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Colima GUI
Tools
A native macOS GUI for managing Colima — start/stop, switch profiles, and monitor container runtimes without touching the terminal.
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MacCron
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A simple GUI for managing cron jobs on macOS — no more hand-editing crontab syntax.
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Chaotic Coaster
Hardware
An interactive, playful smart coaster built on a Raspberry Pi Pico — because a coffee coaster can be an IoT device too.
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RandomRoss
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A tiny API/site that serves up a random Bob Ross painting on demand. Happy little accidents, on tap.
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Traceroute to Geo
Experiments
Maps every hop of a traceroute to a point on a map — turning an invisible network path into something you can actually see.
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PiOdome
Hardware
A hydroponics monitoring rig on a Raspberry Pi Zero — charts humidity, temperature, and light so the plants don't have to fend for themselves.
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Carnac
AI Lab
A magic machine that reads Reddit for trends — an early experiment in mining social signal for what's about to be big.
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Is It Green or Blue?
Playground
A deeply unserious tool for settling the age-old debate: is this color green, or is it blue? Built for the colordumb among us.
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