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Project Videos
I've made a LOT of projects over the years, and so I have began experimenting with making short form video to explore bites of my smart home and other projects. You can watch them on Instagram, TikTok, or most easily on YouTube Shorts. Some samples below:
Dogecoin Node on a Raspberry Pi
Dogecoin is perhaps the friendliest cryptocurrency on the internet, and has built a strong community that is open and welcoming to...
Aug 11, 2020
Building my own Cryptocurrency: FreddyCoin
I have been interested in blockchain technology since early 2015, when I bought Bitcoin for $600 and was working at Strategic Business...
Aug 6, 2020
Hacking a Peloton
A lot of people don't understand why I would ever want to hack a Peloton bike. After all, there are a lot of people who love the bike and...
Jul 20, 2020
Climate Control - The Smart Home Way
How I hacked my home to always have perfect air quality
Jul 8, 2020
The FrankenBook Pro
I built my workhorse computer around 5 years ago, after the logic board on my 2010 MacBook pro died (a known issue caused by Apple's...
May 18, 2020
Smartphone Repair: Third Time's the Charm
Somehow, I managed to crack the glass on my Pixel 3XL. Not the front glass on the screen, mind you, but the glass back of the phone. This...
Apr 30, 2020
Stanford Mars Rover Team
During my time at Stanford, I was an active member of the Mars Rover Team within the Stanford Robotics Club (http://roboticsclub.stanford...
Jul 17, 2019
Building a VPN
Excited after my success with PiHole and it's privacy-centric ad-blocking DNS, I felt empowered to do more. The thing about living with...
Apr 18, 2019
Personal DNS Server with PiHole
My next step for continuous improvement of my home network was to build a DNS server using the popular DIY-system, PiHole. A DNS server...
Apr 5, 2019
In Search of a Hot Shower
Like many people renting in older buildings, there never seems to be enough hot water, and my apartment is no exception. I had always...
Mar 21, 2019
Living a Keyless Life
Keys suck. I could write a whole post about how easy they are to copy (even with just a photo) or circumvent altogether. However, this...
Feb 16, 2019
Connecting the Tesla to Public Wi-Fi
As a new Tesla owner, I am always excited about getting the latest software update (at time of writing, anxiously awaiting version 9.0),...
Oct 23, 2018
DeepFaking Elon Musk into Iron Man
DeepFake is an application that uses convolutional neural nets to generate a map of a person's face, then place that map over an actor in...
Mar 28, 2018
3D Printing Valentines Chocolates
Valentines day may be a "Hallmark holiday" to most, but that doesn't mean that it can't be a fun one. I happen to be a big fan of...
Feb 13, 2018
High Altitude Balloon Project
After joining the Stanford Student Space Initiative high-altitude balloon team, one of our first projects was to build and launch our own...
Feb 2, 2018
Building my NAS Media Server
One of my first projects was creating a synchronized media library between multiple computers in multiple homes. The system worked well,...
Jan 26, 2018
Going a Step Further with Google's Art Doppelgängers
What if I could use my existing neural style transfer program to apply the style of my doppelgänger's painting onto my own photo?
Jan 20, 2018
Bitcoin Mining
My computer has a pretty powerful GPU in my custom water cooling loop, and because I'm generally too busy to play video games, this power...
Dec 21, 2017
Distributed Wi-Fi System and Improvised Backhaul
My parents live in a house with walls literally made of concrete and metal mesh, making each room effectively a faraday cage, AKA Wi-Fi...
Dec 20, 2017
Experiments with Photogrammetry
Photogrammetry is the science of making measurements from photographs, but in modern times this science has been focused particularly on...
Apr 24, 2017
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