Mark Baseggio
@blark.bsky.social
Dad, hacker, maker, tinkerer, HAM, Phan, red team, cat documentarian, trekkie and NERD.
Woot. ESP32 SPI keyboard now fully works.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Woot. ESP32 SPI keyboard now fully works.
Zomg getting keyboard input working has not been fun. But, signs of life... and 2MB SDRAM works! #retrocomputing 6809 fun.
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Zomg getting keyboard input working has not been fun. But, signs of life... and 2MB SDRAM works! #retrocomputing 6809 fun.
Woot! It’s alive, this is a C test program running on my 6809 computer with an ESP32 ‘video card’ hosting a JavaScript console over WebSocket. #retrocomputing
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Woot! It’s alive, this is a C test program running on my 6809 computer with an ESP32 ‘video card’ hosting a JavaScript console over WebSocket. #retrocomputing
A Python Textual UI for MC6809 to run the ported Lua VM. Ported source and nix flake for building it, and the test harness, etc: github.com/blark/lua-6809
December 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A Python Textual UI for MC6809 to run the ported Lua VM. Ported source and nix flake for building it, and the test harness, etc: github.com/blark/lua-6809
Ha! I got the Lua VM running on the 8-bit 6809 processor. 🤯 #retro_computing
December 29, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ha! I got the Lua VM running on the 8-bit 6809 processor. 🤯 #retro_computing
Not sure if any other person cares about this, but... it's a major milestone. C code, compiled on arm64 macOS, using newlib libc, running on my 6809 computer.
December 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Not sure if any other person cares about this, but... it's a major milestone. C code, compiled on arm64 macOS, using newlib libc, running on my 6809 computer.
Woot. Finally got gcc6809 compiling on macOS arm. Merry Christmas nerds!
December 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Woot. Finally got gcc6809 compiling on macOS arm. Merry Christmas nerds!
One reversed tantalum cap (poof), and screwed up connector (why is it right to left!?) ... it lives! Here's a Python + rich TUI doing debugging /w ESP32 using OpenOCD.
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
One reversed tantalum cap (poof), and screwed up connector (why is it right to left!?) ... it lives! Here's a Python + rich TUI doing debugging /w ESP32 using OpenOCD.
Pro tip: don’t put a tantalum capacitor on backwards, you’ll let out the magic smoke!
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Pro tip: don’t put a tantalum capacitor on backwards, you’ll let out the magic smoke!
Weekend PCB design fun, CC1200 PMOD. Basically a copy of their 433MHz reference design. If anyone is interested maybe I'll put some on Tindie.
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Weekend PCB design fun, CC1200 PMOD. Basically a copy of their 433MHz reference design. If anyone is interested maybe I'll put some on Tindie.
While building a home k8s cluster I had a DNS issue that led to incorrect system time, causing the node to fail when joining. So of course now I'm on a side mission building a stratum 1 NTP server using an nrf52840 + u-blox GPS, in Rust. a) We take GPS for granted, b) ADHD 🐇💫
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
While building a home k8s cluster I had a DNS issue that led to incorrect system time, causing the node to fail when joining. So of course now I'm on a side mission building a stratum 1 NTP server using an nrf52840 + u-blox GPS, in Rust. a) We take GPS for granted, b) ADHD 🐇💫
Daughter disappeared carrying the cat… ten minutes later:
November 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Daughter disappeared carrying the cat… ten minutes later:
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You forgota thea passata. Oh and DIY tomato paste. To freeze and you can have that fresh tomato yum extended.
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
You forgota thea passata. Oh and DIY tomato paste. To freeze and you can have that fresh tomato yum extended.
I live ~3km from the centre of a city with 150,000 population and the fastest internet Bell Canada offers is 50mbit. Pathetic. $60/month for 50mbit internet is terribad. You can get internet 150 times faster from the same company for roughly twice the price. Absurd. Wake up CRTC.
July 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I live ~3km from the centre of a city with 150,000 population and the fastest internet Bell Canada offers is 50mbit. Pathetic. $60/month for 50mbit internet is terribad. You can get internet 150 times faster from the same company for roughly twice the price. Absurd. Wake up CRTC.
Made some mods to my 10+ year old bike, what an amazing difference! Hydraulic brakes, new shifters, had to make some mods with the angle grinder to accommodate the larger hydraulic lines.
June 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Made some mods to my 10+ year old bike, what an amazing difference! Hydraulic brakes, new shifters, had to make some mods with the angle grinder to accommodate the larger hydraulic lines.
I am happy to report that my hydroponic experiments have been somewhat successful. Lessons learned. Not quite enough Serranos for my hot sauce plans. I'll have to wait until the garden starts producing. Tomatoes taste great, but are very small.
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I am happy to report that my hydroponic experiments have been somewhat successful. Lessons learned. Not quite enough Serranos for my hot sauce plans. I'll have to wait until the garden starts producing. Tomatoes taste great, but are very small.
My foray into basement hydroponics with a 3D printed tower is finally bearing fruit. And, if you like this wait until you see my Thai Constellation Monstera's new leaf!
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
My foray into basement hydroponics with a 3D printed tower is finally bearing fruit. And, if you like this wait until you see my Thai Constellation Monstera's new leaf!
"AI Is gOiNg tO tAkE YoUr jOb" ... Yet it can't even write OpenSCAD code put a simple 2x6 edge on the top of my *already designed* garden box. Some of the hits shown here, after dozens of attempts using both Claude and ChatGPT.
April 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"AI Is gOiNg tO tAkE YoUr jOb" ... Yet it can't even write OpenSCAD code put a simple 2x6 edge on the top of my *already designed* garden box. Some of the hits shown here, after dozens of attempts using both Claude and ChatGPT.
PP is a turd, however the 1D graph is a pretty terrible snapshot. Zoom out.
April 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
PP is a turd, however the 1D graph is a pretty terrible snapshot. Zoom out.
He misspelled freedumb
February 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
He misspelled freedumb
Jagmeet should resign as well. How do you flatline while the other party loses >15% of their support? NDP opposition will be eagerly ignored by PP. You’d be better off screaming into the void.
January 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Jagmeet should resign as well. How do you flatline while the other party loses >15% of their support? NDP opposition will be eagerly ignored by PP. You’d be better off screaming into the void.