Tim Burbank @robotfriend@squid.cafe

Replacement power switch and lights for my computer after it finally got unhappy that I spilled tea on the front panel a few months ago

I swear I tested my keyboard cable before replacing the entire fucking microcontroller, but I'm testing it after doing that and the cable 100% doesn't work

(cables should have "0" resistance, not "1" resistance)

I have successfully removed the microcontroller! ....Hopefully that's actually the problem or I'm gonna feel bad about the damage I did to this thing getting it out

Time to attempt repairing my fancy keyboard, which stopped working for mysterious-but-not-surprising reasons, considering it was literally taped together

(pictured: the airplane, built in the 1940s out of metal poles and cloth)

After four years of trying to shove geospacial data into graphics tools I finally feel like I have a solid understanding of the toolsets and processes involved and it's my favorite

(pictured, on of my rare non-ocean datasets following nav from the cutest small airplane)

Best hardware to watch https://www.twitch.tv/ninamarie play Haunted PS1 demo disc

....ok, the TV is the best, but the first gen Raspberry Pi really doesn't like decoding web video

This is The Worst Computer I Have Ever Owned and it makes me immensely happy

(yes the VCR is an important part of it)

Tim are you ever gonna stop posting volcano screenshots?

NO

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/live-feed-from-iceland-volcano

I can't stop watching volcano

https://www.ruv.is/frett/2021/03/20/beint-vefstreymi-fra-eldstodvunum

Most of my data looks like this. In small patches, 100m resolution, false color. But otherwise the landscapes are very similar

Here's a frame from a minute later in the actual video after it slows on parachute and points down. You can see the same landmarks visible in the animation

Animation of heat shield jettison vs. actual picture of heat shield jettison

Perseverance if finally releasing ALL THE DATA so here's another RGB combination

Processed in Krita, data from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

Attempt at processing one of Percy's hazcams! Combining RGB, minor color adjustments, and undistorting in Krita and Darktable

Data from https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/multimedia/raw-images/

I BUILT MY FIRST KEYBOARD!! It's been in progress for most of the year but it exists now and brightens my workspace

I finally figured out the toolsets needed to get sonar bathymetry into Blender!! With proper georeferencing so it can be combined with things like ROV nav data!!!

Today I'm learning how to repair an alternator. Just for fun and, uh, no other reason

I feel like my body doesn't work the way it did 7 years ago and working all day from a folding chair is no longer optimal

If I record violins in the Blanket Fort! maybe they'll sound better