From 74b3cdf96e132f575b0851464df9dd7448aa1a68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Scott Hatlen Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 00:26:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] added two wip projects --- hugo-content/content/projects/stonks.md | 8 +++++++ hugo-content/content/projects/toy-crate.md | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hugo-content/content/projects/stonks.md create mode 100644 hugo-content/content/projects/toy-crate.md diff --git a/hugo-content/content/projects/stonks.md b/hugo-content/content/projects/stonks.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed19cd2 --- /dev/null +++ b/hugo-content/content/projects/stonks.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +title: "Stonks" +date: 2023-06-03T00:20:53-07:00 +draft: false +--- + +This page will track the activities around my stock trading bot. +So far, I have been able to set up an account with Alpaca and run a simple martingale on paper accounts on a raspberry pi. I have run into issues containerizing it and getting it to run longer than one day (it's always the ARM architecture). diff --git a/hugo-content/content/projects/toy-crate.md b/hugo-content/content/projects/toy-crate.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7911ec7 --- /dev/null +++ b/hugo-content/content/projects/toy-crate.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: "Toy Crate" +date: 2023-06-03T00:08:58-07:00 +draft: false +--- + +## Next Steps +- Apply more coats of verathane +- Assemble- predrill and screw +- Affix placard +- Fill with toys +- Place at destination (might require shovel work) +- post pics + +## Completed Steps +- buy materials (only $30 roughly!) +- buy tools (lots more lol) +- cut to size (thanks, cuñado) +- plane and sand + +## Backstory: +So, the plan with this one is to create a "take a penny, leave a penny" type bin for toys at the beach near me. It's been a great learning experience in woodworking and I even got to justify the purchase of more power tools! + +The idea came to me on the near-daily walks with Zoey on the beach. There are so many plastic toys getting left on the beach, and I felt they could be reused. Since the City of San Diego is too gigantic to deal with such an issue, I reached out to the Pacific Beach Town Council, but heard nothing back. I plan to plop it down anyway, and see what happens. + +My wife and I have been gathering abandoned toys on our morning walks for awhile now, so it should have a pretty good start. +