Tue 05 May 2026 · 3 min
The emailkb is a compact six-key macro pad that’s been living loose on my desk for a day or two. (If you haven’t seen the previous post about it, that’s probably worth a read first.) The fear of shorting it on some of the mess on my desk …
Sat 02 May 2026 · 3 min
I picked up an emailkb kit from Electrolama (Omer). It’s a compact six-key macro pad built around a Raspberry Pi Pico. Omer let me raid his supplies, and found me some blue switches, and some interesting purple keycaps which have room for …
Thu 23 Apr 2026 · 4 min
I ran out of stickers, i’ve handed out over a 1 hundred of the “me” stickers I made for DEFCON last year. So it was time to make some more…
One of my original stickers on a sticker pole in Tokyo
Mon 15 Sep 2025 · 3 min
Another year, another DEFCON, another project? Previous readers of the blog will know that in 2023 and 2024 I created SAOs to give away, and I planned to the same this year. But life and work got away form me and time ran out. I still …
Fri 09 Aug 2024 · 4 min
Another DEF CON, another SAO1. This year I have made a SAO for myself instead of for the company I work for. This means I have financed it myself so even more squeeky bum during the ordering process to make sure everything is correct. This …
Sun 18 Oct 2020 · 1 min
Due to the current Covid restrictions, and the very small chance of trick or treating happening this year people are going making sure there is still plenty of the local children to go out and see. Whilst I have access to a laser cutter I …
Thu 15 Oct 2020 · 3 min
Recently I had need to build a custom battery for a project, unfortunately I didn’t take many photos of the project, but I thought it worth discussing how construction went, and the issues I had. The design I went with was a 48V 13S5P1 …
Thu 25 Jun 2020 · 1 min
It’s lockdown, you have forgotten the get the SO a birthday card, but you have a laser cutter… What do you do?
Final Card
This was cut and etched on my k40 laser cutter. There is nothing clever here just a Creative Commons licensed photo …
Sat 23 May 2020 · 1 min
This super quick project was to make a new bird box for the garden. It is just a simple laser cut finger box created with MakerCase with a whole added. I sized it to fit in a old bird feeder box was never very popular with the birds.
Finger …