STATUS // OPERATIONAL
AVAIL // OPEN
PREF // SELF-HOSTED
AVAIL // OPEN
PREF // SELF-HOSTED
Chris
Menning
I write software, make electronic music on vintage gear, and run a home network that doesn't report back to anyone. I'm a big believer in open source and technology that stays in the hands of the people using it.
003 //
Disaster Preparedness Club
One-man DAWless electronic music project. Electronic music that lingers in the space between threat and calm.
014 //
Meshtastic Off-Grid Mesh Network
Building a local LoRa mesh network using Meshtastic — solar-powered repeater nodes and handheld devices for off-grid, encrypted, peer-to-peer communication that doesn't depend on the internet or cell towers.
002 //
CyGar — Cigar Box CyberDeck
Cigar box cyberdeck. Raspberry Pi, orange keyboard, dual screens, hazard tape. Actually runs Linux.
001 //
Nature Oracle
Repurposed 1970s slide viewer, Raspberry Pi Zero, NASA API. A retrofuturistic passive info display.
010 //
Tome Reader — An Improvised Ereader Device
A hand-built e-ink ereader. Waveshare 7.5" e-paper display, Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, rotary encoder, UPS battery hat. Reads epub and CBZ. Built from parts already on hand.
008 //
Self-Hosting Personal Data
Migrated personal files, photos, and media off Google Drive, iCloud, Facebook, and OneDrive onto a self-hosted Nextcloud server running on a Raspberry Pi 5.
007 //
NWTC Metaversity Demo
A custom VRChat world built for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College in UdonSharp and Unity. A lobby space with three interactive educational classrooms.
006 //
NWTC.edu
Website for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, built on Kentico with custom PageBuilder and FormBuilder web parts and integrations into the college's LMS and ERP.