Category: Projects
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Making Cowboy Cold Brew Iced Coffee
I really like to make cold brew iced coffee. I also like to go camping. I developed this method for making cowboy cold brew which works just as well at home or in the woods. Cowboy coffee refers to mixing the grounds in with the water and then pouring it out through a filter once…
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Gamma Yayoi
Function generators and drum machines and things like that, going into a visualization engine AND also projecting into an infinity room which has some strings hanging or something to catch the projection. But with like fun game controls like throttles and joysticks instead of complete control of the software. So you’re not really in control…
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2020 Burn Week Alternative Camping Trip
I decided to make this post because I have done a super lot of research for this project and I need to keep it all straight and share the results with a few people. I wanted to do a camping trip for burn week this year because the burn is canceled. I had considered going…
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Buy PM2.5 Inserts Instead of N95 Masks
One hundred PM2.5 (N95 quality) filter inserts costs just twelve dollars. For a face mask to be rated N95 means it must filter particulate matter down to 2.5 microns (PM2.5). PM2.5 covers both viruses and smoke particles. The problem today is that medical professionals need the N95 masks and hoarding them will get people killed.…
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Razer Stealth 13 2020 Review
My old laptop lasted me four years to the day, according to a Facebook memory on the day this one arrived. I like to go for the highest quality in the most convenient package and then stretch it as long as I can. The Razer Stealth 13 2020 was the obvious choice for something new…
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Yaddlestation
I put this battlestation or “yaddlestation” together for several reasons related to a number of projects but I had some questions about this setup so I wanted to do a sort-of roll-up post about all of it. Notice baby yoda watching from among the plans and inspiring the name. First there is the computer which…
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Moon Catcher
CJ Trowbridge 2020-07-09 Astronomy 2 What planet would you colonize first? Why and how? Mars is the obvious choice but there are a few problems we would need to solve first. It needs a magnetic field, and some oceans. Having read science fiction for decades and considered this question at some length, I keep returning…
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Multpurpose Apocalypse Sensors v2
The end seems pretty nigh, so why not measure it? This sensor array is ready whether it’s fires or nuclear war. This Sensor Array Measures: Particulate Matter: PM2.5 is the international standard measure of air quality related to fires. It measures density of particulate matter with a size larger than 2.5 microns (Technically 2.5 microns…
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Corona Country
Corona Country is a twist on the earlier project Covid19 Progress. This app shows you data at the county level in your area. So you can see how coronavirus is going where you are. There are a couple of reasons I decided to launch this project. While it’s interesting to compare countries and states, I…
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Covid19 Progress
I saw an opportunity around the lack of clarity and accessibility for coronavirus statistics. I also saw a lot of misleading claims made by people with an agenda. I wanted to bring clarity to the data and make it easy to understand and compare. And so, Covid19 Progress was born! This simple site allows anyone…