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• Post #4407516

  KLAXXON! Issue 5 of #SOURCE magazine has just been released into the wild! As ever it's pay as you feel, opensource, and the theme this time is #Rockets! Stepping through designing and simulating a rocket with #Openrocket and then making rocket parts with @freecad@social.freecad.org DL here and feel free to tell everyone! https://sourcemag.co.uk/

• Post #4160920

  In yet another work related convo about #LLM and dev usage. Pondering post the #Anthropic payout and the reactions and discussions this week around #huggingface/ #github scrape, I wonder if future litigious stuff should focus more on enforcement/takedown and removal of scraped stuff rather than recompense? Technically more challenging but I suspect the 1.5B doesn't actually deter Anthropic that much.

• Post #4111865

  Quiet one at the #repaircafe today. My favourite fix was this little Mario night light where my young fixer buddy Leo did a lot of the work. #EachOneTeachOne

• Post #4072390

  This is nuts. #huggingface have just scraped the entirety of #github. https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceCode/in-the-stack

• Post #4021654

  Lol wrong kit (small birdwatching scope on camera tripod) but had a lovely time looking at the moon with Seren trying to take pics with her mobile down the eyepiece! Not high end but breathtaking still! Recent @emily_s@mastodon.me.uk emf telescope experiences inspiring this!

• Post #3987164

  I've just made a tiny video as I ran out of time to explain a thing to @robives@mastodon.social in @cccpresser@chaos.social brilliant @freecad@social.freecad.org workshop at #EMFcamp it's about the sketcher workbench and how external projections can sometimes cause "wire not closed" errors. I saw a few in the room so here is a very quick primer! #FreeCAD https://makertube.net/w/ftRLmrNB1ghrpWpYWScfvQ

• Post #3784069

  Any #NorthWales people... I'm setting up an evening of talks and informal workshops on #OpenStreetMap in #Bethesda on Aug 11th. Do come and join us! #opensource

• Post #3760882

  Yeah yeah I am working on a Sunday... but come on... it's to announce #FreeCAD's most incredible feature to date... https://social.freecad.org/@freecad/116906703302458808

• Post #3626193

  Super pleased to write and post the winner announcement post for @freecad@social.freecad.org first ever #community #design competition which I co-ordinated. Not quite the end of the work on the project but good to have a first iteration of the process done and dusted. Also ace that the outputs are cleanly designed and needed parts for #openscience, and all licensed with the great #opensource #CERN OHL V2 licence means that they actually may make a difference in the world. Nice! https://blog.fre...

• Post #3581819

  Back on more local patrol with the hooligans. #dogsofmastodon

• Post #3399857

  Huh! I was today years old when I realised that the mighty @libreoffice@fosstodon.org has a great tool for generating QR. In a world where online QR code generators tend to re route via themselves this is an awesome tool to find! #opensource

• Post #2573687

  For todays #FreeCADFriday and my #mayke I've made a little #bike accessory. I often end up lashing things on top of my rear rack (waterproofs mostly!) and they often obscure my light that used to live on my seatpost. I've whipped up a little #freecad doohickey and #3dprinted it in PETG. It can be loosened and rotated to the side or underneath depending on what I'm carrying. Pleased with it! #biketooter I shall publish the files somewhere soon!

• Post #2459163

  Todays #mayke is exploring making a minimal version of my enormous "Planstation" portable standing desk out of this interesting Fjallraven paramedic admin pouch. I've replaced the thin flexi whiteboard plastic with some ply to make a rigid shelf.

• Post #2025000

  I enjoyed dipping in and out of the @oshwassociation 12hr live stream yesterday. Just watched Oscars amazing mouth driven mouse section.. awesome. Anyhoo if it's peaked your interest in getting something certified I have written a small guide to certifying #openhardware in the latest issue of the pay as you feel #SOURCE magazine. There's also a #KiCad primer a #FreeCAD beginners project and some #Inkscape stuff as well! Grab a copy here https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/10/s...

