Jekyll2025-12-02T15:44:44-06:00https://creativitycast.com/feed.xmlThe Create/Invent PodcastThe Create/Invent PodcastE:52 Novaspirit Tech2021-12-16T09:00:00-06:002021-12-16T09:00:00-06:00https://creativitycast.com/e52-novaspirit-techDon, AKA Novaspirit Tech (Gaming, and even TV) joins us to discuss his start on YouTube, a trip to Hong Kong, and more!

Part 1

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:03 - Where in New York does Don live?
  • 2:03 - When did the 1970s happen?
  • 3:14 - How did Don get started on YouTube?
  • 7:50 - Don does a fantastic job making tutorial videos
  • 10:19 - Don’s day job!
  • 12:00 - Don has a SECOND job?!
  • 14:04 - Don’s third job is YouTube
  • 16:42 - Don records in his basement, and he has a closet behind him
  • 17:11 - A tour of Don’s studio and workspace
  • 18:39 - How did Don get into the Raspberry Pi? 3D printing?!
  • 21:21 - Hashtag #homelab!
  • 22:14 - Octoprint for Android (Octo4a)
  • 23:38 - Will Jeremy’s Raspberry Pi 2’s SD card boot in a Pi 4?
  • 24:53 - Jeremy wants to know about Don’s travel vlog channel
  • 25:41 - Don was born in Hong Kong
  • 27:03 - Portuguese doesn’t look entirely unlike Spanish
  • 28:40 - Don wants to convert his vlog channel into a car channel?!
  • 29:58 - Coffee Break!

Don, the Novaspirit discusses his newfound interest in NFTs, that he’s a car guy with a Raspberry Pi mounted in his WRX, and more.

  • 0:00 - Back from the coffee break
  • 0:46 - Don and Jeremy explain boats to Pat
  • 1:47 - Don tells us about his Suburu WRX project car
  • 4:58 - Pat had to datalog his old turbo car with a Palm Pilot
  • 7:07 - Pat tells Don about water injection
  • 9:30 - Pat flies FPV because cars are too expensive
  • 11:13 - Cowboy Curtis, Top Gun, and The Matrix
  • 12:18 - Don tells us about Non-fungible tokens (NFT)
  • 25:40 - Where did Don get the name Novaspirit?
  • 27:19 - We all play FTL: Faster Than Light!
  • 29:16 - Where can we find Pat?
  • 29:51 - Where can we find Jeremy?
  • 30:44 - Pat is using the JCPM2 macro pad with an awesome Firefox plugin!

Extra content that didn’t quite fit in with the rest of the show for one reason or another. Don apparently really loves the JC Pro Macro 2, which JC - Jeremy Cook - is quite happy to hear.

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:39 - Kickstarter is going to pay Jeremy?!
  • 3:12 - Jeremy needs to get the macro pad into a subscription box!
  • 4:41 - Most people ordered the JCPM2 kits
  • 6:08 - Don is a motorsport racing simulator enthusiast
  • 9:31 - Jeremy can’t play computer games anymore

