overview for MacAnus

Belgian prince seeks social security on top of allowance in c/belgium@lemmy.world

[–] MacAnus 3 points 6 days ago

Fuckin leech

I made this yeast keychain in c/imadethis@lemm.ee

[–] MacAnus 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh yeah good idea! I'll keep it in mind for next time I play around with that

The Latest in Russian Colour Palettes in c/noncredibledefense

[–] MacAnus 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Assuming the color wasnt photoshopped (which I doubt),
Would the camera's white balance setting really matter?

I would tend to think that since both objects are in the same shot,
whatever color change you get from the white balance setting would affect them the same way.

I don't know though and would love the truth from someone qualified :)

FREE HIM! in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] MacAnus 6 points 4 weeks ago

Looks like a ball sack ^^

Ocean Hedgehogs in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] MacAnus 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah :)

I made an audio cable tester in c/imadethis@lemm.ee

[–] MacAnus 2 points 4 weeks ago

Now that's MUCH more useful than what I made!

I made this one with a button you have to press to check the cable, for no real good reason, and I now realize that it actually makes it less practical to use ^^

I don't think it should take much more components to give it that hold mode.

I might give it another go, and drop the useless XLR sockets while I'm at it.

Ocean Hedgehogs in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] MacAnus 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hérisson kinda sounds like oursin, I wonder if it evolved from it. (The word not the animal)

*That's* what you did with your day, huh? in c/funny

[–] MacAnus 3 points 1 month ago

I like to think it's a poncho, it makes it even funnier, but I'm afraid he's just sitting on a couch...

It's 2002 - you have eDonkey, Kazaa, and Limewire...and there's a girl you like who has never heard of Portishead in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

[–] MacAnus 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

In French we call them virgin CDs ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I made an audio cable tester in c/imadethis@lemm.ee

[–] MacAnus 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks, so do I!

Yeah I picked it for style, then regretted it when building the project when I remembered that aluminium is conductive (duh...),
which meant that all the grounds were connected together...

Which is not what I needed and I had to get creative to insulate them from eachother (you can see it a little on the last pic, I coated every hole for the connectors on the right side with nail polish).

In the end it was worth it though, I love the finished look :)

Work in progress - Bluetooth speakers in c/imadethis@lemm.ee

[–] MacAnus 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks! I kind of became my friends' and family's recycling center ^^
I'm accumulating a lot of stuff but that gives me the opportunity to tinker without feeling too bad if I end up messing up :)

Work in progress - Bluetooth speakers in c/imadethis@lemm.ee

[–] MacAnus 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you, and cool! Do you mind me asking about your wiring?
I actually also started trying to hook up a small bluetooth speaker's innards to a guitar amp but I'm getting crazy noise when trying to play music through it...
I wasn't sure where to connect the audio outputs and the power supply so I'm interested in seeing how you went about with that :)

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Work in progress - Bluetooth speakers (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by MacAnus to c/imadethis@lemm.ee

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Today I jumped back on this project that has been on pause for about a year :)
Turning cheap defective desktop speakers into a set of wireless Bluetooth stereo speakers.
Got the idea from this video from DiyPerks.

I'm trying to recycle as much as I can:
Desktop speakers were defective and given to me by family,
Bluetooth receivers are from old earbuds,
Batteries come from and old powerbank,
Charging module from old vapes (still need to figure out a few things about them, not sure I'll end up using those).
The only thing I bought so far are amps for the audio output tu the speakers.

Any input or advice is welcome :)

I'll keep you updated with more details if anyone is interested

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I made this yeast keychain (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by MacAnus to c/imadethis@lemm.ee

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Recently dismantled a TV and its backlighting consisted of thin cfl tubes. This gave me the material to try something I've been curious about for a while! I sealed some yeast in a little section of tubing for a friend's birthday (his last name is Baker). Kind of a shitty gift as i doubt it would survive as a keychain but I had fun making it (and its failed predecessors). Here are the other attempts, from left to right: pepper, red and blue food coloring, yeast

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I made an audio cable tester (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by MacAnus to c/imadethis@lemm.ee

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Plug one side of the cable on the left of the box, the other side on the right, press the button and whichever light doesn't come on means that part of the cable is faulty. I learned a lot from my bad decisions :)

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Carbs scoop (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MacAnus to c/imadethis@lemm.ee

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I made this a few years ago and still use it regularly! The "spoon" side fills up with 1 portion of rice and the hole in the handle can fit 1 portion of spaghetti. What do you think?

Edit: sorry about the double post.. I thought I had backed out and lost the first one so I posted this one, and I just noticed the first one went up

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Playing cards pouch (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by MacAnus to c/imadethis@lemm.ee

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Made this out of a plastic bottle after seeing a YouTube video (can't give credit unfortunately as I can't find it anymore).

You can make it into any shape that the bottle will fit around (and can't be much smaller than the bottle since it will only shrink so much).

I used a piece of wood as template, cut the top of the bottle, put it around the piece of wood and shrank it with a heat gun. I then cut off the excess and shaped the closing mechanism.

It took a few tries to get it right but I've since used the technique to make containers/protections for several objects and I'm very happy with the results!

If you want to try this, be aware that the tightest you shrink the bottle around the template, the hardest it will be getting it out! I suggest making the template in atleast 2 pieces, this helped me a lot. (In this example I first pulled out the small wooden tab with pliers, and once out the bigger one came out easily).

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Pine person (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by MacAnus to c/pareidolia

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Gave it paper towel lips, I hope it isn't against the rules!

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Soldering station recommendation (self.askelectronics)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by MacAnus to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de

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Hi all,

Do you have some recommendations for a soldering station that would meet my needs?

I've been into hobby electronics for a few years, doing mostly analog audio projects but recently got into repairing and repurposing broken electronics (Bluetooth earbuds, speakers, USB cables and such).

I've been using a cheap Parkside(LIDL)-rebranded "generic Chinese product" (I came across the exact same model on AliExpress, in different colors); which has served me well until now but has a few flaws that I can't be bothered with anymore. Mainly: -it takes ages to get hot. -the cable going from the station to the iron is super thick and stiff, which is annoying as hell...

I would like it to be the least expensive possible, while being good enough I'd be happy with it for the foreseeable future.

I have been looking at these:

Old tech, cheap tips (<1€)

Newer tech, "expensive" tips (8-10€)

And wondering how these "newer" types of iron compare to stations, what are the main drawbacks?

Thanks a lot in advance for any input, Please be gentle if you think I'm an idiot :)

Edit: changed the "Smolderin" in title to "soldering"

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Does anyone have a solution to this? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by MacAnus to c/spotify@lemm.ee

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As you can see on the image, you can barely see the artist, title and controls in the drop down menu "widget" on Android. This is not the worst case I've had but it's a good illustration, it didn't use to be this way, and I'd like to go back to how it was or anything better than this.