This Photographer Made a 80mm f/0.5 Lens for His Sony Camera https://petapixel.com/2025/04/07/this-photographer-made-a-80mm-f-0-5-lens-for-his-sony-camera/ #DoItYourself #homemadelens #photographer #homemade #rulof #News #80mm #DIY

Years ago, I switched our little Linksys/Cisco router out for a RaspberryPi configured as a firewall/router. I noticed an immediate jump in the speed of my home network. It also allowed me to set up scripts to automatically block our kids' internet access during certain hours, and a lot of other neat capabilities that simply aren't possible with most out-of-the-box routers.

I've been upgrading RPis as they are released.

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update: here’s the Bavarian Village Rye Bread, hot out of the pan. i’m MUCH happier with this result! #BreadPost #Baking #DIY

Well, this is wonky and imperfect, but it's sturdy and will probably work better than the wall-planters I bought, and because it's Hessian, I didn't have to waste spoons on trying to make it perfect.

Looking forward to filling it with compost and plants!

Apologies for the poor photography, symptoms are high today. #gardening #diy @gardening

(As usual, please no critiques or advice.)

Mi proovedor de hosting me sigue dando problemas con la web de @gpreciados y el ActivityPub y me tiene un poco hasta la coronilla, así que os lo comparto yo.

Os presento el Simulador de Ensayos Marca ACME(tm), una tecnología diseñada por mi y la impresionante mente analítica de mi gato Satán con la que podrás sentir en tu propia piel la experiencia de un ensayo.

Y si os gusta/divierte ya sabéis que compartir mola! :))

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Simulador de ensayos marca ACME™

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I got this wooden wood box I inherited from my Grandpa when he died. Month ago or so I found another box thrifting from the exact same workshop that made mine. I don't know who made them, but they're handcarved and using like proper hardwood, so whomever made them didn't do so out of like crunch.

The one I found thrifting was originally a gamebox, compartmentalized in two for dice and a stack of cards.
It was not really handy for me, since the lip of the upper was too big, making it super hard to take off. And the compartments was two small for anything.

So, I took the tedious task to grind slots into a hardwood box with a rotary tool with no torque and the smallest files in he world. A lot of wooddust later, two stripped brass screws, and an inyury to my thumb later I finally got the hinges on

To make my box and it pop more, I also added some brass corner protectors and a lock to the new box, and I think it turned out really well

Get your #hamradio AliExpress orders in while you can. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/nx-s1-5350588/temu-shein-tariff-shopping

Fixed my sump pump!

That's one item off the list.

All that's left is my car, my taxes, and my country.

#diy clay stand. Now to build the armature for my first sculpt

My Sunday project on the honey-do list. Faux board and batton in the bedroom. #diy

new & final status update on 'moving image zines rdam':

The complete archive (355 videos) from 2005-2025 has been uploaded & is available on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/moving-image-zines-rdam?sort=-date

All videos are downloadable as high-quality files [mp4/h264 codec, 32 Mbit/s] and reusable under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

So, whenever possible, I stick to household solutions to remove rust -- lemon juice, baking soda, vinegar -- and a lot of elbow grease. As for rust-proofing the objects afterwards? That can be a bit problematic, since it seems most rust-preventing paints for metal contain PFAS (I'm looking into alternatives. Linseed oil paint might be good for metal). Mineral spirits and paraffin wax are another way to rust-proof metal, but both are petroleum products. Limonene and beeswax might be a petroleum-free way to rust-proof metal, but I haven't tried it yet (though I have both on hand). Feel free to chime in with suggestions!

How to Remove Rust From Metal Surfaces—From Garden Tools to
Vintage Finds

Seven proven ways to remove rust corrosion in just a couple of hours

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-remove-rust-from-metal-surfaces-from-garden-tools-to-vintage-finds?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#DIY #SolarPunkSunday #FixIt #RustProofing #RustRemoval #ReduceReuseRepair #ReuseRepair

My quadriplegic cousin in his nursing home, they use a goose-neck mounted sip and puff tube he blows into to activate his call light. Trouble is, his anti bed-sore mattress keeps inflating and deflating so the end of the hose ends up in his cheek, forehead, or eye!

Just finished designing, and I'll build it up in the next couple of weeks, an interface that will activate the call light using his cell phone, which is completely voice controlled.

Already have his TV that way! #DIY

We gave a little ferret her mojo back today! #3dprinted wheelchair

Used this design: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-printing/ferret-chariot-wheelchair