First look at Blinksy
A Rust no-std no-alloc LED control library for spatial layouts. 🟥🟩🟦
Life as a solarpunk hacker
Patterns of consciousness in a sea of matter
Latest posts
The Lost Cause: Blue Helmet Modular Systems
I want to share some inspiring science fiction that paints a picture of a future to believe in. A future with realistic challenges and realistic solutions. Fiction to help ground solarpunk into a vision of action.
EVERYTHING IS DEEPLY INTERTWINGLED
I made a collection of videos to showcase the magic alchemy of computation. ✨
The Made Up Game
One day, nearly a decade ago, some friends stumbled upon game we called the "Made Up Game", and I discovered my favorite genre of game: games where you play with changing the rules of the game.
How to dance with embedded Rust generics
As part of my work on Grid Bot “Tahi”, I finally figured out how to make the code for my robot re-usable as a library. Since to do this I needed to go on a deep journey into understanding Rust generic types, I thought I might share my learnings.
Polyledra v2: LED tensegrity
An LED installation made from magic physics
Portable solar v2
A new portable solar setup, the "right way"
Polyledra v1: LED tetrahedron
A light-emitting polyhedron chandelier
A burn dance
Playing around with rainbows LEDs i can dance with! 🌈💃⚡️💖 In the classic shape of suspenders and a belt.
Empathetic vs Skeptical Moderates
In the last year, I’ve noticed two seas of (white) moderates: one as a valuable bridge, another as an infection of deception.
Openers, Closers, and Support
Once upon a team, we had a reflection: it’s unfair to expect everyone to do the same work equally (homogeneity), instead the total work is spread across many complementary roles (heterogeneity).
Safe spaces not comfort zones
Some months ago, my work family Root Systems had a cultural problem: Our so-called safe space was really a comfort zone!
Being charitable
My co-worker Greg introduced me to a useful way to reflect on our interpretations: whether or not we are being charitable.
A reflection on mirrors
A few months ago, my co-worker Juliet planted a seed in my mind: > The best gift a friend can provide you is a mirror: a reflection of who you really are. I’ve been reflecting on who I really am, and the ways I receive more insight into who I really am.
Portable solar v1
A portable solar discharge controller
PIXELS FOR THE PIXEL GOD
As a break from my other open source projects, have decided to start spending my Art~Hack evenings on my next (3rd?) generation of modular LED pixels that beat to music.
Why I don't watch television
A television exercises your ability to watch without action for extended periods of time. I want to exercise my ability to find creative solutions to complex problems.
Luddite.js
Here’s a talk about decentralized userland ecosystems and simple patterns based on function signatures.
Nature's Best Practices for Distributed Systems
Here’s a talk about how fractal small subjective worlds are better than flat global objective worlds.
Global vs local trust networks
Many moons ago, I made a comment in the Open App Ecosystem Loomio abou