This is a partial archive of projects, some open and operating, some gone,
some never were.
LED Snakes
Existing project Description Flexible LED tubes controlled by WLED and turned into flow spinning props. I debuted the first edition of these at the Fall 2024 Wildfire Retreat, hastily assembled the night before I left for camp, and wrapped in shrink wrap (liberated from some shipping containers in the camp kitchen) for “safety” at the event, they unbelivably worked on the first try.
The handle/power arrangement looks and feels terrifying, but the LED tubes are sufficiently bright and responsive as well as flexible enough to feel good to spin.
Idea and Inspiration Inspiration The game series Tom Clancy’s: The Division features agents who are activated in national collapse event to protect the assets and institutions of the United States. Their basic loadout is typically street/work clothes and a very small collection of tech from the Strategic Homeland Defense agency (SHD). The primary tech shown in game is the SHD Brick and Watch. The brick appears as a shoulder mounted unit with an external antenna.
A micro-blogging platform connected to the fediverse. Currently running Sharkey which is based on Misskey, originally launched with Firefish (then called Calckey).
Sick of the endless enshittification of Facebook, the destruction of Twitter, and a personal desire to create a safe and colaborative space for the WildFire community, this server was launched on June 14th, 2023.
For more information go to about.firetribe.org.
