Documentation of my adventures any thing from small projects, experiments, things I'm learning and trips.
I've been noticing I mainly use the start menu to type in the app I want to use, so I started looking into better alternatives I could replace the start menu with. I came across Ulauncher and Rofi — both looked really nice, but I decided to go with Rofi since it can not only open apps, but also act as a run dialog, SSH launcher, file switcher, and even run custom scripts like “connect to Wi-Fi” or “change audio source”.
In 2024, I received an invitation to join the Shreveport-Bossier Maker Faire . I was excited to share how we use innovation and digital fabrication to empower people in remote regions of Iceland, through the network of Icelandic Fab Labs, which has been active since 2007 when the first lab opened in Vestmannaeyjar. I wanted to highlight how Fab Lab Ísafjörður has made its mark and created local as well as global impact.
I remember the feeling of opening Vim for the first time some years ago when I switched to Linux. It felt like being transported into another dimension an empty one with no way out. After closing my terminal in panic, I never dared touch it again. Later, when I described what I had experienced to a programmer friend, he just smiled and said, “It’s cool though.” So I looked into it a bit, but it was overwhelming.
Now, years later, I’m much more comfortable in the terminal. And after recently redoing my Zsh setup, the idea of trying Vim again came back but this time through Neovim: a modern version of Vim with a strong community and Lua-based configuration.
In this session, we explored how to reverse engineer an Arduino blink sketch from its compiled binary files using various tools like GDB, avr-objdump, and strings.
It all started with me needing to run a quick test on an RP2040 board. Just a simple check. So I asked:
"Hey, do we have any spare RP2040 boards lying around?"
Svavar, my ever-resourceful colleague, rummaged around and handed me a small stack. Among them was a Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040 he described as “pretty much dead.” It overheated almost instantly when plugged in and showed no signs of life over USB. He’d already tried the usual recovery tricks BOOTSEL mode, re-flashing but nothing worked.
Well, not nothing. The LED still lit up.
Naturally, I took that as challenge accepted.
In January 2024, I traveled to León, Spain, to take part in the Fab Academy Instructor Bootcamp. This time I had some good company traveling with Svavar so we were team Fab Lab Ísafjörður! Andri from Fab Lab Reykjavík and Frosti from Fab Lab Vestmannaeyjar joined us in Reykjavík. A proper Icelandic Fab Lab squad.
The plan was simple: fly to Madrid, take the train to León, and get some rest before the first day.
Well… we landed late. The train had stopped running. Frosti made the wise decision to stay overnight. The rest of us (less wise) decided to take the bus, which turned out to be a 6-hour ride. After a cramped journey, we finally arrived in León at 3:00 AM to a city fast asleep.
In January 2023, I flew to Amsterdam with my great colleague and friend Árni from Fab Lab Akureyri to attend the Fab Academy Instructor Bootcamp, a gathering of Fab Lab instructors, past students, and core team members from all over the world. The goal: level up our skills, share knowledge, and connect with the global Fab Lab network.
Useful things I've learned in the terminal mostly git stuff but also includes some general terminal stuff. As a terminal I'm using GitBash.
git cli
This is document with things I`ve learned and change in VS code to adapt it to my work flow for more efficiency and speed.
