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As usual, the day after the world shatters for queer people, we're immediately asked to prioritize the feelings of the privileged straight men who voted in our oppressor.

"Maybe if you had just been nicer to the people who just sold you down the fuckshit estuary they wouldn't bah RhArhaBHB"

Hey, go to hell.

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Re-designing my Waldo

I found out they make rotary hall effect sensors (why did no one tell me). These little guys are miracles; they have the exact same effect on the voltage as a traditional potentiometer but with all the advantages of hall-effects. Straight upgrade. And unlike optical encoders, the positioning is absolute, so no calibration needed. The sensors are a slightly different form factor though, and because my first prototype prioritized fewer parts over upgradeability, a tiny little change requires a complete re-design. As you can see, I'm trying to avoid that in the future. This version has far more parts that bolt together rather than weld, particularly where sensors get installed. This was also an opportunity to make some long overdue ergonomic adjustments (the thumb position was atrocious) and add a couple extra sensors for my fingers. If I've done everything right (and I almost never do) this will be easier to repair, lighter, and more expressive.

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Some of my favorite jacks this year

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Inside all of us, there are one dog. This dog.

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My entry for the Pen Store Talents competition! Was given 6 random pens and had to make a piece that uses all of them.

I actually really like the colors I ended up with, very vibrant!

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Target has a "game show contestant" halloween costume and the yellow one has the number 701?? AND IT'S REAL?? SAY IT AGAIN??

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A couple of the Harold/Muriel tree photos I took yesterday

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Various collateral, promo, and ephemera for Nickelodeon, found in the 16th, 17th, and 18th editions of the book series, 'The Broadcast Design Awards'. (1995-1997)

Edit: Apologies, meant to switch accounts before posting! I'll leave it up and will make up for it with some Y2K finds coming soon!

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Halloween fun facts with Spooky Weaselbones!

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Oar Face

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Thank you! Good questions, so the POV hat on the joystick is doing mouth posture for the vowels. The yaw (turning) is controlling the eyebrows, and pitch and roll (up-down and side-to-side) is controlling eyeball direction

Getting all three of these video feeds to work together was such a pain in the neck I may never do it again. Hopefully you can get a sense of how all the junk works together to make the gizmo do the whizzbang with the whatchacallit Once again, a big WIP sign on this because it's going to change, the artist (Cramble) is still making it, which is nuts because it's freaking awesome already

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Getting all three of these video feeds to work together was such a pain in the neck I may never do it again. Hopefully you can get a sense of how all the junk works together to make the gizmo do the whizzbang with the whatchacallit Once again, a big WIP sign on this because it's going to change, the artist (Cramble) is still making it, which is nuts because it's freaking awesome already

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Lil guy at a rave