Coding is like taking a lump of clay and slowly working it into the thing you want it to become. It is this process, and your intimacy with the medium and the materials you’re shaping, that teaches you about what you’re making – its qualities, tolerances, and limits – even as you make it. You know the least about what you’re making the moment before you actually start making it. That’s when you think you know what you want to make. The process, which is an iterative one, is what leads you towards understanding what you actually want to make, whether you were aware of it or not at the beginning. Design is not merely about solving problems; it’s about discovering what the right problem to solve is and then solving it. Too often we fail not because we didn’t solve a problem well but because we solved the wrong problem.

When you skip the process of creation you trade the thing you could have learned to make for the simulacrum of the thing you thought you wanted to make. Being handed a baked and glazed artefact that approximates what you thought you wanted to make removes the very human element of discovery and learning that’s at the heart of any authentic practice of creation. Where you know everything about the thing you shaped into being from when it was just a lump of clay, you know nothing about the image of the thing you received for your penny from the vending machine.

#neuhier
Wir sind die Forschungsgruppe Human Computer Interaction also Mensch Computer Interaktion! An der TU Wien, als Teil des Instituts für Informatik, forschen wir daran wie Technologien unser Leben und unsere Umwelt besser, gerechter und nachhaltiger machen können. Ausserdem gestalten wir einen wichtigen Teil der Lehre, der unsere Verantwortung als Techniker*innen reflektiert. In unserem Physical Design Lab basteln und bauen wir mit Studierenden an der Zukunft.

Unsere Forschung ist großteils in englischer Sprache, wir versuchen hier aber im Sinne der Wissenschaftskommunikation hauptsächlich deutschsprachigen zu posten.

Also, hallo, wir freuen uns auf spannende Gespräche

Ich habe einen ganzen Satz an ABUS-Vorhängeschlössern, die gleichschließend sind, bei der ich aber keinen Schlüssel, sondern nur eine grobe Idee der Schließung habe.
Gibt es per Lockpicking o.ä. eine Möglichkeit herauszufinden, wie der Schlüssel aussehen müsste, um anschließend die Schlüssel nachmachen zu können? Einige wenige der Schlösser sind gerade zumindest offen und wenn ein einzelnes davon zerstörungsbehaftet komplett zerlegt werden müsste, wäre das auch ok.
Eigentlich möchte ich die Schlösser schon behalten, da es in der Menge auch der komplette Ersatz etwas teuer wäre...
Kann mir da jemensch helfen, an eine Vorlage für einen Schlüssel zu kommen?
#lockpicking #lockpickers #locks #diy #ccc #making

Msxbook OneChipMSX MSX2 Computer
https://www.tindie.com/products/cycle/msxbook-onechipmsx-msx2-computer/
#ycombinator #tindie #marketplace #market #maker_made #hardware #electronics #crafts #making #maker #handmade #supplies #crafting #artisan #homemade #gadgets #arduino #raspberry_pi #Vintage_Computing

Do you use breadboards in your electronics adventures?

Plz boost for reach.

In March 2023, I ordered nickel strips and acetic acid to make nickel acetate and start #diy nickel plating in my shop.

Then I didn't actually do it.

Today I finally put those nickel strips into some of the acetic acid and turned on the power supply. Starting to get a little bit green at the bottom!

Also, I have been planning for years to set up for aluminum anodizing. Finally bought all the remaining items I need yesterday, and planning to start actual anodizing process later today.

Finally got to these projects because of an extended family member is visiting. He is learning to use the lathe and mill, and wants to anodize and nickel plate parts he is making. Apparently I'm motivated more by doing things for others than myself? #making

#fluConf2025 will feature a track on hardware-hacking and permacomputing. We want to feature articles and presentations that explore matters related to how devices interact with the physical world, how to repair and adapt those devices for different use-cases, and the challenges associated with maintaining any technology over long periods of time.

We welcome proposals that address:

* open chip design, fabrication, and supply chains

* open-source schematics, 3d printing, and all other maker-oriented skills

* off-grid power supply solutions

* advocacy for the right-to-repair and against DRM

* mobile operating systems and gaming hardware

* radio, mesh networks, routing, and all things networking

* creative or useful applications of embedded systems

* peripherals, device drivers, and storage media

* old or unusual processor architectures, or systems featuring specialized co-processors

Apply up until midnight of January 19th, 2025 (anywhere on Earth)

https://fluconf.online/apply/

I'm in the middle of making an Elf Coat for my niece. It's done in Tunisian Crochet and is quite a big project so my enthusiasm for it drops off every so often.

But today, I get to show my niece where it's up to and the way she gets sooooooo excited about it gives me such a boost! I'm so excited to show her and see her face light up

For those interested the pattern I'm using is at https://moralefiber.blog/2019/02/02/elf-coat-pattern/

Hi everyone
started working on a new mold for ..yess.. another shipp

Again the piece will be in two parts the hull and on these pictures the mold for the wheelhouse.

So another boat.. but can you see what type?

For finished work visit ThuhShop at

https://thuhstudio.etsy.com

Anyone seen this recently, GPSR? If you wish to sell anything physical to the EU (Or Northern Ireland) you need a person who is a point of contact in the EU from December the 13th this year.

Info about this below:

https://bsky.app/profile/cj.shearwood.games/post/3lbewebf2bs2r