STATUS // OPERATIONAL
AVAIL // OPEN
PREF // SELF-HOSTED
AVAIL // OPEN
PREF // SELF-HOSTED
Chris
Menning
Technology that puts people in control of their own information — not platforms, not vendors — is a guiding force in all of my pursuits. I write software, make music on vintage gear I own outright, and run self-hosted home infrastructure that doesn't report back to anyone. The work is varied. The instinct toward open systems and data ownership is consistent.
003 //
Disaster Preparedness Club
One-man DAWless electronic music project. Electronic music that lingers in the space between threat and calm.
002 //
cyGar-01 — Cigar Box CyberDeck
A Raspberry Pi 5 laptop built into a cigar box. Dual 7-inch screens, salvaged laptop hinges mounted to pine two-by-four, Kano keyboard, junkyard energy. 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.
015 //
Front Yard Pollinator Habitat
Converted 288 square feet of front lawn into a native wildflower pollinator habitat — navigating city ordinance compliance, a failed seed broadcast, and the obsessive joy of cataloging 39 native plant species.
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.