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Brian Starkey

@usedbytes.com

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System Architect at Arm. Views are my own. --- https://blog.usedbytes.com https://github.com/usedbytes

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · 22d

Oh dear! I’m innocent!

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Aug 14

I didn’t manage to find dimensions for the Time 2 anywhere, are they finalised now?

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Aug 3

I made a game for the GMTK Game Jam. My first Jam and my first game, would be cool if someone played it

usedbytes.itch.io/ouroboros

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jun 8

Broke: Naff die-cast metal
Bespoke: Fermented corn starch

Cheap drill press now works 😁

A broken die cast metal part from a drill press

Drill press with 3D printed PLA part replacing the broken casting

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · May 21

It’s interesting to me that we’re fine with dumping 8 litres of perfectly good water every time we use a toilet, but for some reason a few millilitres of datacentre cooling evaporation is beyond the pail

Dr. Elizabeth Sawin @bethsawin.bsky.social · May 21

Imagine if you had to pour the right amount water into a little tube in your computer and then ride a stationary bike long enough to produce sufficient energy for Chat GPT to respond to your prompt...we live in a world stripped of feedback and it shows.

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · May 3

If you’re in the UK and you own a pair of binoculars, go look at the moon. The sun is hitting it just right

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Apr 30

Vote to end Bad Graphs!

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 21

As opposed to the RAF bases which are not in counties?

George King
BBC News, Norfolk
20 January 2025
An RAF fighter jet has been left "damaged" after it came into contact with a bird and had to return to its base in a county.

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 10

I don’t have any idea 😞

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 10

Pinout heat proof or cutting mat, definitely

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 1

New theory: There *was* hologauze, but it was positioned in front of that specific camera and not attached to the wheel itself. Still lame!

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 1

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London Fireworks | Happy New Year 2025 🔥🔥🎉🎉🎊🎊

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 1

Are you sure? It doesn’t show up in anyone’s video, and on the BBC it was only ever shown on one locked-off static camera

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Jan 1

I was wondering what kind of projector technology they were using on the London Eye. The answer is post processing compositing. Lame!

The London Eye with graphics superimposed on it to make it look like a projection

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Dec 20

The pee/poop tracker has been great, so now I have made a new widget. Breastfeeding and baby on/off state tracker. Same principle, notifications via @pushover.net , Adafruit ESP32-C6 this time.

3D printed device with switches for baby breastfeeding tracking and nap tracking.

Internals of an electronic device with an Adafruit Feather ESP32-C6 and small LiPo battery

Screenshot of pushover app showing notifications from the breastfeeding tracker device

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 26

Any tips for getting the char off the edges so you don’t get charcoal on everything/everyone it touches?

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 23

Precisely!

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 22

After a few…. containment breaches, it has become necessary to add a third button to call for help

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 17

Yep, baby

Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 17

Quick little weekend baby tracking project. Sending notifications made super easy by pushover.net

A DIY device with two buttons: Pee and Poop, with instructions to “Press button(s) until blue light shows”

An application screen showing pee/poop notifications

The inside of a DIY device consisting of an ESP32 board, a recycled 18650 cell, 3D printed cell holder, and switches

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Brian Starkey @usedbytes.com · Nov 15

Neat system in the cafe at our local National Trust place. NFC(?) tags under the table, cashier gives you a wireless reader, your food finds you

NFC tags stuck to the underside of a table

Wireless NFC reader attached to your order

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