I don’t necessarily mean adult as in NSFW.
I’d probably bring in my RG280V. It was my first handheld emulator. I had emulated games on my phone in the past and even used a Bluetooth controller but playing on it felt different. More real in a way.
I grew up with the Game Boy so the idea of having thousands of games on the go is pretty neat to me.
I’ve since moved on to the RG405M.
What about you? Do you have anything neat or special to you that you could talk about for a couple minutes?
Would love to see photos as well
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My nVidia-branded plastic “sculpture” with a laser-etched 3D Eiffel tower and an actual pre-production GeForce 3 GPU embedded.
In the early 2000s I worked for a small game studio and got the attention from Nvidia for how we used their graphics cards. They wanted us to adapt our game to their new secret GeForce 3 project which was the first programmable GPU (as in shaders).
It was a crazy time with a lot of stories to tell. We got invited to the press conference for the new card, which was held in the Eiffel tower. Yeah, they actually rented the Eiffel tower.
As a thank-you for the work we’d done their developer relations representative had these made for all of the external game developers involved.
Maybe my little DIY walnut cased ESP32 universal remote
The inside - I hope y’all like cable management!
I can’t tell you how much joy I get at the crossroads between technology and woodworking. This is an excellent choice.
Loving the look is this. Got a guide for making one?
Thanks! Fraid not, it came together pretty ad hoc as I was building it.
Essentially the process was breadboarding the major components to get them talking and sort out the software, then built the main board to hold everything in position, then built the box to fit around it all
Better charge that thing!
Is this universal remote in terms of IR to your TV, or more like connecting to Plex/Kodi/etc?
Yeah the battery management board is a bit flaky so keeping it charged is a pain! Yeah it’s just doing IR for the various living room devices, sound system, TV etc so I didn’t have to keep tabs on 4 different remotes
Ah that’s really cool!
Is it nice to use? For a bit I used a Kodi app on my phone but it gets annoying having to unlock your phone, open the app, then hit pause or whatever you’re wanting to do. I presume this is much nicer.
Its great to hold! Very chunky in the hand. Functionality wise I only gave it the on/off, volume and input selection from the media devices, and then it talks to another esp32 base unit that controls some lighting over WiFi, but as far as actually driving the media controls I shamefully just use the Google Chromecast controls, I’m not savvy enough to set up a FOSS alternative yet
I LOVE this. I’m pretty sure I’ve tried every single media/pc remote available, and they all suck for one reason or another. Been thinking about building my own, and this is totally the direction I would go. Thanks for the inspiration!!
This little bronze orc:
It was a gift from my father, who in turn received it from its sculptor, Sterling Lanier. Lanier was a family friend and an editor at Chilton Books, where he insisted that a book he had read in Analog Magazine be published despite it having been turned down by a score of other publishing companies. The book was initially such a commercial failure that Lanier was ousted from Chilton–a grievous injustice, as the book in question is Frank Herbert’s Dune.
I used to paint back in college but I haven’t touched the brush ever since. I just don’t have the drive for it I guess.
Those are amazing!
I quite like that very much.
So I’m trans. And what I would bring is the Christmas ortament I got from a friend after coming out that says “Name’s first Christmas”.
That’s super sweet and special, love it as a show-and-tell.
That’s both hilarious and thoughtful. I love it and am totally stealing this idea.
You absolutely should! It’s funny because she was kinda nervous about the idea because she was worried that it might be insulting since I’m not like, a baby. But I laughed so hard when I opened the box, and it’s slayed everyone I’ve shown it too. 10/10, best gift ever.
Specially because that was otherwise a pretty bleak Christmas, had no blood family or girlfriend anymore. But my best friend from high school became my new family, so it all worked out I think!
My friends came and threw me an “It’s a girl!” party. Friends are great.
Hahaha aww, that’s cute and awesome!
The only acceptable use of a “gender reveal party!” 😉
My radial arm saw.
Yes! A fixture in our garage for like 35+ years :-)
😍
If the timing is right, I would bring a mushroom grow bag with mushrooms sprouting.
If not… probably my radiacode gamma spectrometer and some of my radioactive items. Maybe a clock with radium painted dials and a piece of trinitite. I think that there are many different points of discussion that can be of interest to a broad audience (radioactivity, spectroscopy, electronics, US labor law story of the radium girls, nuclear explosions, background radiation… etc). As a bonus I can bring a UV flash light and show the radium fluorescence. Adults love UV flash lights.
Reminds me of a prank that a physics professor pulled on us. He put the trinitie sample in a large/elaborate Giger counter and then slyly kicked it into test mode while recounting what Trinitite was. “Oh… wait, that’s not supposed to be radioactive…”
Probably my wheelchair. It’s a pretty nifty little chair that has quite a few unique features. Also I would need it to get there anyway. Otherwise maybe one of my drawings.
An amethyst crystal I found in my (gravel) driveway a full 4 years after moving in. It’s a good 8 inches/20cm long, and shaped like a tear drop. It’s amazing and I love it.
Nice, I love amethyst, I can’t imagine how great it would feel to have found one myself. Anywhere.
My custom designed, fully 3D printed analog keyboards (which use 3D printed switches and stabilizers)!
That’s my AHEK-95 (typing on it every day) which was reviewed by a semi-famous keyboard YouTuber 😁
https://youtu.be/iv6Rh8UNWlI?si=vsgg9F5dr1fBagyU
I’d also show off my Low Poly Rose Twist Vase design:
Neat! I’ll be there!
Those switches seem so cool
Print your own!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/iv6Rh8UNWlI?si=vsgg9F5dr1fBagyU
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Somethings ESP32 related. Meshtastic radios, a controller I am building to add some features to my car.
Ah, a fellow mesher :)
For now I can only talk to myself though.
Me too. That’s probably why I would want to talk about it. So others will get onboard.
My Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators.
I fuckin love these things. I used to feel left out when my friends would try to play music together, but then I found a way to be involved with a few mini-electronic-drumkits.
You can sequence a bunch of them together and sync them, easily, as well.
Teenage Engineering makes a bunch of other cool shit, too. I’m not much of a musician, though, so most of it is way beyond me.
That stuff is so cool. Thanks! Solved a birthday puzzle for.me I think.
These are so cool, thanks for introducing me to them! Might have to get the sub one
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I’d bring my best girl Laika, because she’s awesome and I don’t have any interesting junk.
I would gladly attend that show and tell
My favorite rock. Its just neat.
Got any rock pics?
Ooh, it IS neat! Thanks for sharing! I bet that feels nice to rub your fingers on.
Welcome! Very much so. Smooth to rub my thumb along. It was a gift from my grandmother.
That’s a nice rock.
