Thursday 26 June 2014

Stuff

Jack Door still not finished. RFID reader is not good enough, max range about 2 inches max. Found a pre-built reader and 35 mm circular tags that are supposed to manage 4 inches, need to test.

Got knocked of my bike on way to work on Tuesday 10th June 2014. Static queue between me and right hand lane I needed. Chose nice large gap, was on the way through when car decided to close gap! Her front bumper hit my right ankle, knocked me over, drove up to my knee. I pulled myself out from under the bike, picked it up, started it up all whilst giving the young blonde driver a piece of my mind, then rode on to work. An hour later my leg not feeling so great, went home, long hot bath, 2 days off work, still painful and limping now.
I should have been staring into the Blondes eyes, would have seen she was playing with her phone, could have avoided it. I should have taken her details. But I didn't.
So, I've created a camera that attaches to my helmet, next time I will be prepared. For details, see here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:372439

Also published a few other minor bits and bobs on Thingiverse:
Kiddies Night Light: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:267662



Updated metric threads: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:311031
Customizer version: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:311919
Glasses case: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:311976

Customizer version of Raspberyy Pi case: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:313811
Hermesetas cap (stops em filling my pocket): http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:315102
Customizer Ashtray: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:316440
Couple of Remote Holsters: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:345945 http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:345952


My Dad was very much into Cine Camera, he created hours of Cine Film that spans between 1960 to 1987. Previously I transferred this to DVD. It wasn't really a great success, I bought a video camera, ran all the Cine and Video taped it, then transferred to PC and edited. I did it all in as high definition as I could, Cine had no sound, so added sound track of all the UK Top 20 at the actual time of the Cine.
Got it all completed and only then discovered that I could not convert from high definition to lower, so I was stuck with a set of 11 DVDs, made 2 copies, gave 1 to Dad, 1 to Sister.
2nd Sister recently asked for a copy, technology moved forward, now I can reduce, gave her a set of 2 DVD with everything on. Whilst at it, I transferred to Dropbox and published it to the whole family.
Appeals to my sense of humour, ancient 1960 Cine film hosted on very latest Cloud :-)