Alternate Production Methods for Borg Prosthetics
I’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read it there!
Category: howto
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Remotely log into unresponsive Mac and kill processes
MoreA few months ago, I was drawing in Adobe Illustrator for an animation we were producing, and I was having trouble with my laptop bogging down and becoming completely unresponsive when Illustrator threw up its hands at copying or pasting the hundreds of tiny switches and buttons I had drawn on a retro-style computer bank […]
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Install django CMS on WebFaction
MoreI’m testing out django CMS for a small personal site, bobtiki.me, and installing it on my WebFaction hosted server. I’m writing down the steps, so you don’t have to! (And by “you,” I mean “future Mark who has forgotten these steps.”)
I’ve had a great experience with WebFaction — they’re both inexpensive and reliable. […]
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Making Tiki Mugs: Seattle Pottery Supply
MoreI’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read it there!
My goal is to have made at least one tiki mug for my home tiki bar, by the end of the year. I’ve been poring over Tiki Central’s forums to learn more about the process. I have also […]
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Tiki Nook Build — Part 2: Raspberry Pi LED Control
MoreI’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read this article there, or the whole series!
I’m controlling everything in this project with a Raspberry Pi 2, a system on a chip. Essentially it’s a really tiny Linux computer that you can use for most anything you […]
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Kilauea Cove: Tiki Nook Build – Part 1
MoreI’ve moved this article to my new “maker” blog at Vixen Labs. Go read this article there, or the whole volcano series!
I’m gonna build a volcano.
Movies are a huge passion in my life, so of course I have a screening room (which most other people would probably call a “home theater”) […]
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Upgrading Django to use Virtualenv on WebFaction
MoreRecently, I wanted to upgrade my website on ye olde Django 1.6.5 to finally come up to speed with Django 1.8.3 (current, as of this writing). However, I realized that upgrading a WebFaction webapp in situ seemed to be a rather painful process. In addition, WebFaction doesn’t set you up with Virtualenv by default, […]
Mark Boszko
