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As someone who’s into astronomy but is also quite lazy, I occasionally set up my DSLR on my balcony to take some shots of the night sky. It’s a low-effort way of getting some nice views, in spite of all the light pollution we’ve got going on here. Until recently, I worked with a static tripod, which means I was very limited in my exposure times. To rectify this particular shortcoming in my setup, I recently got myself an iOptron SkyTracker Pro, which is a very affordable camera tracking mount. I thought I’d use this post to share some of my first impressions.  read full post

I posted some of my GLOW photos the other week. I think they turned out alright and I was going to leave it at that. But then someone went ahead and suggested that some of those shots might look better in black and white. And… they do. Well, sometimes, at least. This has been a bit of an experiment for me, and I haven’t quite decided yet on whether I like the results. Regardless, here are some of my GLOW shots, in black and white:  read full post

I visited GLOW for the first time this year. My expectations were high, and while there were some beautiful projects to behold, there wasn’t anything that made me go “wow”. Still, it was a nice way to spend my Friday evening. I’ll definitely visit again next year.  read full post

Time for some more electronics engineering with SHENZHEN I/O.  read full post

After a 40 hour work week of computer programming, what better way to spend a saturday than more programming? For no pay? For a non-existent company? This is what it’s all about with SHENZHEN I/O. On to our next assignment!  read full post

We’re continuing our dream of becoming a world-class embedded systems engineer. Well, a virtual one, at least. This is more programming puzzling with SHENZHEN I/O.  read full post

Have you ever dreamt of moving to China to work as an embedded systems engineer? Me neither. Fortunately, a recently released video game will now let you live out the fantasy you never knew you had.  read full post