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Day 1463 : Too Far Away

HIPHOP and CODE — Fri, 13 Nov 2026 22:50:53 +0000

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Professional : Chill was the word for today. Met with some coworkers to catch up with what they've been up to. It was good to see them. Spent the rest of the day working on upcoming projects.
Personal : Got the social media posts ready for the projects I picked up on Bandcamp this week. Also put together the tracks for the radio show on Saturday. I made the final modifications to the prototype that I want to get to an artist for a possible collaboration.

Feeling really productive! I got the order that came in ready to ship out tomorrow before heading to the station. I created the prototype and everything printed great on the first try! I was able to use the UV laser on a part and it came out good. Using the laser will really speed things up! I created a box to hold everything so I can give it to the artist at their upcoming show. I also printed a pair of slipmats for my friend for their birthday and going to give them to their event happening tonight. Good timing. Going to work on the radio show a little before I head out because where I am, everything is too far away! haha So yeah, radio show on Saturday at https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com and will probably not have the study session on Sunday because I have another event to go to. Going to be a busy weekend more than normal.

Have a great night and weekend!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1462 : Carry It

HIPHOP and CODE — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 23:04:19 +0000

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Professional : Yup. Mostly meetings with some coding in-between. haha.
Personal : Went through a bunch of tracks for the radio show. I also worked on the 3D model I'm looking to create a prototype to show an artist coming into town. I ran into a small issue that I didn't think about until I got things scaled up to the correct dimensions. Going to work that out.

Got a lot of things on my list to do after eating dinner. Need to work out the little issue I ran into so I can print the prototype and carry it to the show on Sunday. There's another thing I need to design and print for the prototype. Going to purchase all the Bandcamp projects and put together the social media posts. I also want to get the playlist for the radio show also worked out. Going to get to work.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1461 : Pieces

HIPHOP and CODE — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:40:40 +0000

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Professional : Another day that flew by! Had a meeting pretty early in the work day and it brought up some stuff I looked into. Then had another meeting where I looked into some more stuff and following up with some folks. Then I read a bunch of notes (like A LOT! haha) about a new initative in 2027 that folks want my feedback on. Also found out that I may be making an interactive workshop for a team member.
Personal : Last night I went through a bunch of tracks for the radio show and picked the projects I'll pick up on Bandcamp. Did a little work on my prototypes for future products.

I 3d printed some prototypes and the parts are fitting together really good. Going to install the LED and battery and see if that works properly. I also worked on getting the order together so I can ship it out this week. Sent a message to a friend to verify something before I create something so I can get it to them in a couple of days. I heard from a person yesterday that I met in Atlanta that could turn into something for my side business. We'll see. The pieces are there, I just need to put things together the right way. Going to eat dinner and work on this 3D model so I can print it tomorrow. I'll listen to some tracks for the radio show and start on the social media posts for Bandcamp pickups and the radio show.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1460 : The Quiet

HIPHOP and CODE — Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:27:19 +0000

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Professional : No meetings today so I took the quiet time to go through all the forms to make sure I have healthcare in 2027. I helped out a friend use one of the starter applications I made for their project. I also went into an older project to see if I can update it and add some more features. It was originally a workshop I did earlier in the year that I'm going to turn into a starter project so that anyone can spin up the application and make their own modifications.
Personal : So I didn't sign up for healthcare last night. I went down a rabbit hole with AI to help me get this new product idea worked out. It fascinating being able to go back and forth with something that access to the world's knowledge! haha It recommended a few things that would reduce printing cost and speed things up without sacrificing quality. I did go through some tracks for the radio show.

Super happy that I got the healthcare stuff out of the way. My focus is to get this orders ready to ship and to folks and these prototypes ready to show folks. Going to get implement what AI and I worked though last night into the 3D model and get it ready to print tomorrow.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1459 : Beyond

HIPHOP and CODE — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 22:59:20 +0000

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Saturday : This weekend was a hackathon that I agreed to do a workshop for work. Got up early and headed downtown. My workshop didn't go as planned due to circumstances beyond my control, but I was able to get people at least started. After that, I went to the station to the radio show. I was tired, but had a great time as usual. The recording of this week's show is at https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com

Sunday : Day 2 of the hackathon. Got up early again and headed to the venue. I was literally there all day and evening. haha I got there like 8:30-9am and didn't leave till like a little after 9pm. It was a good time. People built some really cool projects. I spent some time helping folks out if they needed it and did some work on modifying a 3D model I'm looking to print. Pretty productive day all things considering, but I was tired when I got back.
Professional : I woke up so tired today! haha Luckily, I only had one meeting for an upcoming event and my manager cancelled our meeting. Basically, I just submitted my expense report from the event during the weekend and worked on some other code for projects.
Personal : My focus for this week is to put together the order that came in and get that shipped out. I want to print the new modifications to the product I've been working on. A friend sent over some files so I want to get those made to get to them. There's that other project I'm working on to get to an artist that will be in town next week. I think I figured out how I can actually get my idea made. I was testing some stuff out while at the hackathon on Sunday.

