Summer sale for blink(1) USB LEDs!
/Make your summer glow with blink(1) USB LEDs! At both Amazon and our buy.thingm.com store! On Amazon (affil link), click the coupon button for 20% off. For buy.thingm.com, just add blink(1) to your cart!
New Blink1Control2 updates
/Our cross-platoform GUI application Blink1Control2 for controlling blink(1) and hooking it up to IFTTT has been updated several times recently. You can get Blink1Control2 builds for the following platforms:
And you can build for other platforms that’s compatible with Electron, since Blink1Control2 is open source.
blink(1) USB RGB LED sale 25% off!
/August is birthday month at ThingM! (well really Tod’s birthday is in August and he write the blog posts and has the ability to make coupons)
In recognition, our blink(1) USB RGB LED notification light is on sale for 25% off! This is both at Amazon.com and buy.thingm.com/blink1 This is US only and only for the next few weeks.
Setup a Mute Indicator Light for Zoom w/ Hammerspoon & blink(1)
/Here’s a quick tutorial on how to use Hammerspoon to create a really useful mute indicator using blink(1). Hammerspoon is an interesting “programmer’s multi-tool” that lets you script your Mac computing environment with the easy-to-use Lua language. Lua is used in a lot of other places (I’ve seen it in synthesizers even!) While this for Zoom, the technique can easily be adapted to other video conferencing software.
Tiny tally lights w/ Tally Arbiter & blink(1)!
/Tally Arbiter is an open source, hightly-flexible tool for adding a tally light to your camera system. Tally lights are indispensable for knowing which camera is live, for both camera operator and talent. And Tally Arbiter lets you create a tiny, wireless, intelligent tally light. It also supports blink(1) out of the box for a super small solution. Neat! And blink(1)’s wide diffusive glow is both highly visible but not distracting.
blink(1) USB light 20% off at Amazon.com
/For the rest of December, blink(1) USB RGB notification lights are 20% off at Amazon.com! (affil link) No code needed, just click on the coupon box. Treat your computer to some blinky lights for the holidays.
Happy Holidays —ThingM
Labor Dale Sale, 20% off!
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USB RGB to the People! With a blink(1) USB RGB LED notification light! Get 20% off at Amazon.com (affil. link) and at buy.thingm.com, no coupon code needed, discount applied at checkout.
Use blink(1) for notifications, server status, build lights, an “on air” light, or for just about anything you want ambient alerts. blink(1) is certified Open Source Hardware (OSHW US000051). The sale lasts for the week of Labor Day. Act now!
Blink1Control2 v2.2.4 released
/Blink1Control2 v2.2.4 has been released and it fixes several issues. Please update to take advantage of the fixes. Blink1Control2 is the official desktop application for controlling blink(1) USB LEDs and connecting them to the Internet. You can find builds for
Summer Solsitice Sale 15% off!
/Summer is here, make your computer cool, with a blink(1) USB RGB LED notification light! Get 15% off at Amazon.com (affil. link) and at buy.thingm.com blink(1) USB RGB LEDs, no coupon code needed! Use it for notifications, server status, build lights, an “on air” light, or for just about anything you want ambient alerts. The sale lasts for the rest of June. Act now!
ThingM a sponsor of Open Hardware Summit 2020
/We’ve been very proud to be a past sponsor of the Open Hardware Association. We believe in their mission. This year we’re especially proud to be a sponsor of the 10th anniversary of the Open Hardware Summit. We’ll be there at the conference (virtually), so come say “hi” to us on Twitter (@todbot / @thingm)! Check out the Twitter hashtag #ohs2020Virtual for up-to-the-minute happenings.
ThingM’s blink(1) USB LED notification light was one of the first certified open hardware products and the list keeps growing! And if you have questions about going fully open hardware, let us know!
