Jezra Net

There was a need to have physical input device to send some commands to my smart cabin, and this is the result

Some musing on my experience with the Pebble 2 Duo

Once again, it was Imbolc and stuff was done and seen.

a seven sided lamp was created to run TwOrb; a network controlled Pixel LED project using WS2801 LEDs

The build process of a seven sided lamp

A few pictures from February 1 2025

The only way to improve my rural cell signal is with a signal booster; and a signal booster should be mounted on the roof.

The process I used for making binary dice was not the best, and I improved the process

pictures and the tale of building my Drumbra: a left-handed, diatonic scaled, dombra tuned string instrument, with a sheep skin drum body

building a Brandubh board and game and pieces out of wood

While making a bag for a board game, I thought it would be more portable if the board and bag were one piece

While enjoying the beauty of Blue Lake, I lamented the lack of a vessel to paddle across the lake, so I designed and built such a vessel

The Royal Game of Ur was introduced to me, and I needed a nice wooden game board on which to play.

There was scrap wood enough to make a dombra...

There was a desire for a ger that would actually be portable; and with some salvaged lumber, one was built

The scrap pile was getting large, and there was a need for a birdhouse. 2 birds, one stone

What would a 4 string instument, with 1 melody string and 3 drone strings, tuned in the fashion of the Great Highland Bagpipes sound like?

Ike's Quarter Café closed, and I have nowhere to get a blackened catfish po' boy sandwich.

After my van died, the secondary battery and inverter needed a new home; so the components went into a pyramid

building a pyramid dog house from a single sheet of rigid insulation

A non-penetrating ridge mount was needed for Starlink, and this is how it came together

Imbolc happened, and this is some of what I did

How I wasted 20 feet of 2x4 lumber making a chair I don't like

There is still wood in the lumber pile, and I found a nice chair design, so another chair was crafted.

The woodpile needed to be reduced, so a chair was built.

T-Mobile upgraded their coverage map for my area, so I signed up for their Test Drive again.

build a wooden drum?

During the construction of the sailing canoe, 2 paddles were also crafted.

A photographic tale of adding a sail, rudder, and leeboard to my homemade outrigger canoe

boat fever struck, so an outrigger canoe was built.

Pictures and yammering about crafting a banjyre: a mix of a banjo and a lyre

My food security would increase if I could catch frogs and catfish; so a trap was build, and it went something like this..

It started with a bad design for a bell; fortunately the design could be changed

The professionals need the good face masks more than I do; but I'd still like a mask.

Some blathering about building an Ember app for the Philips Hue API and needing custom UI elements.

In the process of making a deer skin drum, a smaller drum was also made

There was a need for yet another API controlled stream player, so one was created.

Imbolc happened, and some jibber-jabber about chickens

The computer controlling the chicken coop door was being problematic and needed an upgrade.

There was a desire to toot bagpipe tunes on panpipes, so it was necessary to build a 9 note set of pipes

a visual odyssey of rigging a canoe for sailing

There was a problem with the seats in my van, and this is how the issue was resolved

A brass bell has found it's home, this is how that came about.

A cover was needed for a left-handed bagpipe, so one was created

There was a need for a solar powered battery backup, and this is how it came about

Jezra wanted to listen to KVMR, so a bluetooth speaker thing was built

Jezra tries T-Mobile's 'Test Drive' and it was laughably horrid

making brass bell number 2

jezra makes a bell of brass

making bells from the copper scraps of the Carnyx