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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Glen Akins
@bikerglen.bsky.social
· Nov 9
I guess six weeks of doing nothing but drinking beer paid off. Follow me for more fitness advice.
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The street signs in this town are wild.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The street signs in this town are wild.
JFC. I'm speechless.
"Babies in the randomized, controlled trial will or will not receive the vaccine at birth...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"It is a breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective."
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
JFC. I'm speechless.
More fiber being installed in rural Larimer County!
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
More fiber being installed in rural Larimer County!
Me and my 35's pulling up to the emissions place and getting sent straight to the problem child lane!
December 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Me and my 35's pulling up to the emissions place and getting sent straight to the problem child lane!
The street signs in this town are wild.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The street signs in this town are wild.
Whoa!
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 21, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Whoa!
"some people are just there to get knocked out" 😂
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"some people are just there to get knocked out" 😂
It's snowing! Just a bit, but it's snow!
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's snowing! Just a bit, but it's snow!
One of our SEGA Channel adapters! And that was the SciAtl logo in the early 90's. Notice how the t's in Atlanta line up with the i's in Scientific?
gamehistory.org/segachannel/
Back in early 90s at SEGA of Japan, we did not have a chance to see SEGA CHANNEL in operation so this article and the video is absolutely fascinating...!
Back in early 90s at SEGA of Japan, we did not have a chance to see SEGA CHANNEL in operation so this article and the video is absolutely fascinating...!
December 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
One of our SEGA Channel adapters! And that was the SciAtl logo in the early 90's. Notice how the t's in Atlanta line up with the i's in Scientific?
I worked at Scientific-Atlanta from 1994 until they were divested by Cisco in 2015. Around the launch of the SEGA Channel, they handed out these glow-in-the-dark Frisbees to us. They were probably part of a marketing effort encouraging our customers to launch the channel with our equipment.
December 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I worked at Scientific-Atlanta from 1994 until they were divested by Cisco in 2015. Around the launch of the SEGA Channel, they handed out these glow-in-the-dark Frisbees to us. They were probably part of a marketing effort encouraging our customers to launch the channel with our equipment.
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...i need to make an edge-connect where the castellated edges are the claws on a cat paw, don't i.
December 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
...i need to make an edge-connect where the castellated edges are the claws on a cat paw, don't i.
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I probably have the original version in my Github stars lol
Not strictly related, just a cool footprint for debugging connectors: if anyone is looking for a "serious" version of this, there's SOICbite! I'll likely add it to my Vaio P project when I get to work again on it
github.com/SimonMerrett...
Not strictly related, just a cool footprint for debugging connectors: if anyone is looking for a "serious" version of this, there's SOICbite! I'll likely add it to my Vaio P project when I get to work again on it
github.com/SimonMerrett...
GitHub - SimonMerrett/SOICbite: A compact PCB footprint which allows SOIC test clips to be used as a space-efficient programming and debugging connector
A compact PCB footprint which allows SOIC test clips to be used as a space-efficient programming and debugging connector - SimonMerrett/SOICbite
github.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I probably have the original version in my Github stars lol
Not strictly related, just a cool footprint for debugging connectors: if anyone is looking for a "serious" version of this, there's SOICbite! I'll likely add it to my Vaio P project when I get to work again on it
github.com/SimonMerrett...
Not strictly related, just a cool footprint for debugging connectors: if anyone is looking for a "serious" version of this, there's SOICbite! I'll likely add it to my Vaio P project when I get to work again on it
github.com/SimonMerrett...
Less the show and more being under aged and sneaking glass bottles into the theater in our shorts then listening to the empties roll down the slanted floor to the front of the theater.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Less the show and more being under aged and sneaking glass bottles into the theater in our shorts then listening to the empties roll down the slanted floor to the front of the theater.
Having recently broken a finger (actually two++) and seen the swelling involved, there's no way in hell you could get me to wear any ring ever.
The Index does just one thing—capture voice notes—but the firm says it does that one thing extremely well.
Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100
The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Having recently broken a finger (actually two++) and seen the swelling involved, there's no way in hell you could get me to wear any ring ever.
Figured out how to get my employer to match both of these donations!
I just made small donations to Wikimedia and the Python Software Foundation. I encourage you to find worthy organizations you support and, if able, make an end-of-the-year donation too.
December 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Figured out how to get my employer to match both of these donations!
I just made small donations to Wikimedia and the Python Software Foundation. I encourage you to find worthy organizations you support and, if able, make an end-of-the-year donation too.
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just made small donations to Wikimedia and the Python Software Foundation. I encourage you to find worthy organizations you support and, if able, make an end-of-the-year donation too.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
FiveTen size 11 vs 45nrth Wolfgar size 45. They fit but damn they're huge! Probably good for deep powder riding but probably too bulky for big climbs or more than 10-15 miles. They have spots for SPD cleats but I usually ride flats in snow and ice.
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 AM
FiveTen size 11 vs 45nrth Wolfgar size 45. They fit but damn they're huge! Probably good for deep powder riding but probably too bulky for big climbs or more than 10-15 miles. They have spots for SPD cleats but I usually ride flats in snow and ice.
$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