Welp, the heat index for today hit 117Fº. But yeah we’re still gonna cook dinner on the outdoor grill 😜

It is weather you can wear season here. Temperature 80F+ first thing in the morning and humidity 90%+ so naturally came home soggy after working out. I think I’ll feel dryer in the shower. So thankful for air con.

Based on the shipping table from Prusa, my MK4 *might* ship next week. 🤞🏻 I’m excited! I already have a couple of different nozzle sizes on hand.

I assembled my MK3S+ from the kit which was a great learning experience and has helped me maintain my printer. But I think one of those learning experiences was enough so fully assembled this time.

We were on a leisurely hike in southern Missouri enjoying only bird song breaking the silence. Just as we started discussing whether to continue on or turn back to the car a large explosion suddently reverberated through the forest. 💥

Yep, time to head back to the car. Passed a few people who also heard it and no one had an idea what it actually was. We never heard sirens so presumably a planned activity.

20 years of marriage. That’s a win. 🎊

It lasted until 2 minutes remaining 😢 Thankfully it is a functional print and I think the slight loss of height will be OK so I canceled the print at that point. I don’t think holding the printer at temp for a couple hours made any sense.

Oh oh 😬 Looks like the filament remaining estimate was wrong. The print has 30 minutes left to go and I don’t think this is gonna cut it. I already ordered more and it is supposed to be delivered within 2 hours. Now I’m wondering if the printer will wait that long before giving up?

Frustrating day. When the guy showed up to replace the window broken by the hail he promptly informed me he had broken the new window when he ran over a curb. Now they have to order a new one and start over. 😖

Gruber’s review confirms it is an exciting device especially since it is at version 0.1.

Daring Fireball: First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS daringfireball.net/2023/06/fir

I discovered today I need to 3D print a part using ASA. Reading up on ASA filament, apparently my print is doomed to failure and I’ll die from fumes.🤷🏻‍♂️

It is a small object so I expect to get it to work 🤞🏻

Created a bespoke tool storage for my 3D printer stuff. Really liking the Prusament Galaxy black.

I was a bit excited to see password sharing as a feature in iOS 17 but on the website it says you can create “a group” to share with. Anyone know if it is possible to actually have multiple groups with different passwords being shared? I would sure hope/think so.

The Vision Pro is groundbreaking. Congrats to Apple’s team for the amazing degree of innovation. The fact it isn’t “for everyone” doesn’t detract from what has been accomplished or the huge impact it will have on the future of the industry. I can imagine so many use cases Apple didn’t even mention.

But the big news for me was Snoopy on my watch!

I wonder if hobby folks name their 3D printers and if so what?

Reddit the company is just getting slimier. The Apollo app is soooo much better than Reddit’s so of course they’re trying to kill it off a la Twitter.

Reddit app developer says the site’s new API rules will cost him $20 million a year | Engadget engadget.com/reddit-app-develo engadget.com/reddit-app-develo

I’ve started printing some figures on my Prusa MK3S+. Some come in multiple parts and I’m wondering how folks manage to glue them together. They’re small and awkward and can’t really be clamped or held in place for glue to set as far as I can figure out.

Made some changes to my Prusa MK3S+ and needed a test print. Went with the heavy metal Groot using Amolen wood filament. 👍🏼

I’ve long wanted a good place to keep my calipers and ruler on my desk. My nascent CAD skills finally reached the point I could take a cut at designing a desktop holder. A place to store those as well as a couple of reference rules.

https://www.printables.com/model/490766-de

Feeling powerful 😉 I was able to fix the arrow key on my son’s MacBook Air with $12 in parts. The repair shop doesn’t fix keys so it would have been a $400 keyboard replacement. 😅

The right ➡️ arrow key on our son’s MBA came lose and doesn’t work. I checked and the little dome under it does register the movement so I ordered the new keycap and spring thingy. Here’s hoping that fixes it. Else a new keyboard would be required which is over $400.

Welp, the insurance company is going to total our daughter’s car. Time to try to learn the ramifications for value and insurability.

As a complete CAD noob I managed to design a case for my clock (based on a feather board and TFT). It was a challenge and took quite some time even though a simple concept. But it did force me to learn to do some things so that’s a win. I even published the design on Printables https://www.printables.com/model/487143-cl. Now I need a nap🤣

🎮 Zelda Totk

Not a good evening. We got hit by golf ball sized hail which took out one of our front windows. Blew glass throughout the room. It also shattered the back window on our daughter’s car and of course dented the body. Already called a roofer and started our insurance claims. At least it wasn’t a tornado.🤷🏻‍♂️

😴 Quick nap on the back porch