Life, Liberty and DIY

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 96 – 3 Programming Languages for DIYers

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Sometimes you want to get into programming as a DIYer, and you just aren’t sure where to start or why. Hopefully this episode can give you a reasonable area to start from.

I breakdown programming, 3 programming languages, and 3 platforms you can program against to start your DIY projects. I then give my opinion on what to start with.

The goal is to give an overview and not an in-depth discussion as I could do that for hours. I wanted to arm you with encouragement, and motivation to maybe move towards the project you have been putting off by giving you a starting point.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 95 – Future Hydroponics Project

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Knowing how to grow food is a good thing. Especially knowing how to do it before you have to make it look good.

I have been researching doing a hydroponics setup in my office so I can grow food while I work. All in preparation for an in the house aquarium aquaponics setup, and an outdoor mini-pond aquaponics setup.

So in this episode I go over the latest goings on with life, especially my truck. Then in the main segment I discuss what I am going to build so I can actually have a bit of a clue of what I am doing before I build an in-house aquaponics aquarium.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 94 – Preparing for the Lindsey Acres Business

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My family and I have worked for a few years now to get us closer to making money with our homestead. We are finally on the cusp of being able to produce things for others and charge for it.

Today I talk about what are the baby steps we are taking to move us closer and closer to that vision we have. These steps are really the ones that make it seem like things are getting real. We have done a lot of work learning, now it is time to start the last step and open for business.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 93 – $275 Pulley and Other Stuff This Week

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You ever have a week that has been fun, long, and terrible all in one. That was my week in a nutshell. A lot of high highs and several low frustrating lows. However, that is what I promised to bring with this podcast the good and the bad. Along with some education.

Join me this week as I talk about my super expensive pulley to fix my truck, plus a decision I have made about a future computer, and software to use while 3d modeling. Welcome to a wild ride this week, at least it was for me.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 92 – Starting and Running a Content Creation Business

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A lot of people don’t know what goes into a content creation business, or what the basics of are. What is interesting is that it is fairly simple, but that doesn’t mean long term it isn’t hard.

I have been doing content creation of some form or another for nearly 20 years. Studied the business side for the last 15’ish. The one thing I have learned is most of it is the exact same no matter your niche. However, if you don’t get it right to begin with you will struggle.

In this episode I break down the principles. If you have ever wanted a full picture of what you need to get started with this will be your episode.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 91 – Welding Class, A Tractor and the ER

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Some weeks are good, some weeks go crazy, and other weeks you get both in just two days.

This last week I completed my second week of welding classes, and got a 50 year old tractor.

The welding class is going great, and I am learning a lot. The tractor sent me to the ER.

If you are interested hearing about my successes and failures this week give this episode a listen. I also talk a bit about what I learned and how I can apply that in the future.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 90 – The Importance of Life Balance

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Sometimes life can be going along and seem fine, then bam, all of the things that have been weighing you down just hit you and you have to start solving your problems.

This last week I was off work to work on a project, and ended up need to work to solve some personal issues. Mentally I have had a lot of baggage because of letting things go in life and not concentrating on them.

In this episode I talk a little bit about what some of the problems I have been having and a few of the ways I plan to start solving them so I can get past a barrier I have in front of me.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 89 – The Robots are Coming

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The robots are here, and there are more on the way. The landscape and life is going to change in crazy ways over the next decade. From autonomous cars to autonomous chefs.

It is important to understand what is coming, and how to adapt to it so we can stay prepared for the future. Paying attention gives us the opportunity to not only survive the changes, but to thrive.

In this episode I talk about what I see coming in the places I can predict, and areas that automation is staring to creep in and the effects they are going to have. Some you might not have known about. I know I didn’t until recently.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 88 – Building a 3d Printer

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As a maker and DIYer 3d printers seem to be a tool of the future we will all eventually get. To that end I purchased a new Prusa 3d printer, and got it put together.

I have always thought 3d printers are the wave of the future for small scale manufacturing, and amazing niche businesses for people. To that end I have always wanted to develop a product and get one.

Now armed with a few product ideas, and some motivation I took the jump to get a 3d printer. Listen along with this episode to hear my thoughts on the assembly and how it went. More on why I got one, and what the next steps are.

BudDIY Podcast – Episode 87 – What is in a Metal Shop?

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If you have never worked in a machine shop or done metal working you have no idea what is there, and what it can do. needless to say over the last few weeks of me learning I am impressed.

In this episode I go over some of the tools a hobbiest or small business might have doing metal and machine work. I also discuss some of the things that they might do with those tools as well.

Coming from a background of doing no DIY then falling down the crater that is woodworking, and then on to metal working. Learning all of these new things has expended my mind of possibilities of projects.

So if you would like a summary of some of the things in a machine shop give this episode a listen as it is a decent start, especially if you, like me, have never explored this area before.

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