routed boards, a simple out and back.
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Shake Table mk 3 Project
The student cranks the drive handle at a given pace.
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Clear Apple Watch Holder
An early 3D-print experiment to see just how transparent Formlabs clear resin could get — sanded, polished, and clear-coated into a crystal-clear Apple Watch dock. The first of several.
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Playing Around With Python & Objective C
So there I was — Python apps in hand and ready to throw some GUI front ends on things.
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Blinky Shoes for Adults (hack)
Blinky shoes are hella cool and I think it is downright discriminatory that they don’t make them for adults.
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Windchime 3
The feather and striker selection are both made from cut glass plate.
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Windchime 5
With a classic top plate and striker, this windchime is anything but ordinary.
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Windchime 2
I liked the way the black contrasted the bright “red” of the copper.
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Windchime 1
This was my first attempt at a tuned windchime.
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Sharks Helmet For Douglas
Douglas wearing his Sharks Helmet (R3) during opening night, 2008.
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ioah2ical.py
Save yourself the time of inputting your IOAH schedule(s)!
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Paint by Numbers set up of a Mac Mini Workgroup Server
A paint-by-numbers setup guide for a Mac Mini workgroup server.
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Cutting Boards 1 & 2
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST — call it the “Red’s Cutting Board Construction Method” or something cool like that.
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Cutting Board 3
I find rectangular cutting boards to be perfectly functional.
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“msiaw” totem
In other ways, the cutouts in msiaw almost appear as the keys on a piano.
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Mobius Photonics Logo
Yours truly is one of the founders.
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SCRA T-Shirt: “SCRA WARS” (2005)
No credit for me on this one, just here for history.
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Game Shirt: Team Orange Snood (2005)
This time I have incorporated snood images, diamonds (McGuffin to be specific) and an Orange Crush logo.
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NEON GLOWING TIVO REMOTE HACK
And what better way to make something cool than to make it glow!
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Wedding Board
A fully electronic, RGB LED-lit, 3-track cribbage board — designed, built, and documented from scratch. Every peg lights up in any color you choose, with solid, flash, and pulse modes. Won an award of Distinctive Excellence in the Circuit Cellar / Atmel AVR 2004 Design Contest. The project spans custom PCB design, CNC-milled hardwood enclosure,…
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iTOP Hack & Reverse Engineer
After seeing an iTOP and playing with one, I was totally smitten.
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SCRA T-Shirt: “Citius Altius Fortius” (2004)
The front uses an aggressive logotext (sharp text) and a chest-broad year in red.
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Game Shirt: Special E.D. Unit (2004)
We decided to each become superheroes of the Special E.D. unit.
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SCRA T-Shirt: “SCRA PRIDE” (2003)
Unfortunately, the end result in silk screen looked more like a blob and this shirt was definitely not a favorite.
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Storytime Chair Project
Upon this base are stickers and custom printed logos of bay area sports teams and universities.
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Cribbage Board 11 – Multi-Wood
The method of construction is totem-like, with laminated organic forms from exotic hardwoods.
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“Twilight” totem
Twilight’s branches contain numerous playful interchanges and tension points.
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“Lambda Nu” totem
Lambda Nu, as its name implies, is a playful interchange of two of the most important symbols in optics.
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“Gamemaster” totem
In spite of features reminiscing Layla, Gamemaster is definitely unique.
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“The Rook” Project
Rooks had the perfect combination of top to bottom balance and suggestive (recognized) shape.
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“Midnight” totem
Midnight is another favorite child of mine.
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“NGSI” totem
The NGSI totem is a tribute to a previous year-long prank.
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“Bucky” totem
The lacewood brings a complexity to the party and adds visual interest.
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“Diptic 1” totem
Diptic #1 was the first “micro-totem” design.
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“Farida” totem
Simple, branch-like elements and a dual spire top make Farida more of a haiku than a song.
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SCRA T-Shirt: “SCRA FISH” (2001)
Kalani Leifer provided the inspiration for the front of the shirt using the NBA/MLB logos as a starting point.
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“Layla” totem
One of the first totems to be “commissioned”, Layla is at home in the entryway of a good friend.
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“Yebo” totem
Yebo (pronounced “Yeb-oh”) is a favorite child of mine.
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“Protector” totem
Fiber remnants of the hand-buffing process are still visible in some of the photos on this page.
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“Kashmir” totem
Multiple branches come and go with almost impossible delicacy.
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“Learning To Fly” totem
The overlapping top elements had been a concept for quite some time prior to this implementation.
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“Copper Lamp” Project
The limited palette of copper, brass and black enamel are highlighted by the two red handles of the gas-valve switches.
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“TISS” totem
TISS is a little more freeform and renegade than many of my other totems.
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Cribbage Board 8 – Hockey Stick
Simple, play cribbage on your custom cribbage board made from a red hockey stick.
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“Thunderbird” totem
The graceful form retains a hint of tension at the tip and entry point for the eye.
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SCRA T-Shirt: “SAMMY” (2000)
This shirt remains an all time favorite simply because Sammy is such a cool mascot.
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Game Shirt: Megahard (2000)
To contrast the ubergeek nature, we made this with green soccer jerseys.
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“A Little Piece Of Chaos” (aka Steph’s Sign) Project
To set up our chaotic environment, we need to establish just 2 simple rules.
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SF532+CO2 (aka Cinderella Lightpost) Project
Special thanks to Shannon Gomes and Wes Irwin, who contributed great amounts of effort to the SF532+CO2 project.
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SCRA Zone T-Shirt: “Penguin” (2000)
I cannot take complete credit for this shirt — Evi-Lynn did most of the work (I did the front and helped with layout on the back).
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SCRA T-Shirt: “Sun” (1999)
With the “superscra” logo up front, we went for a fun-in-the-sun-and-water theme on back.
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“Bela” totem
Standing 16 feet tall, the sinewy form of Bela is carved from two 8-foot pieces of solid oak.
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“Poogy” totem
Poogy is the original totem.
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Game Shirt: The Imperial Guard (1997)
To enhance our rough-n-tumble image, we had the logo printed large on back of hockey jerseys (red, of course).
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SCRA T-Shirt: “The Noodle” (1996–1998)
Swimmers either loved or hated the noodle.
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SCRA “Noodle” Logo
The noodle was used by SCRA (swimming and tennis teams) for nearly a decade and featured on thousands of shirts.
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Red’s Toyland Logo
This logo was originally conceived back in 1995 for a project (Musti, Andy, myself) we named Tsunami Wharf.
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Game Shirt: Hell Game Control (1994)
To make the shirt “evil”, we silkscreened everything in red on a black shirt… it worked.
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NGSI Logo
A few of us single-handedly made it a campus icon during the 1994-1995 school year.
