I’ve noticed before that this build has some issues with scale, but now it’s really hitting home. Some of the details are ridiculously fiddly. Starting with the faux vacuum tubes; Not too bad, just smaller than any real vacuum tubes would be, and even then they aren’t actually fully shown from behind the grill.
Fallout Pip-Boy 2000 Mk.I replica – Part 3: Iteration and some results
AccessDeniedException: Access to KMS is not allowed
So that happened. And I spent much longer than should’ve been necessary to figure it out. What I was trying to do was this: Create a symmetric AWS KMS CMK Use that to generate a couple of asymmetric key pairs Save those key pairs to Secrets Manager, using the above CMK as the encryption key… Continue reading AccessDeniedException: Access to KMS is not allowed
Fallout 1/2 style Pip-Boy 2000 replica – Part 2: More design
I’ve added some more detail. Now I think this is getting to stage where there will be no more major changes, and where the next prints will the final pieces.
Fallout 1/2 style Pip-Boy 2000 replica – Part 1: Design
Here’s another one of my projects that has been on the back burner for quite a while: A replica Pip-Boy 2000, as originally seen in Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics (with minor differences). I’m designing the prop in Blender, and mostly 3d-printing the parts. The Pip-Boy will be powered by a Raspberry Pi… Continue reading Fallout 1/2 style Pip-Boy 2000 replica – Part 1: Design
DYI Pong console based on Arduino and an RGB LED matrix
TL;DR: It’s a dedicated desktop Pong console for two players. An Arduino Uno provides the brains, and an Adafruit 16×32 RGB LED matrix the display. The only inputs are two potentiometers connected to two of the analog inputs left free by the LED matrix. There are a couple of pins still available, and initially thought… Continue reading DYI Pong console based on Arduino and an RGB LED matrix
Free download of Savage Industries EDC One and EDC Two plans
It looks like no-one has yet taken advantage of the CC-BY-NC-SA licence under which Adam Savage kindly licenced his plans for the EDC One and EDC Two bags. I’m not planning on making one of the bags anytime soon, but I did want to take a look at the plans. Since I couldn’t find a… Continue reading Free download of Savage Industries EDC One and EDC Two plans
Explicit workspaces for Terraform
NOTE 2019-06-26: The original way this check worked with Terraform 11 no longer works with Terraform 12, as v12 checks that attribute names are valid. The code has been updated accordingly. Instead of a null resource, we now use a local_file data source with Terraform 12. I’ve recently begun working with Terraform at work to… Continue reading Explicit workspaces for Terraform
Custom 3D-printed King of Tokyo monsters
What could be better than being a giant monster and beating other giant monsters into submission? Well, clearly, being a giant monster that isn’t represented by a cheap piece of printed cardboard with a small plastic base, but instead a good sized solid three-dimensional plastic figurine! Unfortunately, the Internet has been lacking in the department… Continue reading Custom 3D-printed King of Tokyo monsters
Elastic Beanstalk applications using two ports and Websockets
This blog post describes how to set up and deploy an AWS Elastic Beanstalk application written in Node.js that listens to both regular HTTP requests and Websocket connections. TL;DR: Download the sample application, and deploy it into an EB environment created using eb create alb-test-app-dev1 –elb-type application. By default, applications in Elastic Beanstalk only listen… Continue reading Elastic Beanstalk applications using two ports and Websockets