After manually sanding our first acrylic ring from opaque to diffuse it became painfully apparent that this method doesn’t give the envisioned result nor did it scale well to our full prototype run. A single ring costs around 20 minutes to properly sand manually and even then the result wasn’t the silky milk glass finish …
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ESP32 Incoming!
I’ve been a fan of the ESP8266 low cost, high powered IoT platform and their makers, Espressif just announced that they’ll be introducing a new chip named the ESP32 soon. It is not just a new module with the ESP8266 on it, but a whole new chip featuring many improvements. The improvements are among others: …
Vilnius
First mentioned in historical sources in 1323 by the Grand Duke Gediminas, Vilnius has grown into a medieval capital city with radial network of meandering streets, pretty courtyards and an impressive array of architecture. The buildings of the Old Town (there are about 1500 of them) were built over a number of centuries making it …
Riga
On a trip through the Baltic states Riga, the largest city in the Baltics, can’t be missed. Capital of Latvia it is home for 700.000 Latvians and located in the central part of Latvia on the Daugava river. The Old Town, like in Tallinn, is included in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage list. Each …
Tallinn
Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, features a beautiful Old Town in medieval style and is known around the world for its well-preserved completeness and authentic Hanseatic architecture. Enchanting atmosphere, rich cultural scene, beautiful surroundings and plenty of galleries, cafes and restaurants to choose from. With half a million citizens, Tallinn is hardly a world metropolis. However: short distances …
Elbow grease & Love
Our first assembly underway, we spend a day sanding our acrylic rims to give it that sweet milk glass look that will help to make the light of the LEDs diffuse. Starting with a high grain and working down towards a fine grained sanding paper, it took more time then anticipated but the results are beautiful. …
Color choices
Because a lot of the people that ordered their LightSaga prototype weren’t sure which color to pick, as it is hard to picture how it will look, we asked Aldor to help us out by making one of the small rings in each of the four colors we were going to offer. Wouter and myself …
Scotland
[su_quote cite=”Mark Renton” url=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117951/quotes?item=qt0335540″]It’s SHITE being Scottish! We’re the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don’t. They’re just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can’t even find a decent …
Pairi Daiza
After visiting Pairi Daiza for the first time last year I was blown away by the stunning looks of this heavenly garden and the enchanting mix of animals that call this zoo in Brugelettes (also know as the middle of nowhere) their home. I was lucky enough to visit it again recently and although the …