• Post #2024999

  Bit of tinkering #3Dprinting this tiny parametric box with my logo debossed in the lid. Box is parametric @FreeCAD logo is exploring the "add svg" function in Prusa Slicer. Logo tinkered with in @inkscape

• Post #1828218

  Twas last Friday I sent the "please delete my store, account and data" email to @tindie which is the official route to leaving... It's still all there and no response as yet.#tindie

• Post #1748379

  Lol, so re a random conversation I want to make a Venn diagram of the following 4 options! #Hardware #tinkerers #anybody please select one option from the poll! #making #engineering #tools #3dprinting

• Post #1748377

  Lunch hour helping Charlie rehearse for a small charity gig tomorrow night. He's nervous bless him.

• Post #1625977

  ICYMI Yesterday I posted over on the @freecad blog about an excellent new Design For Manufacture (DFM) workbench. #CAD #FreeCAD #opensource https://blog.freecad.org/2026/04/21/new-wip-design-for-manufacture-workbench/

• Post #1625976

  Done LOADS of #3Dprinting with the Qidi Q1 machine I got a while back... weirdly despite this, today it is the first day I've loaded up any PLA in it! It's all been PETG so far!

• Post #1625975

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@concretedog/116447883088537561 Ha furthermore.. this excellent workbench is now directly installable via the addon manager... so I've had to update the blog story! @freecad #freecad

• Post #1625971

  I have a controversial take to share... I used to love an unconference... but in these carbon critical times I find the idea of travelling to an unconference to much of a gamble that there'll be useful content. #unconference #climate

• Post #1625970

  Just spotted that my #KiCad book on the #RaspberryPi press is included in this Humble Bundle. cc @rpimag https://www.humblebundle.com/books/best-of-humble-bundle-raspberry-pi-and-retro-gaming-by-raspberry-pi-press-books?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paid&utm_campaign=07_ACQ_Bundles_Books_2026-April_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_Meta&utm_content=Bundle_Books_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_Static-V2-Products&utm_term=2026-April_Bundle_Books_RaspberryPiAndRetroGaming_ROW&a...

• Post #1625969

  Working late but thoroughly enjoying today at the #Doghouse space working on iterations of a new #CNC machine project. Nuts and bolts and #tools everywhere :)

• Post #1520861

  Been carrying out a service and a small #repair on a #lasercutter this morning. My tool kit for this (stuff on left) is almost smaller than my coffee kit (stuff on right)!

• Post #1325238

  Some excellent #opensource news this morning. #Thingiverse have just rolled out support for the #CERN OHL V2 licence set across the platform. Fabulous. They also are asking what other licenses would the communty like to see. https://thingiverse.discourse.group/t/cern-open-hardware-licence-ohl-now-available-on-thingiverse/29

• Post #1197533

  Got some amazing gifts for my 50th. Seren made me this lino cut of the dogs. I'll treasure it. #dogsofmastodon

• Post #1187340

  So a few have DM'd me asking whats going on with @tindie ... just wanted to say here I haven't worked for them for a good while so have no insights! I do still have a store there but have turned all options for EU or USA sales off so it's pretty inactive. I have to say its sad to see it not keeping store keepers informed. A post about it and perhaps the future, or the commitment to the platform on @hackaday would be a good move imho. #tindie.

• Post #1075696

  Super pleased to be able to announce that we have a, very lean, website for #SOURCE magazine! There may be some features added down the line, but for now it's cool that I can shove the next issue PDF in a directory, run a script, and it pulls a thumbnail and some metadata from the PDF and populates the site when I push changes to a repo. Slight inference of this news is that I probably am considering keeping SOURCE running beyond the first 4 issues. #SOURCEmagazine https://sourcemag.co....

• Post #1024181

  My blog/experiences with the #xteinkx4 ereader and the #crosspoint #opensource firmware have ended up on @hackaday :) My rep as nerd sniping geekchic influencer increases! https://hackaday.com/2026/04/05/pocket-sized-e-ink-gets-a-firmware-upgrade/