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Socket organizers, end caps, and 3D-printed friction fits
Another recent 3D printing project was customizing these socket organizers for 4 socket sets that live in a tool bag with my 3/8" impact wrench:
Since these live in a tool bag instead of in a drawer, I wanted to be sure the sockets would fit snugly in …
Making 3D-printed end caps for sharp aluminum extrusions
My table saw — a portable Hitachi C10RA2 I bought from a friend — features two aluminum extrusions along the table top. These extrusions stick out a bit on each side of the saw, and they have sharp corners, and they hurt when you bump into them:
I chose to take a …
Blocking disposable email domains in Mastodon
Mastodon yesterday experienced a small wave of spam. One thing we're doing in response at a2mi.social, as recommended by this summary of the incident, is improving how we block disposable email providers.
I wrote the following Bash script, inspired by this one. Run periodically via cron, it …
Reliable WiFi for the Bambu X1C 3D printer
How to set up a Raspberry Pi WiFi access point that the Bambu X1C can stay connected to.
Desert stills from Koyaanisqatsi as desktop wallpaper
The Yearlong Koyaanisqatsi Mastodon bot recently shared a series of frames that I felt could stand alone as still photos — something I find somewhat rare in a lot of movies, though Koyaanisqatsi and co. are a notable exception.
I thought they'd work nicely as desktop wallpapers. Unfortunately, AFAICT …
Automated generator load-shedding for the house
Another recent house-related problem, and a solution.
My house has an old 7 kW natural gas generator. During a power outage, it makes sure the house still has heat and running water, and it also powers some lights and outlets in the bedroom, office, and kitchen.
The "office" …
Fixing bad design with a label maker
There are now two objects in my house that look odd but work 1000% better than when I bought them.
I quite like my alarm clock overall, but the buttons you use to control the light, volume, snooze, and alarm are tiny and it's nearly impossible to tell …
OpenList is no longer available in the Chrome Web Store
I received a kind email this week from someone who used my Chrome extension, OpenList, asking if I was aware it had been de-listed from the Chrome Web Store. I am indeed aware; I de-listed it, and I'm happy to explain why:
I have personally not used this …
Recycling a pallet into an Adirondack-ish-style footrest
A brief project log for today.
I was taking in some sun last weekend when I decided the chair I was sitting in needed a matching footrest. I briefly looked at Amazon, but I wanted instant gratification, and everything that looked halfway decent and was made of actual wood seemed …
Setting up a secondary Pi-Hole on my home network
I run Pi-Hole as the DNS server for my home network. It provides ad and nuisance blocking for a subset of the systems in the house. Having a single DNS server for your network is very stressful; it’s a single point of failure, so even routine maintenance feels touch-and-go. …
Setting up KVM virtual machines using a bridge network on an Ubuntu host
I recently wanted to set up a VM on my home Ubuntu 22.04 LTS server, with the following goals:
1. the VM uses KVM virtualization, for performance
2. the guest VM is assigned an IP via DHCP by my home network router
3. the guest VM is accessible by …
How to move Docker's data directory from /var/lib
I recently had to move Docker's data directory on my home NAS (from the root filesystem to the storage array). I found some incomplete and inconsistent information on the Web about how to do this, so for future reference here's the process I used to do …
