This week, quickly: I looked for a parametric 2D design tool : I currently use inkscape for preparing design to laser cut, but switching from one thickness to another requires mostly a full redesign. I want to be able to draw with parameters and change easily thickness without having to do a full redesign. I found an …
Author: Florent Revelut
R.I.P Billy
R.I.P Billy, for thou shallt be reborn and never forgotten. I had an old Billy shelf which was starting to collapse and had the wrong color (moved from one room to another...). It was time to swap for a brand new one (yeah, trip to ikea!!!). The old one got repurposed in my cellar to …
PC cooling
I had a Corsair H60 cooling kit which used to be quite silent. It died: pump did not pump any more and it led to overheating. I changed the kit to the superior Corsair H80, which is a crank higher. Ever since, the noise has been really loud. The H80 is using a pump and a …
Rainbow loom and hacking
A while ago, I ordered from alibaba (or dealextreme) bazilions of elastic bands for the kids. However, I forgot to buy a loom. Being back from vacation, sunday evening needs an occupation for the kids. Time for some hacking! I've already used the elastics between 2 fingers and the kids are now good with it …
Misc week 15-23
This week's highlight, in real life and on the interweb Juvenile prisons in the states : Scary as hell, not for the soft-heart. Not sure about the situation in Switzerland on this matter I did some cool stuff, posted on thingiverse and had positive feedback I'm crushed with allergies to pollens, hoping for rain Canon has …
Piggy bank for kids
My kids are old enough to have their first coins and they were begging for a piggybank to stash their valuables. I had the idea to build them an actual treasure chest, out of plywood. The final design is available on thingiverse, this post will focus on how to design and build it. Design I used …
One update a day keeps problem at bay
It looks like the last update I did kind of messed with the blog layout. I switched to a new theme, did some update with the layout and it should be back to normal. I'm still working on finding the right balance, I'm not really proud now, things are likely to change again in the …
And I just remembered why I closed my previous blog
Roughly 10 years ago, I installed my first blog. After a few months, I decided to close it because the admin burden was too high for me at that time. It looks that spammer still love to drop random comment and did not learn anything in 10 years. I'll go hunting for some smart plugin …
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Using Persistence of Vision on Ubuntu
I've been using Persistence of Vision for almost 20 years. By using, I mean thaat I had times when I was pretty intensive users and most of the time where I didn't touch it for spans of multiple years. I recently decided to install it on my ubuntu, and there are some caveats that I'll …
“infinite” bash history
I tend to use `screen`a lot and never reboot my computers. As my memory becomes flaky, I often need to search in my history and usually don't remember which tab I used for a specific command. I've solved this problem with my bashrc the following way: # don't put duplicate lines or lines starting with space …
Bruce's hideout 