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the mesh has been getting pretty damned huge in the bay lately

i'm still in a black hole tho, i can receive mostly everything fine but transmissions out go straight into the void
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
the joysticks arrived, they're so tiny

still need to wire it up to the board (6 tiny pads), but i made adjustments to the case to fit it exactly where i wanted it
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
for those inclined, i recently found a vibe (chaiamo g) that almost matches the green dilator's profile

slightly thinner at 32mm wide (vs 34). the curve at the tip is more aggressive. the length is a little shorter, as pictured

also pictured, their older no curve model (chaiamo)
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
filled out a thing, just need to shove in mail now
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
the city always looks beautiful
October 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I feel this old post of mine is appropriate. :3
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hmm.
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
New toy arrived this morning. :3
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
New silicone thin case for my phone arrived today. Needed a new one cause of how beat up the old one was.

Unfortunately it's the wrong color. The site's photo looked like a very very dark gray, but the case is a lighter midnight blue instead.

Guess my phone's gonna be blue for a while now.
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
for the record, this is why i'm (slowly and very lazily) trying to get my stationary node positioned where it's transmissions can actually reach the node on mt diablo

every single one of these lines is a direct connection off of that specific node, it's connecting the whole area together
September 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) issued their immunization reccomendations for Respiratory Virus Season 2025-2026 on September 15, 2025.

WCHA covers California, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii.

Go get your shots!

www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID...
September 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
currently my stationary node's nodedb is 439, which is notable because the max it can store is 200.

how does this work? to my understanding the oldest non-favorited entries get replaced in rolling cycle

the web interface (wifi or ethernet-enabled nodes only) can temp buffer the running data though
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
the mesh is looking pretty good on mediumslow these days. VERY active traffic, too

i can still receive everything just fine, but i need to get my stationary node outside and raised into the air a tiny bit so my outgoing transmissions will reach my closest direct connection at mt diablo (north peak)
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
FUCKING FINALLY

still not gonna play it tho cause it's expansion pass
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This may be useful for some since theres been a lot of fucked info floating around about whether Covid shots are covered or not by insurances.

For folks in California who have Medi-Cal insurance, Medi-Cal RX updates their CDL every September.

Page 231

medi-calrx.dhcs.ca.gov/cms/medicalr...
September 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
laptop manufacturers are cowards who are too afraid of adding back even the slightest bit of extra bulk to give us the extra ports that we want and deserve and need

take back control of your laptop bulk, add your extra ports, fight back
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
haven't just been poking at the chromebook lately btw

my travel router has received some upgrades over the last few months. it's now running full openwrt instead of the weird hybrid firmware that it ships with, so i have a lot more control over everything. still learning and setting it up tho
September 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
hmm
September 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
tablet mounted
August 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
almost done, one more piece printing atm then i can finish assembling the stand

it's a fairly basic thing i threw together quickly from a sloppy design in my head, but it should work just fine for dispensing filament for the time being
August 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
in case anyone was looking for a sale on them, the entire Deus Ex series is on sale super cheap over at GOG

dlc for the 4th game is also on sale
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
іf anyone і know personally іn the Bay іs headіng to the Burn at the end of August and has an іnterest іn brіngіng along a cheap basic Meshtastіc node, і can prіnt a few of my candy-tube node іnserts for ya.

you'd need your own seeed nRF52 kіt, 18650, and tube. SMA antenna іs optіonal.
July 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
good ol online shopping product descriptions
July 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
and there we go. printed, assembled, node is up and running

managed to squeeze in a holder for the SMA connector on the end, so it can use either the stock antenna or an external one

did some additional fine tuning to make assembly easier with future prints but this design is otherwise done
July 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
spent a bit of time once again redesigning and slimming down my candy tube insert, this time to fit into the smaller, thinner version of the tube, using a 900mAh 18350 instead of the 2700mAh 18650

should get about 1/3 the life, ~5 days, but it will be a more compact node

gotta print and assemble
July 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM