Hey All,
I’ve been busy printing out some Star Wars The Force Awakens Stormtrooper helmet pieces. I’ve now printed enough that I can start to put it together.
These are only the first 9 pieces of a 22 piece build.
You can get the helmet files here
-Shea
Hey All,
Updates maybe sporadic for the next few weeks.
AdvanceMAME updated to 1.4 so I have recompiled the source and made .debs out of it. This will work on the Pi and Pi2.
To install goto a terminal and type:
sudo dpkg --force-install -i advancemame_1.4-1_armhf.db advmame
You will now have a directory in ~/.advance and will need to edit your advmame.rc file.
nano ~/.advance/advmame.rc
Add to the first line:
device_video_clock 5 - 50 / 15.62 / 50 ; 5 - 50 / 15.73 / 60
Then press ctrl-x then y and hit enter to save.
You can now place your game files into the ~/.advance/roms directory and launch a game with the command:
advmame gamename advmame sf2
Have a good weekend all!
-Shea
Hey All!
The winner of the Raspberry Pi Zero giveaway is Aaron! Congratulations! I will be emailing you later tonight!
Onto other news. This has been a hell of a week. Had a small health scare with my grandmother, so we drove 200 miles yesterday to visit her. We spent the night and drove back home today. Hence the late post. Shes doing better, so phew! 😀
This week I implemented a cool video encoding queuing system using Redis and Django. The module I used is called Django-RQ, and it makes it super simple to convert your functions into queue-able objects using the @Job decorator.
This Tuesday is my birthday! Woo! I turn 32. I’m content. I also start classes that night. Yay lol. I bought this as a gift for myself:
It’s a Monoprice Maker Architect 3D Printer for $300. It’s a major upgrade compared to my Micro, but it takes a lot more to get it going. I’ve had it for two days and I’ve finally got most of the settings dialed in.
When I went to visit my Grandma I took along my Kinect sensor and used Skanect to scan her, so I was able to quickly print out a very low poly version of her as a bust.
The Skanect free version limits exports to only 5000 polygons. Once I upgrade I can export at full resolution.
Have a good week / weekend all.
Thanks for reading. I really appreciate it.
-Shea
Hey All,
Happy New Year! 2015 was an amazing year. I learned a lot this year. Had some ups, some downs, some all arounds, but mostly, this was a great year. I’m pleased to have shared it with all of you.
To start off 2016 right, I’m giving away a Raspberry Pi Zero. Just fill out the form and in a week I will select a winner and send it out.
Have a wonderful 2016 everyone and thanks for reading.
-Shea