For the #makergiftexchange last week with friends, I made a POV clock. Using one RGB LED and a seven segment display, it draws up to 21 characters and a full circle of 180 virtual pixels on a spinning circular PCB. Loosely inspired by Bob Blick's "Propeller Clock."

The #makergiftexchange is fantastic. I love seeing what they all come up with, and with all the fun of a white elephant. It was a fantastic excuse to learn some stuff and make a thing a friend will enjoy.

Oh yeah, today is #talklikeapirateday!  

So, let's begin:

https://nyaa.si/ for all your anime needs!

https://libgen.rs/ for books, books, books!

Need academic papers and books? https://sci-hub.se/ has ya covered!

https://thepiratebay10.org/ for movies and other goodies!

https://1337x.to/ is another great torrent tracker! (Thanks @capnseasick for pointing this one out!)

https://torrentfreak.com/ for good info on torrents and whatnot!

https://www.opensubtitles.org/ for subtitles in any language! Be kind and offer accessibility for others!

Don't forget #USENET still exists! Got a service with binary access? Go to town!

Build a #Plex server, load it up, and give access to friends with Plex accounts! Don't pay for Big Streaming when you can curate your very own library of whatever you wanna watch on Plex! Hell, let friends share goodies with you, too!

Don't wanna use Plex for whatever reason? You got Jellyfin! Same idea; more software freedom!
https://jellyfin.org/

SoulSeeker even works still!!

And the cost of hard drives and SSDs continues to go down! Get that 4TB SSD you've been eyeballing and torrent till the cows come home!

But do remember, class: piracy is great and all, but remember to not take from small, independent artists, musicians, and writers! If they're directly offering you their works, buy from them! Be a Pirate but have a little heart, too!

Bonus pics from some of the #teardown2024 after parties, featuring @alpenglow and @AlieGG 💖

We ate, drank and did cool things together every evening after the event, including a two day puzzle hunt, a hacker space garden party with tacos, a roof top reception with dumplings and drinks at several cute and quirky local bars.