Ryder Calm Down
@rydercalmdown.bsky.social
🎥 Content creator building the internet of nonsense.
📈 1.2M following the creative tech chaos
🧪 Follow if you like crowdsourced butter
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📈 1.2M following the creative tech chaos
🧪 Follow if you like crowdsourced butter
rydercalmdown.com/social/
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hi, i make weird things like this pickup truck printer. if this is your kinda thing I'm going to be posting more soon!
#electronics #raspberrypi #maker #engineering #diy #creativetechnology
#electronics #raspberrypi #maker #engineering #diy #creativetechnology
I wanted to know what was happening in the places I used to live, so I built a map of the news -> needle.news
whatdoyouthinkkkk?
whatdoyouthinkkkk?
July 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I wanted to know what was happening in the places I used to live, so I built a map of the news -> needle.news
whatdoyouthinkkkk?
whatdoyouthinkkkk?
🇦🇺 Australia ✅, 🇳🇿 New Zealand ✅, 🇲🇾 Malaysia ✅
Soon... a map of all the trains in the world on trains.fyi
#trains #railfan #publictransit #publictransport #railways #railway #gtfs
Soon... a map of all the trains in the world on trains.fyi
#trains #railfan #publictransit #publictransport #railways #railway #gtfs
June 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🇦🇺 Australia ✅, 🇳🇿 New Zealand ✅, 🇲🇾 Malaysia ✅
Soon... a map of all the trains in the world on trains.fyi
#trains #railfan #publictransit #publictransport #railways #railway #gtfs
Soon... a map of all the trains in the world on trains.fyi
#trains #railfan #publictransit #publictransport #railways #railway #gtfs
Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 - now officially on the trains.fyi map.
Sydney to start, but adding melbourne as we speak (and hopefully my old home - Perth - after that). #australia #publictransit #transportnsw
Sydney to start, but adding melbourne as we speak (and hopefully my old home - Perth - after that). #australia #publictransit #transportnsw
June 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Australia 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 - now officially on the trains.fyi map.
Sydney to start, but adding melbourne as we speak (and hopefully my old home - Perth - after that). #australia #publictransit #transportnsw
Sydney to start, but adding melbourne as we speak (and hopefully my old home - Perth - after that). #australia #publictransit #transportnsw
Currently working on a 3D map to view planes landing at JFK #planespotting #adsb
May 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Currently working on a 3D map to view planes landing at JFK #planespotting #adsb
new conspiracy theory: cursor has specifically made its prompts worse so im forced to spend more credits.
its getting baaaaad :(
its getting baaaaad :(
May 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
new conspiracy theory: cursor has specifically made its prompts worse so im forced to spend more credits.
its getting baaaaad :(
its getting baaaaad :(
I built a dashboard of internet-connected gauges to show me data - here's what each of them does - a thread🧵
#internetofthings #gadgets #raspberrypi #engineering #iot #3dprinting
#internetofthings #gadgets #raspberrypi #engineering #iot #3dprinting
May 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I built a dashboard of internet-connected gauges to show me data - here's what each of them does - a thread🧵
#internetofthings #gadgets #raspberrypi #engineering #iot #3dprinting
#internetofthings #gadgets #raspberrypi #engineering #iot #3dprinting
⏲️ I'm building a physical dashboard for the digital world.
What gauges am I missing?
#iot #engineering #gadgets #internetofthings #creativetechnology #3dprinting #publictransit
What gauges am I missing?
#iot #engineering #gadgets #internetofthings #creativetechnology #3dprinting #publictransit
April 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
⏲️ I'm building a physical dashboard for the digital world.
What gauges am I missing?
#iot #engineering #gadgets #internetofthings #creativetechnology #3dprinting #publictransit
What gauges am I missing?
#iot #engineering #gadgets #internetofthings #creativetechnology #3dprinting #publictransit
I'm building a gauge that tells you when to leave to catch your train - and I am building out 5 more IOT gauges for the dashboard.
What else should I build?
#internetofthings #iot #publictransit
What else should I build?
#internetofthings #iot #publictransit
April 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm building a gauge that tells you when to leave to catch your train - and I am building out 5 more IOT gauges for the dashboard.
What else should I build?
#internetofthings #iot #publictransit
What else should I build?
#internetofthings #iot #publictransit
pov: you're building a thingamabob
April 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
pov: you're building a thingamabob
Working on one of my most challenging projects yet! Can you guess what it does?
March 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Working on one of my most challenging projects yet! Can you guess what it does?
I've been trying to get into the habit of celebrating both ✅ wins and ❌ losses these days.
Here are two of mine from this week:
Loss - I wasn't selected to take part in Nuit Blanche
Win - I shared my dorky trains website, a lot of you loved it, and it got shared on a bunch of big sites.
Here are two of mine from this week:
Loss - I wasn't selected to take part in Nuit Blanche
Win - I shared my dorky trains website, a lot of you loved it, and it got shared on a bunch of big sites.
January 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've been trying to get into the habit of celebrating both ✅ wins and ❌ losses these days.
