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My first 3D prints
So yesterday was a bit of a breakthrough. After only a year of trying, I made some things with my 3D printer. The first (above) is a mount for the electronics. I found out that the reason I was only getting half-prints like this: Was because the connections on the RAMPs shield were moving around…
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htxt.africa | Meet the Tweeting badger of Johannesburg Zoo
htxt.africa | Meet the Tweeting badger of Johannesburg Zoo.
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A phobia overcome (sort of)
The printer, which I should really have named by now (I’m not very good at naming things), is almost finished, and I ordered the very last parts I think I’ll need from a local hobby robotics supplier today. It’s taken a lot longer than originally planned, mainly because I’ve been scared of doing the electronics.…
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Happy with today’s progress…
So I haven’t updated this much lately, despite promising myself I’d keep a record of my African ‘journey’. Part of the reason has been work, and part is that I did an eight week Coursera course on data analysis, which took up literally every spare hour I had from the end of January until mid-March.…
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Morgan: the Awesome 3D print arm
You may or may not be aware that I’m slowly building a 3D printer at the moment, based on a RepRap kit I bought in the UK. I now have all the parts, just not the time to solder the electrics together (for reasons I’ll be blogging about this weekend). Thing is, RepRap is still…
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This link says everything you need to know about videogames in the future
Really, it does. A simple plot of searches over time comparing next gen consoles PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Ouya with mobile phone game Angry Birds. Also, note that the heatmap in the bottom left: it’s Germany, South Africa, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands which are searching. The UK and US don’t even figure in the…
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The revolution starts here
This arrived in the post this morning. Bought from eBay for the princely sum of £130. Which is nothing really. If you have to ask what it is, you probably won’t get why I’m so excited by it. But the skeleton for a RepRap Prusa Mendel Mk2 3D printer is – hopefully – one of…
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Real time network map from CERN
I’ve just finished the last big feature I’ll write before I leave the UK, and it’s been one of the most fun ones I’ve ever done. Trying not to do spoilers, it did involve looking at this real time network topology/NASA map mash up involving data transfers between CERN partners.
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Link: How Linux is changing lives in Zambia | News | TechRadar
I don’t often link to stuff I’ve had published from here. I should, but there’s a masterplan for redesigning that means… well, I just haven’t got round to it. Quite depressed to see this go live over the weekend though: How Linux is changing lives in Zambia. It’s a piece I wrote for Linux Format…
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Brighton City Camp Day 3
I’ll be writing this up properly tomorrow for a real website. In the meantime, enjoy what happened today via the medium of pictures. [fsg_gallery id=”1″] (Also, check out the funky new Flickr Slideshow plugin^^, beats the thumbnails that were there a moment ago)
