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Tass Sinclair Mar 18

(opening a letter from the national bowel cancer screening program)

"Oh, I need to send my poo to the government" #PumpkinSays

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Tass Sinclair Feb 8

@trib BTW, critical feedback is welcome, especially in terms of flow and ease of visualisation.

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Tass Sinclair Feb 8

@trib That's fair. My focus on making devices "smart" is mostly to remind me when I've forgotten to do something, and uplifting existing technology so it can either report its state or do the thing on my behalf.

Less e-waste, more purpose-specific augmentation.

Tass Sinclair Feb 8

I'm starting a new series of articles, "The Hacker's Guide to Home Automation". The first article is out now, and focuses on simple ways to add "smart device" functionality to basic appliances. Please have a read and let me know what you think!

https://sinclairstudios.net/smartifying-your-devices

Smartifying your devices - Sinclair Studios

"Smartifying" a device is the process of taking a basic appliance, and adding functionality to integrate it into a Smart Home environment. In this article we'll look through the process of smartifying a rice cooker just by adding a smart plug, and modelling its state in Home Assistant.

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Tass Sinclair Jan 4

Testing new static website on DigitalOcean; hopefully the model card still works:
https://sinclairstudios.net/lego/tangara-2025

LEGO: Tangara (2025) - Sinclair Studios

Following up from LEGO: Tangara (2023), I've continued refining some of the design elements to refine its signature look, while keeping it motorisable and play-compatible.

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Tass Sinclair Dec 18

"I can't drink. If I have one beer I will pass away!" #PumpkinSays

Tass Sinclair Dec 1

Advertising and product placement in a security update?

For shame, Google. I expected better from you.

Tass Sinclair Nov 28

I made a really simple process for showing and hiding spoilers on a web page, with some simple CSS and Javascript event handler. Check it out!
https://sinclairstudios.net/spoilers

Spoilers! - Sinclair Studios

As part of my writeup of the CHCon 2025 badge challenge, I made some simple and stylish components for hiding and showing spoilers. It only needs a few lines of Javascript and CSS.

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Tass Sinclair Sep 16, 2025

Taking a walk through Oakland's suburbs, there are so many political lawn signs, but I didn't expect them to be so anti-pot.

Every second sign says "Stay Off the Grass".

Tass Sinclair Sep 6, 2025

They're only "Turkish Delights" if they originate from Türkiye.

Otherwise they're just "Sparkling Joy".