First thing I'm going to do after eating dinner is sign up for my company's health care plan. The deadline is this Friday and one year I got so busy I missed the deadline and had to sign up for the government plan and it was expensive! Still amazes me the what the healthcare system in the US is and how broken it is. If there's time after that, I'll work on the idea for the artist coming into town and maybe get it to the point where I can print a prototype and work on that this week in addition to the other projects. Going to get to work.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1458 : The Grind

HIPHOP and CODE — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:43:09 +0000

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Professional : Whew... just made it! haha Started the day catching up with folks from my team. Good to see folks before the weekend. Had another presentation for our healthcare plan. Spent the rest of the day updating and refining the workshop I'll be giving tomorrow. I'm trying out a new way to spin up the workshop by forking the GitHub repo so that the user has the application in their own account. I have to do a couple of tweaks to make it work. After the grind, I successfully was able to spin up the workshop, go through the steps and get the application working right as the day ends.
Personal : Last night I put together the social media posts for the Bandcamp projects that I posted today. I also got the tracks for the radio show in order. I went down a deep rabbit hole in retirement planning to end the night. haha.

Going to finish putting together the radio show for tomorrow. Maybe to a quick think on the switch for this 3D model. I've been debating whether or not to use magnets. I don't know. I need to finish up early tonight because I have to get up super early to make it to the hackathon so I can give my workshop tomorrow morning. The grind never stops! haha Going to eat dinner and get to work. Radio show on Saturdays at https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com

Have a great night and weekend!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1457 : Finally

HIPHOP and CODE — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:49:10 +0000

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Professional : Today flew by! Had a few meetings. Worked on my workshop. Took an online training. Day was over! Still waiting to hear back about some info I need for this upcoming workshop.
Personal : Went through tracks for the radio show and projects to pick up on Bandcamp. Put some more thought into the switch for my project. I watched a bunch of videos on different types of switches.

Going to finish putting together the social media posts for my Bandcamp pickups this week. Looks like the computer that I've been using to work on the radio show for a very long time has finally having issues starting up. It turns on and I can log in, but the screen is black for a long time while it boots up. If I remember correctly, I think I did an OS update a few weeks back. We'll see how long it lasts. I may have to start putting together the radio show on another laptop. Going to eat dinner and get to work. Depending on how long I take in putting together the Bandcamp posts and radio show tracks, I may put some time in finishing up the workshop I have coming up so tomorrow I can just test everything works.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1456 : Slowly

HIPHOP and CODE — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:33:49 +0000

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Professional : Had a few meetings to start the day off. I tested the application I refactored to use the latest version of the framework I used in my headset. Everything worked! Started putting together the workshop that I will be giving this weekend.
Personal : Went through some projects on Bandcamp for what I'll pick up this week. It's Bandcamp Friday so artists get more money from each sale. Also started collecting tracks to play on the radio show. I made some modifications to parts of the 3D model for a product I've been working on...slowly. haha. It's starting to take shape.

I printed the parts I modeled last night and they fit really well. The battery slips in and stays in place. The cutout lets you remove it pretty easily. Looking at it, the spacing is a little too tight for the switch I made for it to operate consistently. Going to have a think about how I can work around it. I'll be listening to tracks for the radio show and start putting together social media posts for the Bandcamp projects I pick up and playlist. Going to eat and get to work.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1455 : Bad

HIPHOP and CODE — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 23:10:45 +0000

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Professional : Got up early for meeting so that the team can plan out tasks for the month. After that, had a presentation on the Healthcare plans the company offers because it's enrollment time again. Because in America, your healthcare is tied to your job because it's too expensive otherwise....America. Basically spent the rest of the day battling with AI trying to update some code that I wrote using a framework that got updated with some breaking changes. Somehow after a couple of back and forth with the AI, I hit a limit that would last till the end of the work day and was stuck with the lowest model. It was bad! haha It would give code that I told it before didn't work or it would hallucinate a lot! After a little bit, I just went old school and just jumped into the framework's docs and codebase and figured out the final parts that were broken. I think I got it all working again, but will do more testing tomorrow.
Personal : I was so tired last night. I think it's because it gets so dark so early now. I went through some tracks for the radio show and on Bandcamp. Didn't do as much as I wanted on the 3D models that I would have liked.