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]]>Pat ReganE:51 Alex Wilson tells us about TikTok and Clockipedia2021-11-24T09:00:00-06:002021-11-24T09:00:00-06:00https://creativitycast.com/e51-alex-wilson-clockipedia .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 640; height: 360; }
  • 0:00 - Showing off our JC Pro Macro Pads?!
  • 1:17 - How do kangaroos stay cool?
  • 1:50 - More JC Pro Macro
  • 2:30 - Alex tells us about TikTok
  • 5:40 - SVG Overview of the warehouse
  • 6:25 - Jeremy’s first job making a circle on a square machine
  • 7:00 - Pat feels old talking about the Apple //e
  • 9:00 - How big was Windows 3.0? 6 to 8 megabyte install
  • 9:28 - Alex tells us about TempleOS
  • 11:02 - How many programmers to create MS-DOS?!
  • 11:53 - Could one man make a macro pad and put it on Kickstarter?!
  • 16:44 - What does Jeremy think of Kickstarter now?!
  • 24:18 - How cool does Jeremy’s macro pad fan make him?
  • 25:18 - Listen to this, Pat.
  • 26:35 - Pat complains about shopping locally
  • 28:18 - Jeremy doesn’t have a mobile data plan
  • 31:48 - Jeremy doesn’t want to be tracked by his mobile data
  • 0:00 - Jeremy goes to a restaurant
  • 3:01 - Pat has never been in a cave
  • 6:26 - What is everyone watching on TV?
  • 7:30 - Pat almost met Steve Irwin once, but he chose not to
  • 8:16 - Pat is told that he met Shakira
  • 9:17 - Jeremy doesn’t remember the famous person who assaulted him
  • 11:47 - Jeremy is watching Squid Game
  • 13:01 - Pat wants to watch Dark on Netflix
  • 15:44 - Counterpart on Amazon Prime with J Jonah Jameson
  • 17:38 - There’s a new Matrix movie?!
  • 19:09 - Pee Wee Herman Reunion Show?!
  • 20:30 - We learned Paul Reuben’s name in the early 90s
  • 21:16 - Are you going to watch the new Dune movie?
  • 24:22 - Pat is old enough that he just wants to skip the action scenes
  • 26:01 - Refreshing Kickstarter pages encourages people to back your project
  • 26:38 - Only Murders In The Building
  • 28:16 - More Kickstarter and JC Pro Macro information
  • 31:04 - Goliath on Amazon Prime
  • 32:28 - Where can we find Jeremy on the Internet?!
  • 32:53 - Where can we find Alex on the Internet?!
  • 35:20 - Do you spell that with a C or a K?
  • 35:42 - Where can we find Pat?

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]]>Pat ReganFlux Engineering2021-10-15T10:00:00-05:002021-10-15T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/e50-flux-engineering .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 640; height: 360; }
  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:56 - How are things going?!
  • 2:20 - Project Alpha Kickstarter
  • 7:29 - Was Kickstarter the right choice for Project Alpha?
  • 13:56 - Anything can be a weapon!
  • 15:03 - How do you mail all these items?
  • 20:48 - How long did the knife take from conception to finish?
  • 25:20 - Coffee Break!
  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:15 - Jeremy found his Flux Engineering Knife
  • 1:04 - Cinema drones, FPV miniquads, and cinewhoops
  • 2:25 - Jeremy is shamed in the workplace!
  • 4:40 - Flying drones in the wild west!
  • 6:39 - Doomba the Battle Bot?!
  • 10:56 - Flux Engineering tells us about their business
  • 13:49 - Could Pat manage to fly and/or land a helicopter?!
  • 17:57 - Jeremy’s childhood “friend” tricks him!
  • 19:43 - What are the Flux Anonymous folks up to?
  • 22:57 - What’s Pat up to?!
  • 24:20 - Jeremy is working on the JC Pro Macro Pad!
  • 28:08 - Pat is using a JC Pro Macro as a CNC pendant
  • 30:21 - Where can we find Flux Engineering?
  • 30:56 - Where can we find Pat?
  • 32:14 - Jeremy can see us, but we can’t see him!
  • 32:35 - Where can we find Jeremy?
  • 34:16 - Technical Difficulties

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]]>Pat ReganE:49 Zach from Byte Sized Tells Us About His DIY Self-Balancing Skateboard2021-08-25T10:00:00-05:002021-08-25T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/e49-zach-hipps-from-byte-sized-interview .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 640; height: 360; }

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]]>Pat ReganE:48 Live Stream - Jeremy’s Vacation, Turning Espresso Tampers, Smart Plugs, and the Pi-KVM2021-08-04T10:00:00-05:002021-08-04T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/e48-live-stream-jeremy-vacation-turning-espresso-tampers-smart-plugs-pi-kvm .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 640; height: 360; }
  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:02 - Kenny has finally watched Seinfeld
  • 2:25 - How is CloudFree.shop doing?!
  • 3:12 - Pat plugs Kenny’s CloudFree smart plugs
  • 4:00 - Using power metering to trigger home automation events
  • 6:11 - Kenny has never seen an electric unicycle
  • 7:29 - Click here to watch Pat fall on his face!
  • 7:40 - It is too hot in Texas to safely ride fast
  • 8:14 - Kenny tells us about mylocalbytes.com’s UK Tasmota smart plugs
  • 9:54 - Will it be easier to create your second product?
  • 12:48 - Electronic in the CloudFree plugs are rated for 220 volts
  • 14:30 - Pi KVM v3 Hats are in the CloudFree.shop store
  • 15:50 - A KVM switch lets you plug a keyboard, monitor, and mouse into multiple machines
  • 16:23 - An IP KVM is a virtual keyboard, monitor, and mouse physically plugged into a remote computer
  • 16:51 - You can even access the BIOS or load an OS from a virtual CD-ROM
  • 17:31 - Pat thinks the Pi-KVM is a good value and good investment
  • 0:00 - The Tomorrow War
  • 8:52 - Clarkson’s Farm
  • 9:47 - James May’s Oh Cook!
  • 11:08 - Is Pat watching The Head on HBO?
  • 11:57 - Pat already talked about his Bender artwork project
  • 12:17 - Jeremy’s PCB wall of fame and shame
  • 17:18 - Jeremy’s Macro Pad Keyboard

