I'm building a greenhouse. The frame is done, and I've got plastic and a door on it. Next, I'd like to build boxes to hold soil and allow for easy watering.
I do think it has uses beyond sewing; enlarging art, for example, or perhaps painting stage backgrounds, or maybe laying out patterns for building something out of wood.
I build a computer app to make it easier to do projector sewing. This allows you to take a PDF sewing pattern and use a projector (often mounted on a ceiling, shining down on a cutting mat) to see that pattern at life size. You can then easily cut it out and sew it together.
This is interesting as I've been working on localisation for an app I've made. It's in Electron. I find it super frustrating that when I ask for `navigator.languages` I get 'en-US' first, even though I have my language set to 'en-CA' (which showed up second, I think). I can only assume they were working around some dumb web software that didn't realise that if it didn't see your specific language code it should fall back to a more generic language. Anyone got tips for getting the most specific language code in the general case?
I've only tried Valentina/Seamly2D but yes, most of these programs let you export your design as a pattern that can be constructed, typically as a PDF.
Once you have a PDF, you can:
1 - print it in poster format across many pages of paper
2 - use a projector aimed down onto your cutting surface and then cut the pieces out
or 3 - a few people are fortunate enough to use laser cutters to cut out their fabric.
I've got an Electron app in the works which I'm planning to sell to Windows and Mac users (probably through the platform's app stores, using in-app purchases).
Is such a thing possible with the Linux market? Can I sell my software through stores? Is IAP a thing?
Looks like the price has finally come down a bit, but it did seem to be $2000+ for something with a saw stop, but only $200+ for a regular table saw, making it out of reach of many home handypeople.
Interestingly, as I recall, nearly as many people are injured each year from power tools as are injured in vehicular collisions (in the US) and way more people drive than use power tools.
There is a solution, yes, but the problem is not solved.
This is surreal to read. I've always had a printer.
The last one we got is a Brother MFC-J5945DW. What's really nice is that it has refillable ink tanks (I'm using 3rd party refills to save a ton of money) and it'll print on ledger/tabloid/A3 paper (as well as regular sizes). This is particular nice for printing booklets.
Take a look at AREDN, the Amateur Radio Emergency Digital Network -- https://www.arednmesh.org. They use commercial WiFi gear (see https://www.arednmesh.org/content/supported-platform-matrix) with custom firmware, running on the adjacent ham radio bands (which have less noise on them, allowing for greater distance, although I wouldn't be surprised if the WiFi bands and radio bands have different allocations in Europe.) Surprisingly (to me, anyway) they say that 'N' speed WiFi works better at long ranges than newer protocols.
Both of these require licensed amateur radio operators to use normally. (Maybe wartime is a different matter). I do believe I heard that Russia took radio transceivers away from operators in the Ukraine, but don't know much about it.
I've got an old netbook and decided to put back on the OS it originally came with, Windows 7 Starter. I was so surprised when I couldn't run updates; I finally attributed it to having old security certificates, but couldn't figure out how to update them, and some important updates that I installed on other computers (a number of HTTPS sites are impossible to see without the right certs) and copied over would not install. Such a pain.
And here, just like that, Windows 7 SP1 is installing.
I stumbled across a project called DietPi -- https://dietpi.com. Scroll halfway down the main page and you'll see many SBCs that it works on and might be good alternatives. Khadas are not on the list, though; I've never heard of them before now.
I wish it was a little more obvious how to search it, or what all the variations mean, but it looks like a valuable resource.
It is worth noting that Kiwix works on multiple OSes and on phones and has a wifi hostspot version (that you might run on an raspberry pi, for example). Internet-in-a-box similarly works as a wifi hostspot for ZOM archives.
Lastly, it is worth mentioning that there are tools for creating your own ZIM files; it looks like the most straightforward way is to take a static website and use a utility to convert it into one self-contained file.
When I was trying to use it keyboard only, I never could remember the magic shortcuts to access the menu bars, even after tweaking system preferences. Using the keyboard with Windows or Linux was way easier, IMO.
This sounds interesting. Unfortunately, the blog author didn't link to Blackbird, and there are many things with that name. Is it an open-source project somewhere?
Are there other all-in-one platforms?
It reminds me a little of Citadel/UX (https://citadel.org) or software for the Reticulum Network (https://reticulum.network/manual/gettingstartedfast.html#nom...).