I’ve just learned that apparently you can’t go backwards (yet?) in at least some implementations of the ActivityPub standard.
Theoretically I now have a follower, so this is a test to see if that person can, in fact, see it.
Hello …. Follower?
Category: Software
ActivityPub.
Can I gutenberg from email?
This is a test! I’m trying to make gutenberg blocks from an email. This is only a test.
Had this been a real message, there would be useful, informative and/or funny content.
All you get is this boring filler.
Hopefully the image above worked, otherwise this paragraph will look very funny.
And now for something completely different…
[Edited to add: No, apparently the plugin is specifically designed to dump everything into a single “classic” div block]
OpenEyeTap!?
So, I’ve been following Professor Steve Mann for ages, but somehow missed the heyday of the OpenEyeTap project! Professor Mann’s EyeTap is the result of his decades-long experimentation with wearable computing.
There is enough information around that I’m starting to be able to put together a picture of how it all works, and I think I finally grok the core concept, which is awesome! There are two Instructables that are also around, in addition to the forum above, OpenEyeTap – 3D Printed Programmable Smart Glass and Augmented Reality Eyeglass with Thermal Vision: Build your own low-cost Raspberry Pi EyeTap.
Below [hopefully on first attempt], is a 3d printed “Amerac” frame. The amerac is the display, anti-camera, part of the system. The frame also holds the two-way 70T/30R mirror that the display is projecting onto the back of. The front is pointed towards a camera, which is centered on the amerac and equidistant from the mirror, as well as it’s reflection being centered on in the mirror onto your eye when looking straight ahead.
This means that the camera and display are both in the same plane and also line up, so when the display sends it’s modified image to the back of the mirror, that will perfectly overlap what you see with the display changes over top.
I haven’t figured out a way to cut the mirrors yet, other than painfully by hand. The sizes lend themselves to sample sizes from various vendors, which is a handy coincidence. I also haven’t figured out a way to buy one of the displays from TaoBao yet, which is rather frustrating!
I’ve also slowly picked up another little toy that I was thinking about. We have a nice silver PLA in the Prusa I3Mk3SMMU2S which triggered me to it for some reason…. for now I’ll just leave this teaser:
Other Sites & Previous Work
Some of my previous software and hardware hacks are over at my personal blog https://www.scriven.ca/~scriven/.
I hacked a RePhone DIY Cellphone, made some Waterguns with the kids, and posted about various other projects. That hacking stuff will probably be featured more here and other places in the future, but rest assured I’ll link whenever there’s something noteworthy!
The personal blog I’ll use for, well, more personal stuff I guess. Some of my art and writing and crap.
Math Problem Generator
I wrote this script when my kids were just starting their math practice. It’s pretty basic, and is meant to be printed out, not done on the screen.
It has addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. You can set the number of questions, the range of numbers to choose from, answer limitations like positive or integer only, and can mix and match all 4 operations. It includes an answers page, so checkers don’t have to do the math themselves. 🙂
There is also a Timetables version.
It currently lives on one of the demo sites, but will probably be moved so it’s under here directly.
Hello Again World!
Hello world!
Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3.
This is a test post.
This is only a test.
Had this been a real post, it would be full of informative and witty text.
But this is only a test.