When my Mastodon instance was down I took another shot at Friendica. Here are my thoughts about it. This post is updated in January 2025 to reflect the changes in Friendica
Author: Eric Buijs
I’m an #privacy, #opensource, #opendata and #openstandards advocate. I’m holding a grudge against Big Tech, big IP holders and authoritharian governments. Furthermore I’m a #3Ddesigner, #3Dprinter, #webdesigner and overall #DIY guy.
Comparing compression results of a video using FFmpeg.
Create a lithophane from your own photo using the Customizer of OpenSCAD.
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To improve Funkwhale
Funkwhale is a social platform to enjoy and share music. As part of the Fediverse Funkwhale is not only an audio server and player, it aspires to be a place for socializing around music and discovering new content. Below are some tips for the developers to improve Funkwhale.
Creating a 3d printable lithophane in OpenSCAD is relatively easy. But in this post we use a trick to create a curved lithophane.
I found an example on Thingiverse, a rubber band powered boat with two peddle wheels, but it has two problems. First of all the author only provides .stl files and second the design is a bit flawed. I therefore decided to design the boat from scratch with the 3d CAD program OpenSCAD. With OpenSCAD I’m […]
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Peeling the onion
Moving to Free and Open Source on the PC can be a very daunting task for someone that is used to a proprietary system. This is how I did it.
Why create your own music library and why use the free and open source MusicBrainz Picard for this.
Parametric design of a simple hook in, the free and open source, OpenSCAD. Use with the Customizer in OpenSCAD
In this Solvespace new series of video tutorials I’ll demonstrate how to create an involute gear, adjust an existing involute gear and demonstrate how one involute gear drives another.