@TimAlston

Software engineer, designer and entrepreneur (@Preventx) with interest in tech, electronics, photography (https://xitter.cf/t.co/EYiTEjOQXF) & gaming.

 Sheffield, UK
Joined December 2009
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Transforming @IKEAUK furniture with some RGBW LED strips and a #WLED microcontroller. There's even just enough pixels to show some Tetris shapes! #IKEA #DIY #SmartLighting
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With a bit of tinkering, we now have live half-hourly energy prices from @OctopusEnergy Agile sent to an e-Ink ESL (Electronic Shelf Label). Great for keeping an eye on energy prices, but slightly painful to turn on the oven when it's showing >30p/unit! 😅
An electronic shelf label showing the current and next half-hour electricity tariff pricing.

ALT An electronic shelf label showing the current and next half-hour electricity tariff pricing.

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Incentivising my kids to save by automating (in @NodeRED) an 'interest' transfer to their @StarlingBank Kite/kids accounts (from our account). Paying 25% APR weekly - they don't know how lucky they are! It'll be more than 2p/week if they can save more than £4.00 and not spend it!
A programming flow that carries out the task, and a transaction log showing £0.02 "interest" transferred.

ALT A programming flow that carries out the task, and a transaction log showing £0.02 "interest" transferred.

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I made this single-key keyboard. I'm sure I'm not the only person that could do with this for work meetings, internet arguments, social media etc. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Parts from @adafruit #mechanicalkeyboard #facepalm
A small PCB with a single keyboard key switch and integrated USB plug. The cap on the key switch shows a facepalm emoji.

ALT A small PCB with a single keyboard key switch and integrated USB plug. The cap on the key switch shows a facepalm emoji.

The single key switch plugged into a USB extension sat on a desk.

ALT The single key switch plugged into a USB extension sat on a desk.

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My latest "find something cheap on AliExpress with boring LED strip, and replace with RGB addressable strip" project!
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Working on some lighting ideas for my future gaming/LAN party room and couldn't help trying this idea using some second hand stage lights with custom gobos. #portal #portal2 #valve #aperture #aperturescience
Orange and cyan portal logo shapes projected onto ceiling and wall using a moving head stage light.

ALT Orange and cyan portal logo shapes projected onto ceiling and wall using a moving head stage light.

Orange and cyan portal logos projected on wall. The in-game portals are not technically the same shape as the logo - but a clean vector was needed.

ALT Orange and cyan portal logos projected on wall. The in-game portals are not technically the same shape as the logo - but a clean vector was needed.

Adding custom gobos into a Martin Rush MH1+ moving head light.

ALT Adding custom gobos into a Martin Rush MH1+ moving head light.

I also did the Aperture Science logo while I was at it!

ALT I also did the Aperture Science logo while I was at it!

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Parking in Sheffield for an evening is getting so expensive these days. It's no wonder city centres are struggling. 🤣 Time to test out the customer service at @QPark_UK I think...
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A couple of additions to my little museum of mobile/handheld computing. They don't come up often so couldn't resist these two Sony Vaio P11s. Really need to arrange some more display space - I'm working on that... #VaioP11 #HandheldComputing
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Hmm, another update... Bulb really seem to be all over the place. If they are doing lots of write offs Octopus won't be best impressed! Though I do struggle to believe I've been using over £7k/year of energy all these years!? Weird.
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