Stream Your Screen as a Webcam
Why
Well, Microsoft Teams sucks, and it sucks even more on Linux. Now the web app was bearable until I realized it wouldn’t let me share my screen. This isn’t an isolated issue. A lot of video calling clients struggle to handle screen sharing on Linux. Discord at least manages to share the screen without audio. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through a workaround that works on all clients I tested.
Powering A Flysky i6X via USB
Intro
Spending money on batteries is not cool, and the Flysky i6X loves draining my cheap batteries. In the following post, I’ll be solving a minor inconvenience with some simple “engineering”.
My Solution
Knowing that a AA battery is 1.5V and that the Flysky takes 4 batteries in series. We can deduce that the maximum operating voltage is 6V. Looking at the manual, we find that the minimum voltage warning is at less than 4.2V. Meaning, USB’s 5V is just at the right spot!
How I Made My Blog
Long story short, I made it using Hugo!
Backstory
I’ve been wanting a creative outlet where I can share more details about my projects, and a blog seemed like a natural outlet. I spent a lot of time looking at what others were doing. Which led me to believe that I needed a React framework. Taking a look at all the branches my site has, you’ll find a plethora of failures…