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]]>Pat ReganE:47 Olivia Snyder Makes Awesome Pottery2021-06-23T10:00:00-05:002021-06-23T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/olivia-snyder-makes-awesome-potteryOlivia Snyder talks about her pottery innovations, as well as her experience running (and expanding) TheLab.ms makerspace through a pandemic.

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 1:20 - Tackle boxes are great for organizing small parts. Plano, IL is indeed where tackle boxes come from!
  • 2:09 - Olivia has a pottery business and two kids
  • 3:52 - Olivia explains how pottery works
  • 7:57 - Can Pat learn to do pottery at home?
  • 9:19 - Microwave kilns?!
  • 11:20 - Find your friendly local pottery community to get started!
  • 12:11 - Olivia has mined some of her own local clay!
  • 13:25 - Olivia explains how kiln temperatures are checked with cones
  • 15:42 - Olivia’s 3D printed clay extruders are amazing
  • 23:34 - Olivia restored a 1970s pottery wheel using 3D printing
  • 24:43 - Olivia designed an extruder that creates clay tubes
  • 28:01 - Coffee Break!
  • 29:35 - Talking to Olivia about TheLab.ms Makerspace!
  • 31:43 - TheLab.ms makerspace just had elections
  • 33:52 - TheLab.ms moved to a much bigger space this year!
  • 37:41 - New equipment at the Makerspace
  • 39:30 - Olivia talks about collaboration, socialization, and continuing education
  • 44:40 - New Oracle Deck available at Faeriehive.com
  • 45:28 - Pat complains about Davinci Resolve 17.2
  • 47:19 - I can’t complain but sometimes I still do
  • 47:33 - What’s Jeremy been working on?
  • 49:16 - Where can we find everyone on the Internet?!

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]]>Pat ReganE:46 Matt Perks from DIY Perks2021-05-25T10:00:00-05:002021-05-25T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/e46-matt-perks-from-diy-perksMatthew from DIY Perks talks about his year, a cob house that he built, YouTube, and much more!

Matt also told us about his accent, and he taught us about the Foot-Strut Split. You can hear all about Matt’s accent at 2:50 in the second video!

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:59 - How has the last year been for Matt?
  • 2:24 - Matt is building a cob house
  • 5:10 - You never know what will do well on YouTube
  • 8:13 - Jeremy has too many ideas and he has to film all of them!
  • 9:43 - Matt tries to make projects that the majority of people could recreate
  • 10:50 - Many people attempt to recreate Matt’s projects
  • 14:56 - Is the jigsaw still Matt’s favorite tool?
  • 19:10 - Matt usually has 10 hours for footage for each build video
  • 20:12 - Is Matt a gamer? Don’t get eaten by a cougar!
  • 25:22 - Jeremy switched to a Mac
  • 27:22 - Sometimes you have to go to a shop to get ideas
  • 32:55 - Coffee break!
  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 0:22 - Questions for Matt from Twitter!
  • 0:30 - Is your name actually Matthew Perks?
  • 1:31 - Where does Matt live?
  • 2:50 - Where is Matt’s charming accent from?
  • 7:46 - How did Matt become so good at electronics?
  • 9:19 - What does Matt recommend for DIY education?
  • 15:33 - Jeremy switched from his Sony a6600 to his Mac webcam mid recording today
  • 17:50 - Matt strikes up some controversy: aluminum vs. aluminium
  • 20:53 - Why does Matt only test his creations after they’ve been completed?
  • 23:18 - How’s Matt’s dog doing?
  • 25:40 - Matt tells us about his carbon fiber and walnut stealth PlayStation 5 build
  • 28:14 - Pat tells Matt about the OoberLights project
  • 34:10 - Jeremy is working on two projects!

