This is a blog I'm putting together to document the main prop I'm building for my Halloween costume. At the suggestion of some friends, I settled on going at a "technomage," that is, some sort of magic + technology archetype. Not a particularly original idea, I'll grant, but given my track record I was already ahead of the curve. The costume itself isn't going to be that impressive (although I'll certainly post pictures of it here); I'll likely wear one of my nerd t-shirts, my cloak, and a wizard's hat, possibly with source code written on it.
The interesting part of the costume is going to be the staff I'm building to go along with it. Initially this was just going to be a painted styrofoam ball affixed on top of a walking stick; I imagined that painting the Debian logo (which is similar to a red spiral) would both be stylish and an inside reference. However, to be a true technomage staff, it should actually do technological stuff, e.g., have flashing LEDs. Once I decided that I was going to build a circuit, the plan kind of spiraled out of control, leading to the current project, which includes 15 LEDs and an Arduino Uno board to control everything. Future posts will both discuss the hardware and software used, as well as provide photos and videos of different parts of the build process.
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