Introduction to Shaders in P5
Introduction Shaders are a powerful way to apply powerful logic to the individual pixels in a p5 sketch. We write them in the GLSL language (a form of C) then they are compiled and (generally) run on …
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Gallery Opening at the Firehouse
Really excited to have three of my photographs included in the Long Range juried show at the Firehouse Art Center here in Longmont, alongside Veronica Love, Katherine Gibbons and John Fukuda. Artist …
Setting up a Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) test server using Docker on Linux
Introduction This tutorial walks you through the steps to set up a Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) test server, establish the WAX currency and transfer some into a test account. This was tested on …
Driving a Lifx Z-Strip based on Audio
Introduction I’ve previously discussed building a Stereo Console that is backlit using a LIFX Z-Strip. We thought it’d be cool if the backlight modulated in conjunction with the music we …
Audio Front-end for the ESP32
Introduction As part of a larger project, I wanted a way to capture the audio signal from our HiFi and sample it with an ESP32 Microcontroller. Our HiFi has a handy tape-dubbing output which I’m …
Cleaning up Electricity Meter Data
Introduction I’ve previously written about how I harvest the readings from my utility meters and put them into InfluxDB. This follow up post describes how I clean up that data using …
Monitoring Utility Meters
Introduction There are quite a few options for monitoring your whole house water or power usage, but i’m not thrilled about adding a bunch of extra hardware to my breaker panel. I’ve known for a while …
Setting up InfluxDB on Docker
Introduction Docker is a great lightweight container system for running applications on your home server. I run it on my Synology DS918+, which stores all our backups and runs most of the services for …
Building a Stereo Console
Introduction We bought a record player and started collecting vinyl during the pandemic. We weren’t able to find a well suited piece of furniture, so i set about making a console out of some …