<h1>How to (almost) finish something</h1> <h4>Thursday 22 January, 2026</h4> <div style="width:40%; float:right"> <video width="100%" autoplay loop controls muted><source src="https://i.imgur.com/zw0v5um.mp4" type="video/mp4"/>Your browser does not support the video tag.</video> <legend>"Outback Australia. I wonder how that all fits into the Fab Lab ecosystem."</legend> </div> Welcome back! It's been just about 8 years since my Fab Academy journey started. I did check in a few years ago, teaming up with my colleague and friend <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2018/labs/fablabuae/students/zahrah-alyahyaee/about.html">Zahrah</a> to teach the class of <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/ecae/">2021 in Abu Dhabi</a> with <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/ecae/students/cicely-hassell/">Cicely</a> and <a href="https://fabacademy.org/2021/labs/ecae/students/mohammed-noor/">Mohammed</a>. Updates to things that have happened \>>>>>>>>>>> FAST FORWARD #HEAD [Highlights reel 2018-2026] Worked at Torson Injex, starting out in a small team of four (Founders Oliver and Tobi, and joining alongside Besim) Did the MAS Architecture and Digital Fabrication. Thanks to Neil (in case you come across) this for encouraging me to apply. //<a href="2023-projects.html">Should consider doing the portfolio for the MAS ETH DFAB </a> <img src="media-2026/00-eth-mas-dfab-22-23.jpg"> In 2024 I was asked to develop a series of robotic end effectors for Gramazio Kohler Research (GKR), including Automated Finishing Systems and Robotic 3D Printing. I have a beautiful daughter now ## How to (almost) finish something #### I have some unfinished business #### Justify the new projects I am documenting Something existential Talk about Daniel More stuff is happening. Let's get into it Ideals and how to finish Scriptron, airpods auto pause, List of projects I had been conceiving but it turns out I don't really know how to do this. <div> <li><a href="01-solder.html">01. SOLDER 1206</a> - A description goes here</li> <li><a href="02-rubbish-truck.html">02. Rubbish Truck Retro Keyboard and Mouse</a> - Let's try to put a description here as well</li> <li><a href="03-bib.html">03. Ground Control Station: Battlestation in a Box (B.I.B)</a> - DC Power Supply, M12 Power Tool Batteries? Also recharging M12 Batteries</li> <li><a href="04-rs-indexer.html">04. Rocket Surgeon Indexer</a></li> <li><a href="05-welder.html">05. Extrusion Welder</a></li> <li><a href="06-shattered-horizons-vr.html">06. [IDEA ONLY] Shattered Horizons VR</a></li> <li><a href="07-faster-hid-input.html">07. [IDEA ONLY] Faster HID input</a></li> <li><a href="08-copilot-offline.html">08. [IDEA ONLY] Copilot Offline</a></li> I'm not trying to immortalise this, but thinking that there's no middle ground between now and forever would be a mistake I don't want to pretend that I'm not a philosopher, but like philosophers, even good ones, they have been wrong and or ideas change over time I've gone to the trouble of detailing everything out publicly, and even provided tips on how to finish these projects. Of course everything here is under the MIT licence, if you like it and you want to use it, go ahead. Just give me credit where it's due. You can even make money if you want. If I'm still around to see these any of these projects live to realisation, I'd rather live in a world where I can buy the solution to my problems than one where they never existed. // Let's reframe this one later Good If I am not around anymore (in an existential sense) and people see this and use it to develop new things, or finish a project and bring it to the world Better If I am around and someone brings this to the world and I get to see it | have one | buy it Best Someone wants to collaborate with me to bring this to the world or pay me to do it for them (looking at you Apple, Google, Sony, Microsoft, Meta, Asus, Razer, Logitech, etc) </div>