Sam Ettinger
@settinger.net
Formerly @dhammarskjold on the birdsite. Sorry for misleading everyone, I'm not actually a UN Secretary General with a posthumous Nobel Prize. Yet.
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I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I wrote a little comic about #opensource hardware and serviceberry foraging!
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
I'll post all the panels here, but you can also read the whole thing on @archive.org :
dinalab.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?...
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Honeycomb pattern, one of the preloaded ones on a Pixelblaze LED controller by electromage @bhencke.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Honeycomb pattern, one of the preloaded ones on a Pixelblaze LED controller by electromage @bhencke.bsky.social
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I made a really cool LED wall project for my house last week - spruced up an ugly black fireplace with 1035 LEDs and a Pixelblaze LED controller. Check out the full story and project progress on mastodon:
mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...
mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...
Alpenglow Industries (Carrie) (@[email protected])
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Got an ugly-ass nonfunctional fireplace that someone painted black? I’ve got the solution! I’ve had the parts and custom flex boards for a while for this and just no time. Tonigh...
mstdn.social
October 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I made a really cool LED wall project for my house last week - spruced up an ugly black fireplace with 1035 LEDs and a Pixelblaze LED controller. Check out the full story and project progress on mastodon:
mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...
mstdn.social/@alpenglow/1...
A silly idea that turned out well! Most flex PCBs are cut by laser, not milled, so you can make perforations by adding incomplete edge cuts. These disks are for cleanly joining LED strips at different angles and different radii, and they break apart with just my fingers, no other tools.
![The same flex PCB with one quarter of it torn out and turned into three curved connector pieces of different radii. The remaining board has a silkscreen that says "Do it [...] coward" in Jokerman font.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a66hnhcr6waofv7umsqr6263/bafkreib5dpc6dkvga4rtzlqssc7spmnyvdo255ps2ri5ol3n3te5qpfnqa@jpeg)
September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A silly idea that turned out well! Most flex PCBs are cut by laser, not milled, so you can make perforations by adding incomplete edge cuts. These disks are for cleanly joining LED strips at different angles and different radii, and they break apart with just my fingers, no other tools.
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I made this specifically for @settinger.net but felt I couldn't deprive the rest of the internet of this nonsense.
July 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I made this specifically for @settinger.net but felt I couldn't deprive the rest of the internet of this nonsense.
I have enough pieces to fill an 11×14" shadowbox now. It's all coming together 😁
I'm still a bit worried about fit and precision (or lack thereof) on these tiles, but gosh they fit nicely so far. Need to get more hot glue though.... So that's *two* things I had to buy in order to complete this.
I'm still a bit worried about fit and precision (or lack thereof) on these tiles, but gosh they fit nicely so far. Need to get more hot glue though.... So that's *two* things I had to buy in order to complete this.
February 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have enough pieces to fill an 11×14" shadowbox now. It's all coming together 😁
I'm still a bit worried about fit and precision (or lack thereof) on these tiles, but gosh they fit nicely so far. Need to get more hot glue though.... So that's *two* things I had to buy in order to complete this.
I'm still a bit worried about fit and precision (or lack thereof) on these tiles, but gosh they fit nicely so far. Need to get more hot glue though.... So that's *two* things I had to buy in order to complete this.
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"A small Guide to starting Community (and Mutual Aid.)"
I'm no specific expert for you and the people around you but I've been dedicated to this for quite a while and I write about it.
Everything I put in Patreon is open, free, always, and a stable link to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/small-...
I'm no specific expert for you and the people around you but I've been dedicated to this for quite a while and I write about it.
Everything I put in Patreon is open, free, always, and a stable link to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/small-...
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February 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"A small Guide to starting Community (and Mutual Aid.)"
I'm no specific expert for you and the people around you but I've been dedicated to this for quite a while and I write about it.
Everything I put in Patreon is open, free, always, and a stable link to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/small-...
I'm no specific expert for you and the people around you but I've been dedicated to this for quite a while and I write about it.
Everything I put in Patreon is open, free, always, and a stable link to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/small-...
I made some high-temp silicone molds out of Mold Max 60 and have begun casting Moroccan-style zellij tiles out of my years of accumulated PLA scrap. They are very fun to play with.
