After a two years pause due to COVID, ESUG conference is back. This year’s edition took place 22-26 August in Нови Сад (Novi Sad), Србија (Serbia). As usual, it was a delight to meet the Smalltalk community. It was also an opportunity to present latest updates on PharoJS, give demos and even implement new stuff […]
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Client-Server Application Development with PharoJS
PharoJS is a free open source infrastructure that allow developing and testing in Pharo applications that ultimately run on a Javascript interpreter. It is a general purpose solution that can target a wide range of applications, running in a web browser, on top of NodeJs or packaged in cross-platform mobile apps using some framework such […]
Getting Rid of Chemical and Carbon Waste from Batteries – A Maker’s Perspective
Many devices we use daily rely either on batteries that we need to replace more or less often. Beside the economical cost, this is a source of toxic waste. Using rechargeable batteries does not help much. Rechargeables are more expensive, and they eventually die and go to waste. There are some possibilities to recycle batteries. […]
Daft Punk Helmet 3D Printed
I wanted to make a gift to a fan of the Daft Punk french electronic music duo. And of course, I’ve chosen to make a 3D print. I found on Cults a cool design by AlbertKhan3D of one of the helmets of the group. The archive contains multiple STL files. All represent the same helmet, […]
Mac OS X Bug and Workaround to Open a “file:” URL with Parameters from Command-Line
Testing the PLC3000 project requires opening HTML files by a web browser. Indeed, PLC3000 is developed using PharoJS. Its code is written in Pharo, before getting transpiled to JavaScript and exported to a JS files referenced by HTML files. Developing PLC3000 in a TDD fashion, I quickly faced an issue. I realized that it is […]
Toddler Puzzle Game 3D Printed
I wanted to quickly make a gift to a toddler. After some search, I found some cute puzzles on MyMiniFactory. I chose to print 2 of them, both by MixedGears, with rather big parts, which is important to avoid children accidentally swallow them. Elephant Puzzle Toy. Comes in a single file with all parts. It […]
Beautiful Giroid Vase 3D Printed
I was looking for a gift idea to 3D print. Then, one of my students showed me this cool vase. This beautiful design was published by Area3D on MyMiniFactory. It took me 9 hours to print at 0.10 mm resolution. But, it does worth it. The result is smooth, with the shiny Sunlu silk filament. […]
Castle Dice Tower with Moveable Gate 3D Printed
This dice tower was designed by LennartS, and published on Thingiverse on April 01, 2015. It prints as a single part including the moving gate. It took me 15 hours to finish the print. I used a sunlu silk PLA filament, that has this smooth shiny finish. Although there was no stringing, some fine elements such […]
Rubik’s Cube 3D Printed Stands
Rubik’s Cube Puzzle Stand Based on a design by by jgoss via Thingiverse published on October 14, 2013. Previous Next Globe Cube Stand Based on a design by OldManLink published via Thingiverse on February 26, 2020. Previous Next
Space Invader Retro-Game Phone Stand 3D Printed
I made this phone stand for a friend who is fan of retro-games. I had to design it myself since I was unhappy with the ones I found on hobby 3D printing sites. Previous Next Design I’ve wanted it to be easy to print. Mixing different colors was also a requirement. So, I’ve came up […]