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]]>Pat ReganE:45 Keeping Parts in Stock for Tindie and Cloudfree2021-05-10T10:00:00-05:002021-05-10T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/e45-keeping-parts-in-stock-for-tindie-and-cloudfreeJasmine from Tindie and Kenny from Cloudfree (Tasmota IoT devides) stop by to discuss the intricacies of selling and shipping custom electronics on the Internet!

  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 2:35 - Jeremy’s boss is in the waiting room
  • 3:52 - What is Tindie?!
  • 6:26 - What does Pat sell on Tindie?
  • 8:55 - Let’s meet Jasmine’s puppy!
  • 10:03 - Jeremy is now selling things on Tindie
  • 16:06 - Jeremy’s Grounduino board for the Arduino Nano
  • 21:38 - Kenny from Cloudfree.shop joins the stream!
  • 22:45 - NASA says you can’t launch a rocket from a weather balloon
  • 23:40 - Pat wants to buy more Cloudfree plugs!
  • 29:17 - Pat’s OoberLights project
  • 30:57 - Kenny tells us about OtterCast
  • 36:43 - Jeremy misused a Cloudfree switch!
  • 38:57 - Why do so many IOT manufacturers require the use of their own cloud services?
  • 41:44 - How long did it take to sell 1,000 Cloudfree switches?
  • 44:20 - Shipping to customers outside the US is difficult!
  • 52:36 - Kenny tells us about pirateship.com shipping services
  • 55:15 - Jeremy says Pat is a killer CEO
  • 56:39 - Coffee break and a shout out to our Patrons!
  • 58:20 - Jeremy tries to figure out how college works these days
  • 1:01:31 - Pat’s chair occupancy sensor (a.k.a butt sensor)
  • 1:04:23 - Kenny’s bed presence sensor
  • 1:08:07 - Winding down the episode
  • 1:11:26 - Outtakes

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]]>Pat ReganE:44 Talking Trebuchets Pumpkins and SlingFest with Tommy Trebuchet2021-04-02T10:00:00-05:002021-04-02T10:00:00-05:00https://creativitycast.com/talking-trebuchets-pumpkins-and-slingfest-with-tommy-trebuchetI need to write a paragraph or two about my friend Tommy here, but I also want to publish this before I forget.

This is part two of the interview.

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]]>Pat ReganE:43 Basic Woodworking with Rex Krueger2021-02-15T09:00:00-06:002021-02-15T09:00:00-06:00https://creativitycast.com/rex-krueger .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 80%; margin-top: 30px; margin-bottom: 10px; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 640; height: 360; }
  • 0:00 - Intro
  • 2:47 - Rex comes from a family of makers
  • 5:00 - Science and business are creative
  • 5:53 - Acting helps as a teacher, presenter, and YouTuber
  • 9:10 - Rex is creating community through Patreon
  • 10:56 - Rex’s second book, Everyday Woodworking, is coming out in May!
  • 13:17 - Pat asks Rex about the low Roman bench
  • 18:35 - Hand-tool woodworking isn’t what most people think it is
  • 19:48 - Coffee Break
  • 21:00 - Hand tool woodworking doesn’t require as much space as power tools
  • 24:00 - Rex tells us about vises. Vise Squad
  • 26:21 - Japan never invented the vise?!
  • 31:20 - Parallel development of the dovetail joint
  • 34:10 - Axes and hatchets for woodworking?!
  • 36:44 - Until fairly recently furniture was made with undried wood
  • 37:55 - Using differential moisture content for joints!
  • 39:06 - Woodworking vs. Creative Fabrication
  • 44:53 - It is easier to be a hand-tool woodworker when making preindustrial furniture
  • 48:28 - Jeremy has machined complex curves on a manual mill!
  • 49:54 - What project is Rex working on now?
  • 51:45 - Pat’s playing with a $180 NEJE Maser 2 laser engraver from Banggood
  • 54:03 - What’s Jeremy working on right now?!
  • 55:17 - Rex advocates for content creators!
  • 57:15 - Where can we find everyone?
  • 58:45 - Jeremy talks about The Head on HBO Max

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