Mastodawn

first up: the ingredients ✨
most if not all of these devices are "pantry" meaning i had them for a long time or were e-waste from other people or reclaimed electronics

i didn't wanna go out and buy everything brand new, because

1. it's very expensive, i don't have that much money
2. it feels morally wrong and very cisadmin poser-y
3. i've been hoarding computers (read: ewaste) around with me for so many years, time to put put it all together

i'm gonna try and make a rack-mounting thingy out of an old ITX computer case!
i'll do this with #CAD and some #3Dprinting

i would love to invest into a mini rack, but i just realized that's cisadmin pinterest vibes, and i might as well re-use this scrap metal i have lying around

one should be enough to fit most of the stuff i want in there, but i actually have a second identical one that i can flip upside down and mount on top of this one for expansion in case i need that later

what am i gonna fit in there? well, some old #RaspberryPi's i had laying around.
NOTE: i am Not buying these new, but one thing i support even less than a "british SBC manufacturer obsessed with hiring police", it's e-waste, so these are going in

i also additionally have a #Pine64 #SOQuartz ComputeBlade which is a very neat form factor-y 1U computer that is very easy to fit in tiny spaces, ideal! ✨