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I made some high-temp silicone molds out of Mold Max 60 and have begun casting Moroccan-style zellij tiles out of my years of accumulated PLA scrap. They are very fun to play with.
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Another pillow demo, running different patterns (there are 20 options), with different music. This was part of the #makergiftexchange that I did with some friends, and the first sample is shipping out today to @geekmomprojects.com
January 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Another pillow demo, running different patterns (there are 20 options), with different music. This was part of the #makergiftexchange that I did with some friends, and the first sample is shipping out today to @geekmomprojects.com
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The stickers have arrived, thank you! #makergiftexchange They're even more shimmery in person - I look forward to using them to encourage people to "do it, coward!" (including myself)
January 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The stickers have arrived, thank you! #makergiftexchange They're even more shimmery in person - I look forward to using them to encourage people to "do it, coward!" (including myself)
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Video demo of my lighted pillow
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Video demo of my lighted pillow
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Introducing my new light up pillow ...
January 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Introducing my new light up pillow ...
Our #makergiftexchange happened on Wednesday, another moment where I'm bowled over by just how creative my friends and colleagues can be. My contribution was an inside joke. Did you know that, in Shenzhen, they'll let you print whatever you want on those shiny holographic security stickers?
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Our #makergiftexchange happened on Wednesday, another moment where I'm bowled over by just how creative my friends and colleagues can be. My contribution was an inside joke. Did you know that, in Shenzhen, they'll let you print whatever you want on those shiny holographic security stickers?
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SO. I’m developing a kit because I have a feeling that maybe other people might like to add LEDs to their crochetwear? What do you think, would you crochet with LEDs? I’ll do another post soon showing you the inside, maybe another little vid.
More shout-outs to my electronics homies -
More shout-outs to my electronics homies -
January 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
SO. I’m developing a kit because I have a feeling that maybe other people might like to add LEDs to their crochetwear? What do you think, would you crochet with LEDs? I’ll do another post soon showing you the inside, maybe another little vid.
More shout-outs to my electronics homies -
More shout-outs to my electronics homies -
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I’m so excited that I can finally show this to you all! I’ve been working on it for a while, as part of an annual white elephant #makergiftexchange that I do with some friends every year. This time I went for the full cross-over and made a #crochet LED hat.
January 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m so excited that I can finally show this to you all! I’ve been working on it for a while, as part of an annual white elephant #makergiftexchange that I do with some friends every year. This time I went for the full cross-over and made a #crochet LED hat.
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my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody:
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
The history of slipping on banana peels | Pretty Good, episode 14
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December 7, 2024 at 5:39 PM
my first new episode of pretty good in seven years, now free to watch for everybody:
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
THE HISTORY OF SLIPPING ON BANANA PEELS
@slugworlds.bsky.social holy shit, how do you already have over a thousand posts here, how did I miss this
September 21, 2023 at 9:20 PM
@slugworlds.bsky.social holy shit, how do you already have over a thousand posts here, how did I miss this
I almost called this model "oh look at the time, it's gender o'clock" but I went with a more clinical title in the end. But check it out, it's a fun print!
www.printables.com/model/585949...
www.printables.com/model/585949...
September 18, 2023 at 10:16 PM
I almost called this model "oh look at the time, it's gender o'clock" but I went with a more clinical title in the end. But check it out, it's a fun print!
www.printables.com/model/585949...
www.printables.com/model/585949...
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you, too, can have a babylonian cuneiform keyboard
www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...
www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...
August 24, 2023 at 11:26 PM
you, too, can have a babylonian cuneiform keyboard
www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...
www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832...
NOOOOOO my favorite 8-bit microcontroller, the ATtiny20-UUR, is officially Not Recommended For New Designs 😭
1.4×1.6 mm of perfect adorable computation
1.4×1.6 mm of perfect adorable computation
July 28, 2023 at 4:43 AM
NOOOOOO my favorite 8-bit microcontroller, the ATtiny20-UUR, is officially Not Recommended For New Designs 😭
1.4×1.6 mm of perfect adorable computation
1.4×1.6 mm of perfect adorable computation
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Hi! I am still burnt-out on social sites at the moment, but it's nice to be here.
June 23, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Hi! I am still burnt-out on social sites at the moment, but it's nice to be here.