@arturo182
I’ve been working on a kinetic sculpture. Each motor is individually controlled and the modules snap together to form a larger surface I can animate patterns on.
Each module is powered by an RP2040 stamp 😉
Hello. I started a new business! Introducing: The Bijani Company.
The Bijani Company will be my home for all of my personal projects and collaborations going forward.
My newest collaboration with
@noahkalina
is now live. I built a site to house his 23 years (and counting) of daily self-portraits.
I remember watching the original viral video way back in 2006. It's an honor to be involved in the project now.
Allan and I are building the tool I've always wanted to exist.
I've had the same issue on just about every product I've built. How do you know it's ready before actually launching it?
To that end we're building a world of NPCs that help you test your product from the outside,
I quit my corp job last year, raised some money, and started a company with the best partner in the world
@jcb
It's called Synthetic Traffic
@Syntfx
, we make fake people to use your real product. We believe the best way to "test" your product is to use it.
We're super early
Right now, I'm building a game with
@synthesischool
called Fire Ridge. Synthesis is an education-through-gaming platform started by my friend
@chrismanfrank
. The game is a realtime fire simulation, where kids learn to coordinate and problem solve under high pressure.
Lastly, I wanted to share an update on Thinko. We decided to shut down the business, and go our separate ways. Thanks to all of our clients, customers, and users over the years.
Mars Maiers is a limited-edition series of 365 uniquely hand-made digital NFTs created by
@allanyu_
, using a novel custom contract on L1 Ethereum written by
@jcb
to facilitate on-chain blind auctions.
I had a lot of fun writing the contract for this! Art is all on-chain, generated within the contract itself. Each design's parameters are stored in the contract, which are then used to generate art at render.
Contract is two parts:
you know how USB-C has mirrored data/etc pins for each side? normally you connect them on the board so it works bidirectionally. but has anyone ever made something where if you plug it in one way it does one thing, and if you flip the plug over it does something different?
Fire Ridge has been fun to build and watch kids enjoy. Surprisingly, it's also been one of the more difficult things I've built. Simulating the fire requires about ~350k calculations/sec... per game. If you're interested in helping me scale it, I would love some help 🥺
I'm working on a service called Renderable. It allows you to monitor remote client rendering performance, beyond what you get from Web Vitals.
If anyone wants to help beta test it, let me know!
@cabel
if you both find yourself in NY, you should plan an extended stay at the TWA hotel at JFK. it's extremely cool. some of the rooms have a view of the airport just like that. it's a bit more than $3 though.
Hacked the remote for my blinds to be triggered remotely by an ESP32, and made it pull power from the ESP instead of a coin cell. Buttons still work as normal.
Gonna make an enclosure for it and program it to open automatically at sunrise.
I had the honor of making the final piece in the Mars Maiers collection. I wrote an SVG program to generate it 😎
Such a fun project, a constant throughout the year, though in the end
@allanyu_
did way more work on it than me.
The final piece in the collection goes to 0x419DA...b8316!
It's an SVG containing the encryption keys for the entire project, and the addresses of everyone who bid.
With that, the project has concluded! Thank you to everyone for bidding and supporting.
I added a new feature to my game: limited visibility. When enabled, students can only see a limited radius around their current location. The scout truck has highest visibility, but can't act on the fire directly. It forces students to communicate, one of the goals of the game.
We're excited to unveil Family Portraits –– a randomly generated, free-to-claim NFT to kickstart or expand your collection. Each image is entirely unique and claimable exclusively in Family, with no ETH required. We cover the gas fees, so you can get one right away! 🖼️✅
So, the
#SuezCanal
is blocked...
Massive container ship EVER GIVEN stuck in the most awkward way possible.
Ongoing for hours. Every tug Egypt could spare appear to be trying to pull it free.
Vessel tracker:
This week my game joins the curriculum at
@synthesischool
. Last night there was an awesome moment where the students started using Zoom annotations to pitch each other different gameplay strategies, debating pros/cons of each and trying to breakdown the game mechanics.
I ordered some custom machined parts from
@RAPIDDIRECT1
. their online quote preview has a "banana for scale" button.
excited to see how they turn out 😎🍌