Keep Everything Yours

Got two more desk pet orders and just finished them up. These two are on their way to Colorado, hope they enjoy the mountains ⛰️

That feeling when you post a new video after a year and it reminds people they are subscribed to you 😭 but what goes down must come up! #youtube #creator #growth #funny #sad #restart #newvideo #audience

I made this little desk pet a while ago and people seem to like them. Its interactive so you can pet it! If you want to make one yourself : makerworld.com/en/models/24... If you want to buy one already made : www.etsy.com/listing/4459...

Interesting talk about CYD (Claw back your data) a tool to delete all your old tweets and migrate them to BlueSky. Its free an open source and I would definitely be using it If I had a twitter. youtu.be/qnbwTlT-DP0?...

If you could choose one device to be smart what would it be? Lights, thermostats, etc. I want to try my hand at creating some smart home devices that don't require any external internet connections and am curious what people need/want! #arduino #smarthome #esp32 #code #KEY #keep_everything_yours

Another day another reason that we need to make a change to #keep_everything_yours. @jeffgeerling.com had to replace a dishwasher and the new one requires a cloud account and access to the Internet to run a rinse cycle?!! youtu.be/5M_hmwBBPnc?...

A big part of keeping everything yours is learning how things work. With a bit of insight you'll realize a lot of things don't need your data. The best way to learn in my opinion is by doing and this GitHub repo has a ton of project walk through to make things for yourself github.com/codecrafters...

For those who might have missed the video I'm changing my channel from make it for less to for less to keep everything yours.This video explains my reasoning and what to expect moving forward. The basic idea is to move away from only my own projects and show off more #opensource youtu.be/Ac0L0wzXVis

Amazon is removing the ability to download books you have already paid for and own! If you have bought any e-books through Amazon go download them before February 26th! I made a quick video talking about it youtu.be/jGo-TZHG9VU

If you are interested in programming and like video games (An unheard of combination!) check out this $10 bundle. I have sunk many hours into Shenzhen I/O. You build devices by using simulated hardware (MCUs, IO expanders, etc.) and program them in assembly! www.humblebundle.com/games/new-ye...

After trying everything I could think of (Hardware + Software changes) I could not get power usage for BLE on the #ESP32 below around 100ma. Switched to a #nrf52840 and with no intervention power usage is down almost 15x to 7ma. If I put it to sleep that drops another almost 70x to 100µA! So Happy!!

I have wanted to try out Godot and an XR project sounds like a fun excuse!

Bringing an animation to life, literally.

Just posted a new YouTube video about my open source car thing now that #spotify has shut them down. Check it out and let me know what you think!! youtu.be/eyedZ4ko-uQ

My timeline always ends up such a mess when the edit is almost done 😜 excited for this video coming out tomorrow for my upgraded diy #spotify car thing! #davinci #editing #video #youtube #esp32 #arduino #electronics

I'm not sure I'm happy with the method I used to solve today's problem in #rustlang. Its total brute force that checks every possible combination. Did anyone come up with a more clever solution? I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7

Nothing better than a homemade creme brulee 😋😋😋

I have some #rustlsng examples I keep forgetting to upload to this page 😑 this repo has most of the things I learned but it's a mess to get through gitlab.com/makeitforles...

Got hit by an off by 1 error that made me lose my mind for a bit in part 1 and part 2 takes almost 10 seconds🤮 Managed to reuse some of the code from day 4 which sped things up a bit #rustlang I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6

Trying to use a new #rustlang feature I'm not as familiar with for each day. For this one it was named loops! Being able to break out of any outer loop no matter how nested you are can be a lifesaver! I just completed "Print Queue"-Day 5-Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

Nearly gave up on part2 🤪 I just completed "Ceres Search" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/4

For anyone looking for #ESP32 projects or anything related to them I made a curated feed you should check out!! bsky.app/profile/did:...

This one was a lot of fun. I panicked thinking I would need to parse complicated expressions 😨Luckily a state machine did the job no problem! if in #rust match statements make it super easy! I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3

Got a case designed and printed for my open source #spotify car thing powered by the #ESP32. The knob on the side controls volume and the buttons on top do playback! Now I just need to figure out how to decorate it! I'd love to hear any ideas if you have them!! #arduino #electronics #music

Not super proud of the hack job I did to get the second star but it worked! I used the scan function of rust iterators to solve it which was something new for me. I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2

I've completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

So was no one going to tell me how good Metal Gear Solid V : Phantom Pain is??

My fake CRT with a L.A.S.E.R. is finished. "Fully" 3D printed. youtu.be/9qPc_I1V6go

The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:

Working on my open source car thing alternative since #spotify is shutting them down in a week 😞 it's running on a #ESP32. everything is working and I can play, pause, skip songs, etc. just need to make a case and it will be ready to go. Video on my YouTube with the whole process soon!!

Well I have now posted all of the videos I have made so far. If any of them look interesting or you want to learn about using the #ESP32 I'm planning to make lots more in the new year! Come check out my channel and subscribe so you don't miss them www.youtube.com/@makeit4less

This was my follow up and completion video of the big #tamagotchi project I had started almost a year earlier. It uses the CYD with the #ESP32 and the whole thing is programmed in #rust. youtu.be/v9W5ws6h1Us

This is a series I want to get back to! I'm trying to review all of the microcontrollers I can think of to show people the pros and cons of each! youtu.be/k99MlP4hkH0

This project was a lot of fun but not too many people saw it. It uses a #ESP32 to get the current time, sunrise, and sunset and shows you not how many hours are left in the day but how much sunlight is left. I wanted to get outside more in the summer and this helped me do that! youtu.be/UtKMGIBL6Us

This video was a bit different for me. I had no motivation to clean up and get #organized and somehow making a video out of it gave me the last push I needed to start. youtu.be/RRCJ38MRZOg

Another CYD project using the power of the #ESP32. This was a collaboration with Mellow Labs to take the $150 Love box (which also has a subscription cost) and #MakeItForLess. It worked great and we were able to send pictures over the internet from the UK to the US. youtu.be/XPEIRgjqhrA

I had seen the Birdie C02 monitor that looks like a canary and falls over when C02 levels got too high, but at almost $200 it was a prime target to #MakeItForLess. One cheap C02 sensor, some time in @freecad.bsky.social , and a little bit of code and I had my own version youtu.be/jiWHC_wr-Ng

I liked the Idea of a remote for things in my apartment that you could just point and shoot. I found an awesome laser tag toy at goodwill and the rest was history! youtu.be/y3kPYw9bgBk

I made this video after having difficulty getting up and running with an #attiny85 and #arduino. Its a full walk through on how to program and create a shield for the Arduino Uno that takes care of everything for you! youtu.be/omwflfYH9i8

Remote controlled ED-209 WIP #3dprinting #movie #arduino #ESP32

Asteroids on esp32 and OLED.

One of the episodes in my upcoming #Zephyr series will cover graphics using LVGL. It’ll be pretty simple but enough to get you started. #IoT #ESP32 #embedded

I did a development exercise a 15 months ago where I created a series of I2C client devices (formerly known as I2C slaves) using the ATtiny1616. In this video, all 9 PCBs are I2C clients. The host (aka master) device was an ESP32 board running CircuitPython.

This was the first project I made after learning about the Cheap Yellow Display powered by the #ESP32. I figured technology has advanced enough that we could have the #tamagotchi of the future! youtu.be/wY9xDiz_Auw

I had an idea for a reaction time drinking game where the slower person has to drink. Semi inspired by the Janx Spirit drinking game from #HitchikersGuideToTheGalaxy since once you start losing you'll probably continue too. youtu.be/6yk8SgossMQ