Going to eat dinner and get to work. I'll have some news stations on in the background to see if there will be a democracy tomorrow. haha Looking to get the modifications to the models to the point were I can print some prototypes tomorrow (if it's not pouring rain like today).

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1454 : Real!

HIPHOP and CODE — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 03:33:59 +0000

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Saturday : Did some work in the shed to print out some prototypes for a product. They came out really good. Then I headed to the station to the radio show. It had a couple of Halloween themed tracks added. Great times as usual! The recording of this week's show is at https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com

Sunday : I took the day to put stakes to help hold down the tarp that goes under my solar panels. I also paid my bills for the month and worked on the 3D models I've been printing prototypes of.
Professional : A pretty chill day. Only had one meeting with my manager. We talked about the stuff I'll be working on this week. Then I just started working on that stuff.
Personal : Been focusing on getting these products together. I've been suggesting different ideas to Gemini to get feedback to make sure things made sense. The final product will be able to be enjoyed by more folks than I initially thought. We'll see once I get a more finalized prototype that I can give folks to get feedback and maybe some advanced orders. I need to setup my other UV printer so I can start printing designs on different parts. The side business is starting to feel real!

It's been raining all day and combined with the time change so now it gets dark at like 5pm, I'm tired and want to go to sleep. haha It's a good thing that I did the yard work yesterday. Going to do more planning and designing for these product ideas I have. I'll listen to some tracks for the radio show and projects on Bandcamp and go to bed. Going to eat dinner and get to work.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1453 : Let's Talk About It

HIPHOP and CODE — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:14:42 +0000

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Professional : No clue where the day went. Had a catch up session with my teammates. After that, had a meeting with another coworker to talk about an upcoming blog post around the starter application that I created. The last blog post went pretty well. So I figured, let's talk about it and come up with a game plan for the next one. I took my lunch break and posted the Bandcamp picks to my social media. When I got back, I continued working on this workshop for a hackathon happening tomorrow. For this one, I wanted to separate out the workshop application into its own repo and outside the monorepo where all the previous workshop files I've done reside. I want the participants to be able to fork the repo into their own accounts and run it like how the starter applications I made work. I figured the right set of configurations and got it working. I submitted it to the organizer to see what they thought. I look at the clock and the work day was over.
Personal : I got all the social media posts for the Bandcamp pickups for this week completed. I also went through some tracks for the radio show. Did some work on some these possible products for my business.

Going to finish putting together the radio show for tomorrow. There's a couple of modifications that I want to make to this model and print it tomorrow before heading to the station. I still need to figure out the wiring layout as well. Going to get to work. Radio show on Saturday at https://kNOwBETTERHIPHOP.com. I don't think I'll do the study sessions on Sunday at https://untilit.works because I'm planning on doing some yard work.

Have a great night and weekend!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com

Day 1452 : Time To Go

HIPHOP and CODE — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:57:48 +0000

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Professional : Pretty good day. Had a couple of meetings as normal. It was good to see everyone. Spent the rest of the day working on putting together a workshop for a hackathon that I just learned about. Good thing I have a bunch of stuff in the stash. haha.
Personal : Purchased this week's Bandcamp projects. Went through a bunch of tracks for the radio show. Did some work on these product ideas.

During my lunch break, I went out to vote. Luckily, there's a new polling place that is pretty close. It's at a park and community center that I didn't even know existed. It's a nice place. I may have to visit it in the future. There were no lines. Just in and out! That's why I try to early vote when I can. I also got some packages ready to ship out tomorrow. I'm going to eat dinner and finish putting together the social media posts for the Bandcamp projects I picked up. Going to start putting together the tracks for the radio show. I want to see if I can come up with something for the wiring on this project and do a quick model so I can print it tomorrow and test it out. Time to go and get to work.

Have a great night!

peace piece
Dwane / conshus
https://dwane.io / https://HIPHOPandCODE.com