3d printing Eliminate 3d Printing Mesh Bed Leveling Globs on a Prusa i3 MK3 What am I talking about? These little dots that appear at every mesh bed leveling point where your nozzle is oozing a little filament out every time. They are annoying and can cause issues with larger prints.
3d printing Printing a Temp Tower to get better quality 3D prints In order to get the best quality prints it's important to know the correct temperature to print each filament at. Even just a 5c change can make all the difference to the performance of a filament. Here's how to slice and print a 'temp tower'.
usa Our State Grading System We've visited so many States now we figured it was time to devise a system to track them.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Yellowstone to Bozeman Don't be in a hurry here. This park demands time. If you give it that you'll have a very rewarding trip here. You never know what will be around the next bend in the road.
usa-roadtrip-2019 The Only Rodeo in Town Neither of us had ever been to a Rodeo before. The child in the seat next to me positively bounced with glee at the possibility of going. So, we did.
usa-roadtrip-2019 The Beartooth Highway Loop The road from the North East entrance leads directly through Lamar Valley. A very famous place in park for watching wildlife.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Bears, Otters, Wolves and Mammoths Wow, what a day. We saw several Bears, an Otter, a Wolfpack (no, not the NC State kind) and Mammoth Springs. It snowed blizzard style, in June.
usa-roadtrip-2019 The Yellowstone Geyser Basins En-route to the West we passed by Old Faithful and the main geyser basins in the park. They are something to behold. Steam emitting from seemingly every orifice the ground has to offer.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone The colourful yellow rocks lining the canyon mark a change in the geology of the area and create the best waterfall I think I've ever seen.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Grand Prismatic Spring and Old Faithful We're thinking that treating the park like it's on Spanish time might be the best approach. Rise early and tourist until lunch, then eat. Sleep off your lunch until around 3 or 4pm at which point you might consider heading out again.
usa-roadtrip-2019 The Grand Tetons An utterly majestic mountain range. Hidden from view until the moment you leave Jackson, at least the route we drove at any rate. Cat's review of them was "short and spiky". I mean, she's not wrong.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Denver to Pinedale, WY The architecture had a certain 'western' feel to it without being obviously a pastiche. A tumultuous thunderstorm (pictured above) made its way across the back of the scene as we hopped out the car for a short walk across a bridge spanning the 12 tracks here at Laramie.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Desert to Alpine Meadows "We were in the desert 6 hours ago" was the often repeated phrase of the day today. Leaving behind Utah and the gorgeous red rocks we headed for the Rocky Mountains.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Canyonlands and Arches A quiet day today with only a light 4-5 hours of touristing. The afternoon today was 38c, far too hot to be out in it so we took the executive decision to nap through it.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef I absolutely love Utah. The red rocks, the vistas and the lack of people. It's just so wonderful and I think all of us had a fantastic, if a little long, day today.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Grand Canyon to Hurricane Vintage road trip day today. Not much planned other than point A and point B and the rest just sort of happens around here.
usa-roadtrip-2019 Vegas to Grand Canyon Wide reaching vistas are the name of the game around these parts. Lots of tumbleweed and horizons that never seem to arrive. God I love the West.
mum-usa-2019 The Outer Banks (Part 2) As we stepped once again out of the Raleigh bubble whilst ordering dinner we were quizzed "you folks aren' from round here are ya?". Truly NC is a different place to the Triangle.
linux Don't dismiss Xfce I'd liken Xfce to the VW Golf in some ways. Years of refinement is the only way to achieve the level of polish that both of these products have. No monstrous rethinks of how we use the desktops here. And that, is a good - no great - thing.
linux The Linux Community is Awesome! These people, the hosts, are a huge part of my life. I couldn't help but get a little emotional that I was listening to the intro music in studio with the guys. It was a super cool moment.
linux Getting started with Ansible Galaxy This article will cover some of the tips and tricks I learned as a Red Hat consultant working on this stuff every day, it's not perfect and there are probably better ways but here's my take.
mum-usa-2019 From mountains to coast Mum is coming. I'll be on my way to the airport to go and collect her shortly. Having taking the plunge and emigrated almost exactly 6 months she is the first family member to be able to visit us and I couldn't be more excited.
3d printing Smart RGB LED strips with Home Assistant The trouble with any 'smart' device such as a Nest thermostat or Hue light bulb is that they require an internet connection and a company to be in business running a server that they connect to. If the product you just bought requires a cloud service to be available to function, you don't own it.
linux New server build log That means I need a lot of threads and a lot of memory and a lot of storage.
apple Charging a Mac from a Lipo battery This weekend we're going camping at Silverstone for the F1 where a considerable number of photographs are expected to be taken by yours truly. On a usual day at a motor racing event
