Brian Welsby
@theflyingkipper.bsky.social
Retired electronics engineer, software engineer, Internet and IT. I like all things technical and pistachio ice cream
Well it's been a lot easier than expected thanks to Circuitpython having excellent docs and lots of examples. New I have switched to Micropython so I can make use of the dual cores. One task to get the status data and one to take the data and make it look good on the display...
Just for fun 😜
Just for fun 😜
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well it's been a lot easier than expected thanks to Circuitpython having excellent docs and lots of examples. New I have switched to Micropython so I can make use of the dual cores. One task to get the status data and one to take the data and make it look good on the display...
Just for fun 😜
Just for fun 😜
Just singing a modified "Feeling Groovy"
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the fallen leaves
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the fallen leaves
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Just singing a modified "Feeling Groovy"
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the fallen leaves
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
Slow down, you move too fast
You got to make the morning last
Just kicking down the fallen leaves
Looking for fun and feeling groovy
Ba da-da da-da da-da, feeling groovy
I have been known to wear odd socks, if anyone comments I say I have another pair just the same.
October 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I have been known to wear odd socks, if anyone comments I say I have another pair just the same.
So I started singing ... Here we all are, sittin' in a rainbow
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
So I started singing ... Here we all are, sittin' in a rainbow
Oooo tough choices. 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Oooo tough choices. 🤔
We are getting flu jabs on Thursday, I shall be most disappointed if I don't get one like that.
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We are getting flu jabs on Thursday, I shall be most disappointed if I don't get one like that.
Just drinking some fizz... 50th anniversary was yesterday... celebrating continues 🥂
September 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just drinking some fizz... 50th anniversary was yesterday... celebrating continues 🥂
Many years ago I was on a PLC training course and we had to program traffic lights. Whilst others wrote the sequence as a list of instructions I used a binary counter instead... the instructors were so impressed they offered me a job. I didn't take it as it meant moving to Milton Keynes.
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Many years ago I was on a PLC training course and we had to program traffic lights. Whilst others wrote the sequence as a list of instructions I used a binary counter instead... the instructors were so impressed they offered me a job. I didn't take it as it meant moving to Milton Keynes.
I'm just overwhelmed by this
August 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm just overwhelmed by this
I remember seeing Brian Rix live in one of his farces and great cheers from the audience when he dropped his trousers. They don't make em like that anymore.
August 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I remember seeing Brian Rix live in one of his farces and great cheers from the audience when he dropped his trousers. They don't make em like that anymore.
Reminds me of the song... Little Boxes
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
August 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reminds me of the song... Little Boxes
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
There's a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky-tacky
And they all look just the same
It's here and Mrs W is out at knit and natter 😆 🤣
August 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's here and Mrs W is out at knit and natter 😆 🤣
The jumbo is the easy bit to explain... it's a free gift, it's the other stuff.
I'm thinking of making the jumbo into some form of artwork in a box frame with an e-ink display and sensors.
I'm thinking of making the jumbo into some form of artwork in a box frame with an e-ink display and sensors.
August 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The jumbo is the easy bit to explain... it's a free gift, it's the other stuff.
I'm thinking of making the jumbo into some form of artwork in a box frame with an e-ink display and sensors.
I'm thinking of making the jumbo into some form of artwork in a box frame with an e-ink display and sensors.
Yes tracking says due to be delivered today 🥳
I will have some explaining to do to Mrs W when it arrives ☹️
I will have some explaining to do to Mrs W when it arrives ☹️
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Yes tracking says due to be delivered today 🥳
I will have some explaining to do to Mrs W when it arrives ☹️
I will have some explaining to do to Mrs W when it arrives ☹️
If it's during the day it's liquid sunshine, if it's at night then it's called liquid moonshine... oh hang on a minute 😂
August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
If it's during the day it's liquid sunshine, if it's at night then it's called liquid moonshine... oh hang on a minute 😂
Yes same here ... should arrive tomorrow.
August 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yes same here ... should arrive tomorrow.
Yes 18C in car but we also have an aircon unit in our bedroom, legacy from when my wife worked nights (paediatric nurse), and that is also set to 18C and we switch it on about an hour before bedtime then off again when we go to bed. It's too noisy for me 😀
August 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Yes 18C in car but we also have an aircon unit in our bedroom, legacy from when my wife worked nights (paediatric nurse), and that is also set to 18C and we switch it on about an hour before bedtime then off again when we go to bed. It's too noisy for me 😀