Just a couple of general updates to the boredom project: Added an uppercase-only font and updated the live config to use it. Lowercase letters are kinda iffy on that thing.

We all know the ESP8266 and its more recent sibling the ESP32. They’re used in just about everything under the sun, both hobbyist and commercial. Mostly this is because they’re cheap, but also because they’re …

I just can’t resist tinkering. I’ve pushed out a change that does the following: Kills off an infinite loop bug that occurred if RabbitMQ lost the connection. Enables scrolling long messages.

I’ve long held a certain fascination with old-technology displays. There’s just something special about them. Notable on the list is the 14-segment alphanumeric variety. These displays are very similar to the ubiquitous 7-segment …