A significant BLF contributor now has a Patreon! Let's show our gratitude!

M4D_M4X · 2019-04-29T04:38:36.000Z

wow! @Mark M

Mark_M · 2019-04-29T04:47:14.000Z

BlueSwordM:

Wow Mark M.

It’s been months since I’ve seen you, and you come back with a bang!

Yes, I was attending college. It left little time for flashlights.

will34 · 2019-04-29T04:48:58.000Z

Wow!

If there’s someone who deserves that in this forum it’s definitely TK. Her work will be on thousands of flashlights all around the world.

Mark_M · 2019-04-29T04:52:47.000Z

Between ToyKeeper, Lexel, and Texas_Ace we are pretty lucky in this community. Thanks everyone.

Lexel · 2019-04-29T13:26:12.000Z

Yes can confirm my Reflow Oven GoFundMe was hittting from 1% to 101% of the targeted 500€ goal
never thought it would hit more than 20% after a year or so

and more lab equipment is coming, just bought a couple of hours before that donation a dead cheap but brand new Fluke 8845A from Amazon for 52% of the noarmal lowest price here in Europe looking through price search machines

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fingers crossed for 4 hours to get a shipment notification not order cancellation

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and went back to usual Amazon price, hoped more could snatch such a dead cheap offer posting on Microcontroller forum

maukka · 2019-04-29T11:23:19.000Z

Mark M:

Thanks for everything that you contribute to the community ToyKeeper. As a part of my commitment to this community, I will fund ToyKeeper for 1 year at $250 a month. I have also made small contributions to various forum contributors. Thanks everyone.

Wow, that’s super generous and we’re happy to have you as part of the community!

ToyKeeper · 2019-04-29T20:22:09.000Z

Mark M:

Thanks for everything …

Daaaayum… I didn’t see that one coming. I actually thought it was a typo.

That will definitely help a lot with the things I need to get done. For example, adding tiny1634 support so we can have more pins and more ROM, to handle more aux LEDs and buttons and such. That’s one of the things I’m working on today.

ActiveAl · 2019-04-29T20:30:51.000Z

Lexel:

Yes can confirm my Reflow Oven GoFundMe was hittting from 1% to 101% of the targeted 500€ goal never thought it would hit more than 20% after a year or so and more lab equipment is coming, just bought a couple of hours before that donation a dead cheap but brand new Fluke 8845A from Amazon for 52% of the noarmal lowest price here in Europe looking through price search machines .!

Wow, you need your own thread!

CheapThrills · 2019-05-07T20:28:09.000Z

Good idea, I´m in + bump for the thread

DavidEF · 2019-05-07T21:52:42.000Z

Okay, I’m looking through the levels, and the $200/month level says You should probably just hire me and below, in the description, says

Seriously. Send me a message so we can talk about your projects.

Now, I’m not rich enough to do that much per month for too long, but I’m curious how much time and/or project that level would buy. I do have some things in mind, and if it turns out to be worth it, I might jump in. I don’t want to expect too much but at the same time, I want to know how much can reasonably be expected. Can we get some basic parameters here? :innocent:

Lexel · 2019-05-07T22:03:11.000Z

DavidEF:

Okay, I’m looking through the levels, and the $200/month level says You should probably just hire me and below, in the description, says

Seriously. Send me a message so we can talk about your projects.

Now, I’m not rich enough to do that much per month for too long, but I’m curious how much time and/or project that level would buy. I do have some things in mind, and if it turns out to be worth it, I might jump in. I don’t want to expect too much but at the same time, I want to know how much can reasonably be expected. Can we get some basic parameters here? :innocent:

for 200$ you can hire me for likely a few uncomplicated drivers
for firmware thats likely only a few changes

DavidEF · 2019-05-07T22:36:24.000Z

Thanks, Lexel. You already do so many different drivers and other things, I’m surprised you’re still willing to take on more “custom” work, even for money.

ToyKeeper · 2019-05-07T23:19:58.000Z

CheapThrills:

Good idea, I´m in + bump for the thread

Thanks for the bump!

… is a thing which would sound really strange without context.

DavidEF:

Okay, I’m looking through the levels, and the $200/month level says You should probably just hire me and below, in the description, says

Seriously. Send me a message so we can talk about your projects.

Now, I’m not rich enough to do that much per month for too long, but I’m curious how much time and/or project that level would buy. I do have some things in mind, and if it turns out to be worth it, I might jump in. I don’t want to expect too much but at the same time, I want to know how much can reasonably be expected. Can we get some basic parameters here? :innocent:

Oh, I called the tier that in an attempt at humor, to point out that while people are free to send me amounts larger than one or two digits and I’ll appreciate it, usually people don’t… unless they want me to do some sort of project or other work. And that sort of thing is usually best arranged in private, so it suggests sending me a message to work out the details.

Anyway, PM sent.

ToyKeeper · 2019-05-07T23:28:04.000Z

Lexel:

my Reflow Oven GoFundMe … you can hire me …

Hello. I’m thankful for the things you contribute at BLF, and I hope your efforts will continue and be successful… but maybe this thread isn’t the best place for you to plug your fundraisers and ask people to hire you? It’s kind of rude.

ActiveAl · 2019-05-10T17:20:41.000Z

TK, you have a lot of class!

CheapThrills · 2019-05-10T21:56:29.000Z

ToyKeeper:

CheapThrills:

Good idea, I´m in + bump for the thread

Thanks for the bump!

… is a thing which would sound really strange without context.

Well, true

Anyway…
Today, I received the FW3A.

It made me think.
It has been some time while I have been in this forum, some time of using & hobbying a bit with lights even before.
I´m thinking back how things were in earlier days. What a multitude of things were impossible, near-impossible or not even thought about before.
OK, so a hobby like this is “quite marginal”, one might even say that progress or such on this kind of level is irrelevant but damn, People sure can make a difference. If they co-operate and want something together.
It´s a bit same thing even at worklife.
Things can get better!

I´m quite casual user of lights. I haven´t posted much here lately, I don´t mod much anymore but I need light at my work constantly. My life is not on the line with them but they make things a lot easier.

Just realized, that at least 4 of my all-time favorite lights are with a software from You.
Thanks, I really mean it.

ToyKeeper · 2019-05-12T07:49:14.000Z

CheapThrills:

Today, I received the FW3A. It made me think.

…

Just realized, that at least 4 of my all-time favorite lights are with a software from You.
Thanks, I really mean it.

Thanks! I’m glad people like it. And I don’t exactly get nothing out of it either… When I first got involved, it was a great way to entertain myself, but over time it became something more. Changes at work made it feel like my work hours weren’t really helping to improve the world, so if I wanted to make a positive difference I’d have to do it on my own time. And BLF gave me a way to do that.

I’m not really sure where things go from here, but it has been an interesting journey so far.

ToyKeeper · 2019-10-10T00:24:59.000Z

Just a quick note… there’s a troll targeting people who support me, so I thought you guys should know.

More details here:

shirnask · 2019-10-10T00:37:50.000Z

Wow, now I understand why you created a Patreon account.

ToyKeeper · 2019-10-10T03:07:10.000Z

shirnask:

Wow, now I understand why you created a Patreon account.

Yeah, this was exactly why. I’ve been on the internet for a minute or two, so this sort of thing isn’t a surprise.

He’s far from the first guy in the flashlight world to harass me. He’s just the first one to harass my patrons. That’s why I made a post instead of just ignoring it like usual.