Glen Akins
@bikerglen.bsky.social
Building gadgets, riding bikes, and fighting the good fight for municipal broadband. Chip designer by day. Some days you're a mountain goat; other days you're a fainting goat. 🐐
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I guess six weeks of doing nothing but drinking beer paid off. Follow me for more fitness advice.
$5.67 delivered. Well worth it to be on my way to infamy and shame.
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
$5.67 delivered. Well worth it to be on my way to infamy and shame.
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Cats!!! Like cars but cats!!
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Cats!!! Like cars but cats!!
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You'd have to be an idiot not to know what part of your body was imaged with an MRI because whenever I've gotten an MRI, they've always stuck a giant ass RF coil around the body part being imaged.
December 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You'd have to be an idiot not to know what part of your body was imaged with an MRI because whenever I've gotten an MRI, they've always stuck a giant ass RF coil around the body part being imaged.
Lots of dev boards from Seeed and @adafruit.com among others have swd / test pads on the bottom of the board. Anyone know of a specific brand & model of pogo pins that can reach these pads when the dev board is mounted on another board with normal ~10.5 mm board-to-board headers and sockets?
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lots of dev boards from Seeed and @adafruit.com among others have swd / test pads on the bottom of the board. Anyone know of a specific brand & model of pogo pins that can reach these pads when the dev board is mounted on another board with normal ~10.5 mm board-to-board headers and sockets?
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@bianchiweather.bsky.social Officially 1/8th of an inch here. Drake & Research Fort Collins
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
@bianchiweather.bsky.social Officially 1/8th of an inch here. Drake & Research Fort Collins
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Wait, is this why cameras come with those little tether things?! Thanks for helping find it @bikerglen.bsky.social!
#actioncam #mia #lostandfound #mtb
#actioncam #mia #lostandfound #mtb
December 1, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wait, is this why cameras come with those little tether things?! Thanks for helping find it @bikerglen.bsky.social!
#actioncam #mia #lostandfound #mtb
#actioncam #mia #lostandfound #mtb
let the annoyment flow through you. Third try on an awkward rocky stair case. The main line is only about 8" wide. Bit lower gear than normal while I'm recovering from the hand injury.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
let the annoyment flow through you. Third try on an awkward rocky stair case. The main line is only about 8" wide. Bit lower gear than normal while I'm recovering from the hand injury.
🦌: @bikerglen.bsky.social
🎥: @s3thn3ss.bsky.social
🦌: @bikerglen.bsky.social
🎥: @s3thn3ss.bsky.social
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Light flakes falling on the west side of Fort Collins right now.
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Light flakes falling on the west side of Fort Collins right now.
In the US, this is the weekend we transition from turkey carving knife injuries to decoration hanging fall injuries.
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In the US, this is the weekend we transition from turkey carving knife injuries to decoration hanging fall injuries.
I had a $5 certificate that expired tomorrow + free shipping = $5.67 shipped. It should work fine with embedded USB hosts like home-made submersible watercraft. Or run-of-the-mill Arduino projects.
Logitech - F310 Gaming Pad for Windows is $9.99 at Best Buy buff.ly/x7cSRV6 #ad
November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I had a $5 certificate that expired tomorrow + free shipping = $5.67 shipped. It should work fine with embedded USB hosts like home-made submersible watercraft. Or run-of-the-mill Arduino projects.
My employer is sponsoring Hack Club's Blueprint program. If you know a teenager 13-18 in the USA who is interested in building electronics projects, this may be a good way to get some free parts to build a macro keypad or other small project up to $400.
Hack Club Blueprint
Learn and build cool hardware projects and get funding to make them real! Ends January 1, 2025.
blueprint.hackclub.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My employer is sponsoring Hack Club's Blueprint program. If you know a teenager 13-18 in the USA who is interested in building electronics projects, this may be a good way to get some free parts to build a macro keypad or other small project up to $400.
got the yard all decorated for thanksgiving but only have one of the turkeys in the crontab so now I have to turn the rest of the turkeys on and off from the command line like some sort of goddamn heathen.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
got the yard all decorated for thanksgiving but only have one of the turkeys in the crontab so now I have to turn the rest of the turkeys on and off from the command line like some sort of goddamn heathen.
Why else would a meatball be part of the NASA logo?
My moon conspiracy theory is that every astronaut who sees the Earth from space immediately says “That’s a spicy meatball!” and NASA is covering it up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Why else would a meatball be part of the NASA logo?
It's night riding season! Hand doc pointed out that I can put my gloves on then tape my fingers together so cooler night night rides are on! Plus the Bar Mitts for cold night night rides!
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It's night riding season! Hand doc pointed out that I can put my gloves on then tape my fingers together so cooler night night rides are on! Plus the Bar Mitts for cold night night rides!
cloudflare is having issues this morning
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
cloudflare is having issues this morning
Rocky Mountain oysters.
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Rocky Mountain oysters.
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Sometimes the easiest part is the hardest and @bikerglen.bsky.social just watches #fridayfail #mtb #fail #cramp
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Sometimes the easiest part is the hardest and @bikerglen.bsky.social just watches #fridayfail #mtb #fail #cramp
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Fort Collins, Colorado. Pixel 9 Pro Night Sight
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Fort Collins, Colorado. Pixel 9 Pro Night Sight
I guess six weeks of doing nothing but drinking beer paid off. Follow me for more fitness advice.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I guess six weeks of doing nothing but drinking beer paid off. Follow me for more fitness advice.
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GitHub repo for CircuitPython rubber band launcher. Cheap nylon servos jitter lots, but I cut off the servo by setting .angle to None in between detected movements. If you've got other ideas on improving, LMK. Still lots of jitter on tilt that holds heavier platform: github.com/gallaugher/j...
GitHub - gallaugher/joystick-pan-tilt-rubber-band-launcher: A Raspberry Pi Pico rubber band launcher using a 3D printed pan/tilt for my Physical Computing course
A Raspberry Pi Pico rubber band launcher using a 3D printed pan/tilt for my Physical Computing course - gallaugher/joystick-pan-tilt-rubber-band-launcher
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November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
GitHub repo for CircuitPython rubber band launcher. Cheap nylon servos jitter lots, but I cut off the servo by setting .angle to None in between detected movements. If you've got other ideas on improving, LMK. Still lots of jitter on tilt that holds heavier platform: github.com/gallaugher/j...