A place where I upload articles, write down the things I think about, and pictures of things I've made http://www.sdfgeoff.space Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:44:21 GMT I got interested in running LLM's locally all the way back when he first LLama "leak" happened. Running them on my laptop, then on my gaming desktop (3070), then adding a 3060 12Gb so I could both run image generation and LLM's at the same time. However, as LLM's are getting better, I decided to put a bit more money into building an AI rig. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/my_ai_rig__2x3090_/index.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/my_ai_rig__2x3090_/index.html Last year I bought a boat - a Paper Tiger catamaran. This summer it's been great fun, but it's trampoline is getting fairly worn. So I decided to make a new one, and my sewing machine wasn't quite up to the task of getting through heavy fabric. A friend messaged me one evening saying "there's a sewing machine for free just out of town"... http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/my_industrial_sewing_machine__juki_tr_7_/index.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/my_industrial_sewing_machine__juki_tr_7_/index.html Online, there are two camps about openclaw. One camp ays it's the best thing since sliced bread, the other says it's a crazy insecure fad. I think it's both. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/openclaw_is_revolutionary___but_mostly_to_non_software_developers/index.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/openclaw_is_revolutionary___but_mostly_to_non_software_developers/index.html I've been doing a bunch of sailing recently, and even though I live near the where we lanch, I have a hard time gauging how the wind is going to be in a repeatable way. New Zealands weather service do have a wind report, but it only updates hourly, and in this region the wind often picks up in the afternoon as a thermally generated sea breeze - so an hour can make a lot of difference. Well, 3D printing to the rescue..... http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/an_anemometer/index.html Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/an_anemometer/index.html Let's face it, Arduino is one of the most used (by number of users) embedded development environments. Why is this? http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/why_arduino_is_the_best_hal/index.html Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/why_arduino_is_the_best_hal/index.html I was recently at an acrobatics festival as the event photographer, and over the weekend I took almost 7000 photos. Most of these are "bursts" of 3-10 photos as I would just press-hold the shutter. Normally I do my photo review in darktable, but it takes a second or so to load a photo. This is very frustrating when trying to pick the best photo of a long burst. So what was I to do? Well, I spent a few hours with an AI and built myself a photo review app. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/disposable_programs/index.html Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/disposable_programs/index.html This site is statically generated with a python script that I wrote in 2021. It was a pretty simple script, and as more entries have been added, the user experience has gotten worse. Last week, I fixed that. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/updating_my_site_generator/index.html Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/updating_my_site_generator/index.html Yesterday afternoon I sat down and did something I haven't done for a while: mad wire wrapped jewellery. I haven't done this for ages, and the last pure wire creation was probably a decade ago (though I have done some with stones etc. in the past year or so). I find it very relaxing doing this sort of thing - I can sit, let my mind wander, and my hands go somewhat on autopilot. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/wire_wrapped_pendant/index.html Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/wire_wrapped_pendant/index.html Back in 2023 I wrote a document titled "The Future of Engineering". Let's have a read through and see how it stacks up today http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/evaluating_my_predictions_of_ai_progress_from_2023/index.html Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/evaluating_my_predictions_of_ai_progress_from_2023/index.html n obstacle course racing and modern pentathalon, one of the challenges is to use a gun "simulator" to shoot some targets. Of course, this happens after running, so your hands are shaking! Buying a proper simulator is pretty pricey, and there seems to be a lack of open source alternatives. So I designed a 3D printable laser simulator that mostly complies with the UIPM's regulations. It's a bit undersize for pentathalon, and the laser module is uncertified, but other than that it's pretty close. http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/laser_run_gun_simulator/index.html Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://www.sdfgeoff.space/pages/laser_run_gun_simulator/index.html