Mike Szczys
@szczys
Musician, Senior Firmware Engineer at Golioth IoT. Previously: Editor in Chief of Hackaday Madison, WI
I built this music player for my kid years and years ago. It's hacked together with an old Orange Pi PC Plus in a reused hardboard box with buttons and computer speakers I had in a junk box. A python script monitors the "favorite" buttons (or shuffle). Still in use, we just updated the songs.
We had family stay with us over the holiday weekend. Our 1-year-old cocker spaniel puppy was on duty entertaining the whole time. The aftermath is rough. Note this is an end table, not a dog bed.
Dang, look at this fantastic sign above a camera shop on Wabash in Chicago
Apparently, Windex is magic. When cleaning the bathroom, a spritz of Windex activates the capacitive touch sensor on this soap dispenser.
Excellent arcade standup at Hank's, the east side burger joint near my house.
A life milestone, for I have (voluntarily) used a colorful Unicode character (is it an emoji?) in embedded logging for the first time:
Hey Madison folks, come out to see a live performance by the Madison Experimental Incubator on May 3rd medi.catmachinesdance.com
I don't tend to post a ton of people photos, maybe because when you work remote you don't see a ton of people. But here's about 60% of the awesome Golioth crew I've been working with the past several years. @jonathanberi.com @chrisgammell.bsky.social
Was in London for a bit. Enjoyed stumbling into a pipe organ anyone may play in the wilds of the London Bridge tube station.
I just finished the Path of Pain in #HollowKnight. This is just the very end of it; some of the hardest platforming I've done and the reason I skipped this the first time through.
Every year, Advent of Code makes my brain think about algebra. Of course this is a good thing, but I do find it a tad less fun than the pure coding challenges.
I managed to find the one nice night for camping in a week of sweltering weather. Enjoying a pour over and some fancy oatmeal for this 72F sunny morning.
Monica Hall is by far my favorite character from Silicon Valley. She is the one character who both understands the tech industry and experiences its lunacy at the same time.
"It's sad" "Yes" "and somewhat implausible." Quickly replying: "It's cannon" If you're not watching @marthawells.com's #Murderbot, what are you even doing with your Fridays?