Electronics on Creativity Hacker

It's Alive!

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:45:14 +0000

After reviewing my archived experiments from a decade ago, I’ve decided to call that effort a “proof of concept” and go back to the drawing board for a full redesign.

PuppetFist

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 08:06:17 +0000

Animation is one of my hobbies, but I’m not particularly good at it. It’s an art form that requires patience, practice, and subtlety - none of which appear on my resume. But just because I suck at something doesn’t mean I’m not going to do it. It just means that I’m going to lean on my other skills to lower the total suckage. In this case, that means programming and electronics.

PuppetFist is the project that will let me create decent quality animation quickly, by capturing a performance instead of slogging through all that tedious keyframing. And the performance part couldn’t be easier. If you can sock-puppet, you can PuppetFist.

SunPucks

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 04:02:54 +0000

The reading lights above our bed burned out long ago, but since they were hardwired into the cabinetry, replacing them was a complicated chore that I put off for years. So when I finally decided to tackle it as a Christmas present for my wife, I wanted to do more than just restore the lights - I wanted to turn them into an experience to remember.