10,000 Subscribers!
10K Subscribers! Thanks everyone for subscribing to my YouTube at http://youtube.com/@MrDerekJamison I reached 10,000 subscribers over...
Flipper Zero
Over the past year, a few friends and relatives were asking me about the Flipper Zero. I finally broke down and purchased it. I was...
Ford (Oct 2021-Nov 2022)
Back on August 6th, 2021, I made a post about the Ford Connect Simulator hackathon project. Of the three contest entries, it was the one...
Reviving the old digital picture frame
I recently got an *old* digital picture from Pandigital. It has on-board memory and an old-school mini USB port on it. When the USB...
I got the Ender 3 laser engraver upgrade installed
The actual installation is really quick. You basically unplug the fan cable from the Ender 3 motherboard and then plug in the laser...
C++ driver for 2.9-inch e-Paper Display Module
I ordered an e-Paper module from Amazon. It's a nice display that is 128x296 pixels and only consumes power when you are updating the...
Cheap logic analyzer + PulseView + custom decoder works great!
I found this KeeYees USB Logic Analyzer Device with 12PCS 6 Colors Test Hook Clip Set USB Cable 24MHz 8CH 8 Channel UART IIC SPI Debug...
Atari 2600 - Big Bird's Egg Catch
I was at the Tulsa Flee Market last weekend and I found an Atari 2600 game cartridge on sale for $5. The game was "Big Bird's Egg Catch"...
Ford Connect Simulator
https://devpost.com/software/ford-connect-simulator The "Ford Connect Simulator" contest entry was the project that I've spent the most...
WINNER: Best Technical Implementation and Functionality [My Ford]
https://devpost.com/software/my-ford-alexa-powered-ford I let Alexa take control of the Ford for the Ford Smart Vehicle Connectivity...
WINNER: Honourable Mentions [low BAC]
https://devpost.com/software/low-bac I had a lot of fun (perhaps too much) writing and testing the "low BAC" hackathon entry for the Ford...
I didn't get the joke.
My son showed me a video on his phone, but clearly I didn't get the joke. 🤣 Instead three days later I found myself building a Morse...
WINNER: The Smart Valve 2049 - Devpost Microsoft U.S. Azure IoT Hack for Sustainability
They just announced the winners for the IoT Hack for Sustainability. We won one of the three Honourable Mentions awards! Brian and I...
The Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge
As part of Microsoft Build, there are a set of five learning challenges. The challenges are mostly just following along pre-written...
The Smart Valve 2049 - Devpost Microsoft U.S. Azure IoT Hack for Sustainability
Brian Dinh and myself got together for another hackathon that was on Devpost. This time it was for the Azure IoT Hack for Sustainability....
Finally all moved in to Oklahoma
I'm finally all moved in to my new place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I was able to get out the soldering iron and finish the PCB board that I...
Cloud Newman Me - Postman API Hack
https://www.CloudNewman.Me was one of the projects I created for the Postman API Hackathon. CloudNewman.me is a http API that invokes a...
"So Many APIs" Postman API Hack
Brian and I came up with the idea of a game that you can play in Postman! The game is composed of three parts: 1) Register for API keys...
CoinStop won the Moonshot prize ($5000)! Cloud Newman Me won Blastoff prize (50 prizes awarded)
The Postman API hack had 3 grand prize winners, 10 honorable mentions, and 50 blast off winners. teamBoLD was really excited today when...


















