Guy Dupont

@gvy_dvpont
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PC Gamer once called me "One of history's greatest monsters"

He/him

YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/GuyDupont
Hardware on Etsyhttps://www.etsy.com/shop/EsotericGadgetsByGuy
Hackaday.iohttps://hackaday.io/dupontgu
GitHubhttps://github.com/dupontgu
2. I'm moving to Philadelphia! Do I know anybody in Philly? Know of anybody doing cool art/tech stuff? Please let me know I have literally only been there once (last week).

Some life updates:

1. I'm working as a full time dev on The Light Phone! This has actually been true for the past ~year but as of Monday I am officially employed by Light. I'd been a fan for a long time and it's a dream to work on these devices. This company really walks the walk.

As Slow As Possible

An algorithm has decided where my family will be living for the next 4 years and we don't get to find out until noon tomorrow 🙃
When you can't be bothered to log out of your QA account
The MacBook Neo is such an interesting machine that it coaxed a thousand-word-essay out of me: https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/
“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold

Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

Oh, right, the round-up! First up is a neat-o project from @gvy_dvpont: an "IRL YouTube" which uses a microcontroller-based standalone QR Code scanner to let his daughter watch a hand-curated list of educational YouTube videos... from a literal printed binder of thumbnails and QR Codes.

https://www.hackster.io/news/guy-dupont-makes-an-irl-youtube-with-home-assisant-automation-and-a-qr-code-scanner-42feb6cc2ae9

#Technology #News #Hackster #HomeAutomation #Video #Microcontroller #HomeAssistant #Jellyfin

Guy Dupont Makes an "IRL YouTube" with Home Assisant Automation and a QR Code Scanner

Designed to provide a three-year-old with limited access to the streaming service, this setup turns curated videos into printed codes.

Hackster.io

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gvy_dvpont/116009869251151294

Finally did a high level write-up on my paper YouTube project:

https://guydupont.leaflet.pub/3mfimqfm3a22x

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