Say hello to InfoNinja. InfoNinja is an Open Source Ethernet-connected desktop heads-up display. It works in tandem with a desktop computer to give you an at-a-glance secondary display of both text and ambient (color/blink/fade) information. It is also a tea timer. You can learn more at the project pages: Project Overview Hardware/Firmware Software The source … Continue reading Introducing InfoNinja
Category: Projects
A robot laser helps me carry craft brew
I made this amazing and stylish laser-cut 6-pack holder…
Print your own Super Mario question box (or your own pixel art design)
It’s the question-mark box from Super Mario Brothers! 3D print it then put your coins in it! Hide a mushroom or fireball (the candy of that name, obviously) in it!
The little bowl I designed & printed
UPDATE: I printed this at Shapeways in food-safe glazed ceramic. See the progression from code to object in a more recent blog post. I made a thing! Well, I designed and made a thing. You will find my “finger cup” at Thingiverse. Quick background: several times a day at work, I find myself in the … Continue reading The little bowl I designed & printed
Cat-scratcher cost-savings analysis
In the previous Cat Scratcher post, I forgot to include the following picture, taken in a local PetSmart of similar (but more cheaply made) products: The small cat-scratchers go for $10. The larger, more fancy ones — the ones most similar to the one I designed and made — go for $25. In mine, the … Continue reading Cat-scratcher cost-savings analysis
Adventures in cat-scratching -or- how a laser project became a regular project
When you first start out with the laser cutter (for me, not in-person but via a service like Ponoko), it seems that everyone’s “hello, world” project is a set of coasters. I have done a couple of projects since then, but have had one in particular in my eye that is actually not that much … Continue reading Adventures in cat-scratching -or- how a laser project became a regular project
Sudoku Scraper: newspaper sudoku in your Hipster PDA
The other day, I published my Sudoku Scraper code, both on a project page here at Netninja and over at GitHub. For a while, I have had a little PHP script that scraped the USA Today and New York Times websites for the daily sudoku puzzle. And for a while, this script was the homepage on my iPhone. … Continue reading Sudoku Scraper: newspaper sudoku in your Hipster PDA
An HTML5 secure password generator iPhone app
A secure password generator HTML5 “app” for the iPhone and other platforms that runs entirely offline in JavaScript. Once initially loaded from the internet, it can be added to your iPhone’s home screen and will never need a network connection again.
Put it in a skull
I made, as they say at Thingiverse, a derivative work. I started with the 3D model of Chester Copperpot. I then used my favorite CAD-for-programmers app, OpenSCAD, to slice it apart, hollow out the main skull part, and add a fitting peg to the lid so the top won’t slide off. I am good at engineering … Continue reading Put it in a skull
Designed by Brian, manufactured by lasers: part 2, The Programmer’s Desk Reference
This is a followup to my previous post, Designed by Brian, Manufactured by Lasers. That was my “Hello, World” introduction project to laser cutting: simple coasters with etched designs and a coaster-holder. This second laser-cut project was designed to have a bit more 3D, using a couple of interlocking pieces. I do quite a bit … Continue reading Designed by Brian, manufactured by lasers: part 2, The Programmer’s Desk Reference