Main Page

This site serves documentation for my various projects, mostly for my own reference, but also as a way to share them. Using a wiki for this purpose is certainly overkill, but it is easy to edit and format, and I am familiar with it. Whenever I do a fairly involved project, there's a decent chance I will write up the things I learned on this site.

Like most things I do, this web server and the content it provides is also a project in and of itself. This is running on server hardware and software that I set up myself, so as such even the content you are reading now is experimental. I guarantee no stability or reliable access, although I will do my best to keep this available online for as long as possible (though as of 2019 I have had a server like this running continuously for over 5 years).

Project List

More major projects that deserve to have their own page are listed below:

• AWOL Box - My take on the infamous Mikal Hart Reverse Geocache™ puzzle
• Nixie Clock 1 - First completed Nixie clock/display unit
• RC Wheelchair 1 - Hacking the joystick of an electric wheelchair for remote control
• RC Wheelchair 2 - A complete high-power h-bridge controller
• COW arm - a robot arm for the wheelchair robot base
• Telephone line simulator 0 - Basic way to connect phones/modems without a phone line
• TRS-80 Model 1 - Character ROM
• TRS-80 Model 1 - Wilson Expansion Interface - an Expansion Interface (needed to connect floppy drives and other peripherals to the 1977 TRS-80 microcomputer)
• TRS-80 Plug 'n Power Controller - reverse engineering an extinct trs-80 accessory
• Environmental logger - A time capsule experiment
• Model T speedometer
• Geiger counter - my homemade Geiger counter using a SBM20 tube
• Raspberry Pi DVR - my main way of recording TV off the air
• Wilson Tetris - my version of a Tetris clone (in C)
• Door monitor - putting an unused security system to "good" use.
• uScreen - general purpose module with esp8266 and Nokia LCD
• 6888 Transmitter - 6888 tube-based AM transmitter
• Sky Pointer - a modern Antikythera mechanism for pointing out objects in the sky.
• Atlas Gears - Replacement lathe/mill changegears
• Short Repairs - repairs for things that aren't long enough for their own page
• Unpublished Projects

Other Services

This server has hosted a number of different things since it's original incarnation in high school. Some of the old services are still up (but others are unlisted or taken down due to spam or security risks)

• Public Lists - experimental spam collection
• Winter Camp Notifier Script - service that emails you when new Winter Camp discussion takes place
• WICM - A copy of the Winter Camp encyclopedia translated into MediaWiki