Andrew Lindsey

@ellindsey.bsky.social

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Middle aged engineer, embedded firmware engineer, and rpg geek. I refurbish old computers, build custom electronics, and grow hot peppers in my backyard. He/him.

A very zoomed in image of a red neocaridina shrimp on a black background with plant roots in the background, with an even smaller shrimp next to it in the foreground.
A zoomed in image of a tiny reddish shrimp surrounded by the roots of floating plants.
A screenshot of a heavily modded Stardew Valley game, showing the Quarry map that is gradually being overcome with conveyor belts and pipes linking various automated processing and mining machines.
A view downward into shallow water. A green-brown crayfish is visible against the muddy background.
A zoomed in image of the inside of an aquarium. Half a dozen small red shrimp and many small snails are picking at grayish pellets on a background of dark gravel and organic debris.
A closeup of an aquarium, showing two small red shrimp on a background of black gravel and mulm.
A large wooden table in a corner of a living room. Two laptops are on the table, along with a larger display screen, an iPad, and a 29 gallon aquarium with plants growing out of it.
An opened paper cup sitting on a planter in a small patio garden. The cup is full of green shredded paper and baby mantises.
A cracked concrete surface, on which there is a small grey-brown snake.
A blurry close-up view of a creature crawling across the glass of an aquarium. The creature is oval, white, and mostly translucent. There is some mostly-dead java fern in the background.
A small gull with black head and grey wings standing on the beach.
An image of the top of an aquarium with the lid raised. The surface of the water is completely covered with small floating green plants.
A 29 gallon aquarium on a wooden table. The aquarium is full of water and has driftwood, rocks, gravel, and some plants visible. The custom 3D printed lid of the aquarium has planters with plants growing out of them in it.
Two plastic bags full of wet aquarium plants. One contains red root floaters. The other contains java fern and bolbitis, with a few bits of java moss as well.
A small bird, dark on top and white on bottom, standing on the snowy ground beside a tree.
A size comparison of several landmarks and vehicles, including an aircraft carrier, the Eiffel Tower, the Enterprise-D from Star Trek, and an as yet unnamed spaceship which dwarfs all of them.
A view from above onto the snow beneath a bush. Three dark-eyed juncos and one white-throated sparrow are here. There are seeds scattered on the snow.
A 40+ year old Koalapad, next to a Commodore 64 of similar age, on an electronics workbench.
On a desk, a Commodore Plus/4 opened up with video and power cables attached. The connected monitor shows a No Signal message.
A computer screen showing a non-standard startup message for the C128, reading: The Super Chips A Custom Operating System (c) 1988 Free Spirit Software (c) 1988 S. Gast & R. Rollins
An immature Cooper's Hawk in a bare-branched tree, looking perhaps a bit regretful after a failed hunting attempt.
A Korg Poly 800 keyboard on a cluttered electronics workbench
A screenshot of Solidworks 2020 showing the results of a FEA analysis of a wood and metal desk with an aquarium on one corner of it.
A gaming board with multiple player figurines, facing off against a 3D printed plant monster with a yellow eye inside a large maw. Multiple 3D printed root-tentacles surround the figurines.
An assortment of red, orange, yellow, and white peppers on a white plate.
A very blurry photo of what I assure you is an osprey in front of foliage, though you're going to have to take my word for that due to how blurry the photo is.
A small green praying mantis hanging onto the upright pointed leaf of a snake plant. An out of focus sidewalk and grass are in the background.
A white paper cup with some kind of fibrous plant material inside. About a dozen newly hatched tiny preying mantises are visible inside the cup.
A fuzzy fledgling blue jay, perched on the top of a black mesh fence, with grass and trees in the background.
A large snapping turtle on a weedy patch of grass with landscaped plants in the background. She is digging a hole in which to lay eggs.
A northern mockingbird, perched on a wire, silhouetted against a clear blue sky, singing intermittently.
A pair of Canada geese, along with five goslings, swimming in a canal with trees in the background.
An abstract pattern of colored lines on a computer monitor.
Two mallard ducks, a male and a female, sitting on the grassy ground next to a small stream. The male mallard has his head raised in slight alarm while the female appears to be asleep.
A common raven perched on a cell phone tower, seen from the ground, silhouetted against an overcast sky.
A close up photo of a plastic germination tray. Many small pepper sprouts are peeking out of the dirt in the germination cells.
A cooper's hawk perched on a branch, glimpsed between bare branches of a tree, with a pale blue sky in the background.
An articulated dragon print held in my hand.
A shiny gold and copper articulated dragon model on a Prusa XL 3D printer build plate.
A scattering of pale feathers on a patchy lawn with yellow pine needles.
A large black and white printed dungeon map with a handful of figurines on it.
Three strips of bacon sizzling in a cast iron pan on a stovetop.
A small four-legged robot in gold, red, and green plastic, with black feet, standing on a white tabletop with clutter in the background.
Another view of the small robot core, with tightly bundled wiring inside insulated in heat shrink tubing.
The core of the little robot, with more wires sticking out of it.
A 3D printed wheel hub, black plastic with some plastic strings, on a metal print bed.
Part of a robot, a 3D printed object with wires sticking out of it at multiple angles as I try to fit everything where it's supposed to go.
A roast turkey fresh out of the oven, in a silver baking tray on a stove top. Next to it is a cast iron skillet full of cornbread.
The core of a small robot, made of 3d printed gold and black plastic, held in a hand.
A small black and yellow robot with four rubber wheels and a large orange drum spinning weapon up front.
A small four-wheeled plastic robot, with exposed wiring and components, and parts still missing.
A view of our condo, with pulsing multicolored LED lights in the bushes, and bright incandescent icicle lights hanging from the upper floor balcony over the patio.
Bundles of LED bulbs connected by red, black, and white wires, on a brown carpet floor.
A little brown bird sitting on a bush. Blurry as it's photographed through a screen door and the camera insisted on focusing on the screen instead of the bird.
A small brown and tan striped snake on a background of mulch outdoors next to a loose paver slab.
A small group of wild turkeys picking through the weeds along the side of a paved path.
A blurry backlit bird on a tree branch surrounded by leaves.
A 3D render of a CAD drawing of a small robot with two wheels and a large weapon blade.