Progress

Short work week because of Easter.

I did a bit of work on my temperature sensing stuff, everything is flowing into an InfluxDB now. Now to make this work on Raspberry.

PlantEd

The plants are growing. How do I make them produce seeds now?

NTS

Simon did some amazing work.

And we looked at the undersides of statues and busts.

The more I think about what I bring to this project, the less I'm sure about what it is.

Things

I recently saw a great thing: a stirling powered fan for a wood stove. Not only does it distribute warm air from the stove around the room (making the stove more effective), but it also cools itself in the process, making itself more efficient. I love these small, ingenious ideas.

Articles

• Jochen's weeklogs -- go read that, lots of great links and thoughts on programming
• List Of Adhesive Tapes -- Hacker News: This is one of the cases where the HN discussion is just as interesting as the original listThis is not usually the case unfortunately. HN used to be great, but now it's just a list of links..
• flibitijibibo on Unity vs. Unreal: flibit_unreal_unity.md · GitHub: More reasons to go to UE5 from Unity.
• vexe on Unity vs. Unreal: My personal experience · GitHub: More reasons to go from Unity to UE5. I think the general gist of the discussion is this: Unity projects are easier to start, UE5 projects are easier to finish. Also, 2D is much easier in Unity. And C# is also much easier.
• Nuclear weapons are not as destructive as you think
• Obscure Pregnancy Interventions: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
• Yes, You Can Charge More. Artists, hustlers, consultants … low… -- by Marianne Bellotti -- Apr, 2022 -- Medium (via Jochen)
• UK Consumer Games Market Valuation 2021 – how much money did people in the UK spend on video games?: These numbers are amazing. Mobile gaming is almost as strong as console gaming, and about 2.5 times as strong as PC gaming.

Books

• Seeing like a State by James C. Scott

Games

• Horizon Zero Dawn: I'm properly hooked now.

Backlog

• Insurmountable (from free EGS)

Recipes

• Sektsorbet: Did it without the meringue, and added cassiswould that be "Sorbet Royal"?, which was amazingly good.

Other media

• Tom Scott: My robot double sells out (so I don't have to): I'm not sure this is a great advertisment for that robot company, nor the VPN company, because that machine is not lifelike at all. I mean, the silicon skin is impressive, but movement, eye tracking, range of motion and movement speed not so much.
• Why You NEED an Overengineered Japanese Mechanical Pencil! ✍🏼🤔 - YouTube
• How a film camera superimposes the date onto photos - YouTube
• X-ray timelapse of fluid movement in plants, stop-motion animation, sensor teardown/repair - YouTube: I found a new Youtube channel, Applied Science, where a tinkering guy is producing really cool stuff, and now I'm watching all of them.
• Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) - YouTube: Who would've thought that you can use a system designed to surveil people to... surveil people who might not like it. Quite a brave move, to agitate american lawmakers.
• The Incredible Bloodborne PS1 Port -- Nerd³ Plays - YouTube
• Object-Oriented Programming is Good* - YouTube: really good set of programming design principles (via Jochen)