baggins
Arizona tinkerer. If it has a wire, a bolt, or a firmware update, I've probably taken it apart.
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Diesel wrenching
Keeping a 2001 Ford Excursion with the 7.3L Power Stroke alive and happy, and chasing fault codes on anything else that rolls into the driveway.
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Off-grid solar
A hybrid inverter, a LiFePO4 battery bank, and a slowly growing plan to go 48V. The Arizona sun should be working for me.
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Mesh radio
Running Meshtastic nodes on Heltec and RAK boards — text messaging with no cell towers involved.
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Circuit boards
Designing my own PCBs, like a temperature-controlled fan driver built around an ATtiny85.
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Home lab
PC builds, a homemade NAS, and a security camera recorder running on spare parts.
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Guitar
For when the soldering iron needs to cool down.
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Rabbit holes
Whatever science question showed up this week, followed until it makes sense.