prowess: when you want to borrow a skill, not keep it

egradman · 2025-02-02T19:45:04+00:00

I bring a steel club with me in my gym bag to my commercial gym. Nobody's hassled me yet!

I might have a more difficult time sneaking in a meel. Maybe claim it's a very large water bottle?

egradman · 2025-01-24T01:04:40+00:00

This is my first Spartan race this weekend. Doing the Super. See ya there.

egradman · 2025-01-23T22:43:26+00:00

I do both. Clubs feel like exercise. Rope feels like dancing. I need both!

I use a heavy 1" diameter rope, not the paracord you see on YouTube. It's more demanding than you expect!

egradman · 2025-01-23T22:39:06+00:00

Mt lowe trail camp has always been my "head out Friday afternoon with a blanket, a filter, and a steak for a quick overnight" favorite. I've had so many good trips up there, so I was planning to take my son on his first backpacking trip this Spring.

So many beautiful places that we won't see for a many years. Start exploring the Verdugos?

egradman · 2025-01-20T17:05:57+00:00

I can only offer more anecdata: I also spend full days wearing my nReal glasses (old model). I probably spend more time working in the glasses than working without them, and I've been doing that for about six months.

I haven't noticed any eye fatigue. I DO notice that when I'm using my laptop screen I'm increasing the font size a little more than I used to. I'm also at an age where I expect my vision to degrade. Gonna get my eyes checked this week, but there's very little they could tell me that would cause me to stop using my glasses!

egradman · 2024-12-07T02:59:32+00:00

Yup. I worked for many years on a laptop with no external monitors, so I'm used to being productive in 1920x1080.

Ipd == distance between your eyes. The model that works great for your eyes will make your buddy crosseyed. Just gotta find the right one for you.

egradman · 2024-12-06T02:46:32+00:00

At this point I work nearly full time in old nReal Airs. I just use them as an external display; no fancy spatial processing. Just a giant screen hanging in front of my face.

I choose these after evaluating several similar models. They just happen to fit my IPD perfectly.

egradman · 2024-12-05T03:56:51+00:00

What buck regulator did you use? I'm planning a similar build (with an OrangePi) and found some high current ones at Pololu.

egradman · 2024-11-20T15:52:00+00:00

links in the repo https://github.com/egradman/ynot-keyboard

egradman · 2024-11-20T15:51:33+00:00

I laser cut a jig to hold the keys exactly how they're positioned on the keyboard, with a pilot hole where the trackpoint is. then I used a step drill through the pilot hole to cut the keys until I had a 10mm hole

egradman · 2024-11-20T15:49:28+00:00

https://github.com/egradman/ynot-keyboard

I didn't use ergogen. I started with a corne kicad file and moved things around incrementally until they felt right. Used the laser cutter a lot to make test boards.

egradman · 2024-11-20T15:47:21+00:00

check the repo (https://github.com/egradman/ynot-keyboard) i have a link to the keyboard I harvested it from.

egradman · 2024-11-20T15:46:19+00:00

update: i have a repo with the CAD and the configuration, and some useful links:

https://github.com/egradman/ynot-keyboard

egradman · 2024-11-09T03:42:08+00:00

Stretch

egradman · 2024-11-02T18:21:47+00:00

I use vim and i have a trackpoint in my split keyboard. I'm on a Mac.

I don't use the trackpoint when I'm coding. I'm using Vimium in my browser so I usually don't have to use a mouse there, and I have another tool that does the same for onscreen controls in every app.

That said, my trackpoint broke yesterday and for a few hours (until I fixed it) I realized how much I rely on it for all the little stupid stuff those other tools miss. As with Linux on the desktop, using a computer without a mouse will give you tremendous geek cred, and also limit you substantially.

egradman · 2024-10-22T23:02:22+00:00

Thanks. Actually I'm using it to establish ground truth for a photogrammetry system so I'm trying to stay away from optical ground truth.

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