This is the first time a book I've contributed to has gotten the subway platform publicity treatment.
#histodons #Montréal #HigherEd
As activity from the bees and other pollinators winds down, I'm reminded that sometimes it's nice to focus on the flowers without all the distractions. #bloomscrolling
#silentSunday
Water Lily. August 2018
After printing a tool for respooling filament and printing a tighter closing extruder lever, I am now able to print the LAYWOO-D3 Wood Filament, famous to produce a temperature-dependent wood grain texture (https://github.com/MoonCactus/gcode_postprocessors/tree/master/wood
Closeup of bond pad on a PIC12F683 after etching off the Cu ball bond.
Gold: overglass sealing the edges of the bond pad
White: Al bond pad surface
Tan: Barrier/adhesion layer under the Al, likely TiN (more likely) or sometimes TaN
You can clearly see the imprint where the bond wire (etched off during decap) squished into the pad and squeezed the aluminum out around the perimeter. The middle area either got thinned down mechanically during the bonding process, or form…
some closeups provided by my lovely partner-in-crime.
We made a gap for the arbutus tree to grow into :)
New fence posts always remind me of soldiers when they have the supports holding them up.
#PoolPond #Fence #BackyardProject
Did I mention IC reversing is absolute crack for AuDHD brains?
I should probably put down the EEPROM, at least for a while, and move on to other stuff. But I'm having too much fun.
This is the dangerous part, and the part I have the most trouble with... the problem is so big you'll *never* be done (especially doing it manually without any automation, figuring out what each cell is by hand, etc).
There's always more to discover. Nerd sniping to the 20th power.
These are the photos for my 2026 calendar. Got the proofs today. Should have the hard copies in 2 weeks. Always agonizing to pick 13 of my photos for the next one. The last few years I’ve had to use older ones too. I don’t get out to shoot as much anymore. I’m hoping that will improve. I’ve volunteered to be a photographer for the city park dept. I’ll take pics of people engaged in the parks and activities, and whatever else I see.