Here are two of mine from this week:
Loss - I wasn't selected to take part in Nuit Blanche
Win - I shared my dorky trains website, a lot of you loved it, and it got shared on a bunch of big sites.
Here are two of mine from this week:
Loss - I wasn't selected to take part in Nuit Blanche
Win - I shared my dorky trains website, a lot of you loved it, and it got shared on a bunch of big sites.
👍 fun fact: trains.fyi is having a little celebrity moment
👎 unfun fact: I cannot figure out how to tell where the traffic is coming from in google analytics
does anyone know how?
👎 unfun fact: I cannot figure out how to tell where the traffic is coming from in google analytics
does anyone know how?
January 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
👍 fun fact: trains.fyi is having a little celebrity moment
👎 unfun fact: I cannot figure out how to tell where the traffic is coming from in google analytics
does anyone know how?
👎 unfun fact: I cannot figure out how to tell where the traffic is coming from in google analytics
does anyone know how?
after being read about the ads on trains.fyi - i have fixed them!
I turned off the overlay ads and the pop-down ones, since I hate those the most.
my thoughts on ads:
lowkey I hate them. I use adblockers everywhere so I don't notice them, but they pay for the cost of the site which is critical 😐
I turned off the overlay ads and the pop-down ones, since I hate those the most.
my thoughts on ads:
lowkey I hate them. I use adblockers everywhere so I don't notice them, but they pay for the cost of the site which is critical 😐
trains.fyi
A live, real-time map of passenger train locations in North America.
trains.fyi
January 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
after being read about the ads on trains.fyi - i have fixed them!
I turned off the overlay ads and the pop-down ones, since I hate those the most.
my thoughts on ads:
lowkey I hate them. I use adblockers everywhere so I don't notice them, but they pay for the cost of the site which is critical 😐
I turned off the overlay ads and the pop-down ones, since I hate those the most.
my thoughts on ads:
lowkey I hate them. I use adblockers everywhere so I don't notice them, but they pay for the cost of the site which is critical 😐
trains.fyi a live map of all trains in north america:
my dorky out of control sideproject - a thread 🧵
my dorky out of control sideproject - a thread 🧵
trains.fyi
A live, real-time map of passenger train locations in North America.
trains.fyi
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
trains.fyi a live map of all trains in north america:
my dorky out of control sideproject - a thread 🧵
my dorky out of control sideproject - a thread 🧵
today on my "take big risks" checklist
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
today on my "take big risks" checklist
its another beautiful morning to hate DNS
December 3, 2024 at 5:34 PM
its another beautiful morning to hate DNS
Nothing says "I own a robot vacuum" like having to VACUUM PROOF YOUR APARTMENT by duct taping all the wires off the ground.
December 3, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Nothing says "I own a robot vacuum" like having to VACUUM PROOF YOUR APARTMENT by duct taping all the wires off the ground.
what if we kissed under the Doritos Nacho Cheese Chips Glass Ornament
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 AM
what if we kissed under the Doritos Nacho Cheese Chips Glass Ornament
November 21, 2024 at 11:33 PM
i'm in a webex meeting... dear god this shit is bad.
1. it without asking downloaded its client to my computer, when I could have just joined online.
2. someone has been trying to share their screen, but only 5/100 people in the meeting can see the screen
1. it without asking downloaded its client to my computer, when I could have just joined online.
2. someone has been trying to share their screen, but only 5/100 people in the meeting can see the screen
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
i'm in a webex meeting... dear god this shit is bad.
1. it without asking downloaded its client to my computer, when I could have just joined online.
2. someone has been trying to share their screen, but only 5/100 people in the meeting can see the screen
1. it without asking downloaded its client to my computer, when I could have just joined online.
2. someone has been trying to share their screen, but only 5/100 people in the meeting can see the screen
November 20, 2024 at 10:54 PM
today's chaos from filming
November 20, 2024 at 10:27 PM
today's chaos from filming
episode 2 of the creative techies newsletter is out!
#creativetechnology #creativetechnologist #raspberrypi #engineering
creativetechies.substack.com/p/e02-radios...
#creativetechnology #creativetechnologist #raspberrypi #engineering
creativetechies.substack.com/p/e02-radios...
e02 - radios, clocks, and WD-40
and the great move to bluer skies
creativetechies.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:38 AM
episode 2 of the creative techies newsletter is out!
#creativetechnology #creativetechnologist #raspberrypi #engineering
creativetechies.substack.com/p/e02-radios...
#creativetechnology #creativetechnologist #raspberrypi #engineering
creativetechies.substack.com/p/e02-radios...
I've been trying to think of the definition of a creative technologist for a bit and I think I've settled on this:
A creative technologist is the kind of person who would go to an escape room and think "I could build that"
A creative technologist is the kind of person who would go to an escape room and think "I could build that"
November 17, 2024 at 11:41 PM
I've been trying to think of the definition of a creative technologist for a bit and I think I've settled on this:
A creative technologist is the kind of person who would go to an escape room and think "I could build that"
A creative technologist is the kind of person who would go to an escape room and think "I could build that"