3 weeks worth!
I had a few days off work for the Ingress event in Bristol, so it took longer. Next one will probably be similar (I have a few days off for my wife’s birthday) but it’ll be with the new camera, and the century episode!
I’m going to script another face to camera video for that. Same place, same channel 😉
I bought a new camera, which arrived today. It’s an Apeman Trawo 4K. I have all the footage I need for “Adventures” 99 so 100 will be all with this camera 🙂
Thanks to Alun Jones for the custom 3D printed cases for my animated Custom Ingress Resistance Badges 🙂
I thought I’d try something new (for me) yesterday and made a batch of Welsh Cakes.
While they were still warm they were quite soggy in the middle, but once cooled they were very nice!
I made a few mistakes, like adding currants before mixing, and I think I had the heat set a little too high so they went brown too early, but this was my first attempt after all.
No baking stone (yet) but the large pan we have works just fine 🙂
Over 8 minutes this time around! I’m back in sync with my work schedule now so normal running times should follow for a while.
The running theme seems to be the Psychic School Of Motoring and Must Get In Front impatient b’stards that can’t stand to see a cycle ahead of them at traffic lights, even if it means cutting in at the last moment!
A nice birthday prezzie, a cassette drive emulator for the C64 (Tapuino) 🙂
Really easy to use too, and while disk emulation is faster, there are some interesting tape loaders out there 🙂
In this set of clips we have a good variety. Overtaking to turn left, impatient taxi drivers who can’t wait 3 seconds, a pointless bike lane, red light jumpers (car and bikes), some idiot handbrake turning in a car park, ignorant pedestrians acting like sheep, late decisions, drivers who think everyone else is psychic, some very loud quads, due courtesy from me, and an unbelievable, impromptu formation weave.
The main theme of this episode appears to be taxis. Some taxi drivers seem to have found their licences rather than passed any test.
It’s longer than average this time, with 26 clips. I normally wait until the midweek break at this point in my roster, but a week off has pushed things out of sequence. I’ll publish the next one before my long weekend to get back in step 😉
I tried making fudge today. Failed.
Even on maximum heat, I’m unable to get the temperature above 110°C. It needs to get to 116°C or it won’t set.
I started on a low heat to melt the butter and dissolve the sugar, upped the heat when the temperature stopped rising and it was great up to about 108°C, lovely and smooth, but then the heat rise slowed to a crawl, even though the cooker was as maximum, and a significant amount burned to the bottom of the pan as I kept the heat up for longer than I should in the vain hope of getting the required temperature.
The final result is very soft. Really, really sticky. Tastes great though!
Any tips on increasing the temperature while keeping a thermometer in the pan will be greatly appreciated. Preferably without burning a large amount to the pan in the process.
I finally got around to making a couple of Ingress Resistance animated “badges” in readiness for the Bristol event next month. A bit of a hack job with the cases, and would probably improve with practice; cut with a cheapo Dremel clone tool. The battery case is a cut down Arduino Nano box with the wires threaded through the sides, hot glued in and folded down after solder tinning. It works quite well really! I just wish I could have found smaller switches but no matter.
Fixed 99% of the problems. I ordered a new flex cable, which arrived this morning, and fitted that more carefully, re-seated the fingerprint sensor and the rear panel clipped into place more easily than yesterday, and is now cleanly fitting. The only problem I have is actually within the screen itself, which is that the notification LED is very dim, but I can live with that.
