Scrap Pieces
These things aren’t quite full projects, but lesser efforts that are still worth posting. Here are the scripts, hacks, modifications, explorations, and other miscellany.
CB Mic USB Interface
A USB interface that allows use of a 4 pin CB mic in games that support a keyboard “push to talk” key. This was intended as a quick prototype for a future project, but works much better than expected.
Flipper Wire Tester
A simple Flipper Zero app that beeps if a wire is continuous. Not nearly the utility of a full multimeter, but sounds just like one.
C Toys
Some small C programs that do silly things. This is a playground to scratch that itch that that comes with random ideas. Portability is not guaranteed.
cURLsrv
Web server that hosts cURL-able terminal animations. This is nothing more than a small Flask app that hosts files at a fixed transfer rate. There’s also some user agent filtering to keep non-cURL clients out.
gif2bootanim
A simple shell script that converts animated GIF files into bootanimation.zip files that are compatible with Android. I wrote this to convert GIFs from GifCities into boot animations for my phone.
RetroFlag Pi Case Safe Shutdown Script
A replacement shutdown script for Retroflag’s Raspberry Pi cases. The original scripts by Retroflag have a messy installer and lack customization options so I wrote my own version.
WLN KD-C1 Teardown
I tried to find a teardown of the KD-C1 before I purchased it. I managed to find a video of a partial teardown, but this video stops short of removing the PCB from the plastic case (for good reason as seen below). I decided to go deep and completely disassemble the radio as far as I could.
J-Card Template
A printable in-browser template for creating cassette tape J-Cards. I created the template for a personal project, but ended up releasing it after finding several thriving online cassette communities.
Chanterelle
A command line utility for uploading static site files to an S3 bucket. I created this simple utility after encountering issues with MIME type detection and costly ($) API calls in the official AWS tools.