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Mike Szczys

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Musician, Senior Firmware Engineer at Golioth IoT. Previously: Editor in Chief of Hackaday Madison, WI

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Chris, Jon, Brian, Marko, Dylan, and Mike from the Golioth crew posing in front of a well-known landmark.

Chris, Jon, Brian, Marko, Dylan, and Mike from the Golioth crew posing in front of a well-known landmark.

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

07.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Was in London for a bit. Enjoyed stumbling into a pipe organ anyone may play in the wilds of the London Bridge tube station.

07.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to announce I won the European Open Source Academy Special Recognition for Skills and Education! @eosa.bsky.social

www.zerotoasiccourse.com/post/eosa_aw...

07.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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In London and enjoy electronics? I'm arranging a meetup on March 8th: theamphour.com/london2026

On The Amp Hour I talked about upcoming travel, as well as topics like solid state transformers, battery testing, new small circuit boards, and a bunch more. Listen here: theamphour.com/717-back-on-...

04.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards
Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards YouTube video by Netflix

When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...

02.03.2026 04:02 πŸ‘ 6215 πŸ” 1447 πŸ’¬ 292 πŸ“Œ 217

I describe myself as "diy CMOS computer curious".

22.02.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Arduboy FX-C sitting on its box where it's perfectly matched with the picture below it. The handheld is gray with purple A/B buttons and a black D-pad button arrangement.

Arduboy FX-C sitting on its box where it's perfectly matched with the picture below it. The handheld is gray with purple A/B buttons and a black D-pad button arrangement.

Handheld shot showing off the USB-C connector on its bottom, a nice upgrade over the micro-B connectors of previous units.

Handheld shot showing off the USB-C connector on its bottom, a nice upgrade over the micro-B connectors of previous units.

My Arduboy FX-C arrived today, and I'm very happy with the build quality, and it's got my two released games right at the top of the Arcade category. You can still order this edition from arduboy.com, but it's close to selling out.

21.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Greetings from the Night City

16.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dear, is this just AI slop?

15.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lol, Nordic has the handy `nrfutil device erase` command, but these other two need more manual JLink commands so this keeps me sane.

15.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I've gotten all the parts of my whippits wind chime put together, and it's a breezy day, so it's a good time to test it out.

It sounds good! Now i just need to strip the labels off and paint the tanks.

14.02.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

TBH, it's crazy how good that sounds. Nice work!

You're gonna need to hit the art show circuit with these this summer, leave the labels πŸ˜‚

15.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think @paintyourdragon.bsky.social needs one of these.

15.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

37mph on a pair of ice skates is just bonkers

14.02.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love seeing the pure joy of Olympic athletes receiving their medal on the podium.

14.02.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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dotfiles/.config/fish/config.fish at b9579205497e039b820585e8baf71affc93bce20 Β· szczys/dotfiles Linux configuration files, lovingly known as dotfiles - szczys/dotfiles

I have the same problem. My solution was to put a bunch of aliases in my shell: gs for gut status, but also gl, gd, gdc, gco:

github.com/szczys/dotfi...

14.02.2026 03:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Technical drawing set from PICO-Germany comprising two bow compasses, a divider, a pump compass and numerous accessories

Technical drawing set from PICO-Germany comprising two bow compasses, a divider, a pump compass and numerous accessories

It's worth checking the small anonymous plastic boxes at the thrift store sometimes...

(pleased that this set came with a set of pump compasses for drawing tiny fillets and parallels)

11.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Motorola’s Password Pill Was Just One Idea Let’s face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it’s just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash password fo…

hackaday.com/2026/02/11/m...

12.02.2026 03:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, that tracks. I'm seeing about 3x for the same 1tb SSD I previously purchased.

10.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Whew... Last time I bought an SSD was April 30th, 2025. Shopping for one today and prices are... checks notes... Crazy high.

10.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Well yes, but they have [cleverly|insidiously] tied it to other smart features like meeting invite integration. I humbly request granular control of my slop.

10.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WPR’s Norman Gilliland Announces Retirement After 42 Years on Wisconsin Public Radio  

Norman has been a great supported of classical music and a wonderfully kind person to listen to on the radio for decades. Congrats on a fantastic career!

urbanmilwaukee.com/pressrelease...

10.02.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wanna see the guy piloting this play ace combat 7

08.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 819 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0
Digital Iris
Digital Iris YouTube video by Ancient

Dude build a digital iris for his camera from an LCD. The results are (and I don't use this word lightly) mindblowing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...

#artisan #electronics #photography

08.02.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Fast 4-gray LUT for SSD1677 EPDs
Fast 4-gray LUT for SSD1677 EPDs YouTube video by tdfsoftware

Fast 2-bit (4 gray level) updates are now available in my bb_epaper library for both SSD16xx and UC81xx panels. I'll be adding/testing them slowly across devices:
youtu.be/JD3HbJ2l6xk

youtu.be/zDrvb8IJgks

07.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there will be only one US semiconductor company, and it will be Rochester Electronics.

04.02.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Crimson and clover, over and over.

02.02.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a red and pink cross stitch on blue fabric. "everything I love causes carpal tunnel" surrounded by hearts, a needle and thread, and a skein of embroidery floss.

a red and pink cross stitch on blue fabric. "everything I love causes carpal tunnel" surrounded by hearts, a needle and thread, and a skein of embroidery floss.

relevant to many of yalls interests.

01.02.2026 02:09 πŸ‘ 8731 πŸ” 3440 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 124
Image from post showing the ferrite loopstick antennas in the Regency TR-1 and Sony TR-55, two of the earliest AM transistor radios.

Image from post showing the ferrite loopstick antennas in the Regency TR-1 and Sony TR-55, two of the earliest AM transistor radios.

**Making Ferrite Core Inductors at Home**

New post in which I walk through how to make inductors, and how the construction of an inductor impacts its attributes, particularly in the case of using a core material with high magnetic permeability.

danielmangum.com/posts/making...

01.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Sensor watch lite red PCB next to the disassembled display assembly from a casio digital watch

Sensor watch lite red PCB next to the disassembled display assembly from a casio digital watch

Casio F-91W watch displaying the moon phase

Casio F-91W watch displaying the moon phase

I put this nifty little board (sensor watch lite) in my Casio watch today

31.01.2026 06:49 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0