Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererHow To Resize Primary Windows Partitions Using Only Free ToolsThis article will explain how to adjust the size of two primary partitions on Windows. All of these changes were performed on Windows and…May 24, 2019May 24, 2019
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererAutomatically Plot Data from EmailsMy wife and I are buying a house with an unusually long delay before the closing date. This was actually beneficial because we could track…Sep 26, 2018Sep 26, 2018
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererUnix Time ClockI remember hearing about the Unix time transition to 1500000000 and I stayed up to watch the seconds tick over from 1499999999. Of course…May 3, 2018May 3, 2018
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererShitty Robot Holiday Card DisplayOver the winter holidays, Simone Giertz made holiday cards using a KUKA robot arm (Or maybe a KUKA robot arm made holiday cards using…Mar 27, 2018Mar 27, 2018
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererUsing TopoR to Autoroute a KiCad PCBHere’s a secret that I shouldn’t reveal as an electrical engineer: Of the eight or so PCBs that I’ve laid out, I’ve only manually routed…Feb 9, 20182Feb 9, 20182
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererPhilips Hue Remote using ESP8266I have a custom-designed home automation system that controls the lights in my bedroom, but there was one pain point — I couldn’t control…Nov 26, 20171Nov 26, 20171
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererHomemade Variable Power Supply UpgradesIt’s been over five years since I’ve designed my Homemade Variable Power Supply. I’ve used it a lot since then, but even in the original…Oct 20, 2017Oct 20, 2017
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererFurniture Leveling FeetThis project started on a rainy day when my partner notified me of a shelf that was sitting on the curb waiting to be thrown away. I…Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 2017
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererOver-Engineered Closet LightsThis isn’t the first time I’ve made a complicated project just to turn on the lights in a closet. Sure, I could’ve used a strip of LEDs, a…Aug 18, 2017Aug 18, 2017
Dillon NicholsinMy Life as a TinkererPi Lamp SoftwareI thought the hardware for my Pi Lamp project was pretty simple. The software for this project was the most challenging aspect. I learned a…May 5, 2017May 5, 2017
