Full (maybe?) unique sticker haul from #emfcamp

(This wasn't my first emfcamp, but I *was* responsible for handing out the first-timer stickers, which is why I have a couple!)

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A couple dozen stickers scattered on a granite countertop

@kestral @JuliaRez @moraghickman @pikesley @ Not as clean as @emuboy85 's custom hexpansion but here's world of techno running natively on the #tildagon with a homemade dac and an aux to Bluetooth adapter. Please excuse the state of my desk post #emfcamp

So just moved my wife's #emfcamp trinket box and it was loose so 6 bunnies

A schoolteacher who was at their first #emfcamp came up to me at the hexpansion trading event and somewhat sheepishly asked if I was willing to take a coloring book they wrote for one of my hexpansions.

The *whole point* of my trading is to encourage people to make things, so of course I was willing!

They're now keen on making some new things, perhaps for the next emfcamp, and the coloring book is in the safe (?) hands of my 5-year-old nephew.

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A coloring book called "Dinovember Delights" with a T-rex holding a pumpkin on the cover

With all this talk of #orphansources at #emfcamp I thought it was time I equipped myself with a #geigercounter courtesy of #footlegrobotics at the #emfcamp2026 #nightmarket I've always wanted a working geiger counter, I have many old dead civil defense ones. So when one was sat in front of me, I could not resist! Please recommend mildly radioactive stuff for me to play with! 👍

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A red geiger counter showing background radiation

I was lucky enough to play Null Sector at #EMFCamp this year (8pm on Sunday) and I had an absolute blast introducing people to the new wave of UK Breakbeat Hardcore!

Unfortunately I'm a clumsy oaf, and accidentally stopped my recording about 3 minutes in...

So instead I've recreated the set, based on what I had on the USB and what I think I played!

https://www.mixcloud.com/lpbkdotnet/lpbkdotnet-emfcamp-2026-sunday-8pm/

There's a bit of old, a bit of new, but omg these are absolute stone cold bangers!

HANDS IN THE AIR CREW!!

I spy with my satellite eye, something beginning with E.

https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/explore?c=-2.3761%2C52.0411&z=14.81&v=2&d=sentinel-2-l2a&m=Most+recent+%28low+cloud%29&r=Natural+color&s=false%3A%3A100%3A%3Atrue&sr=desc&ae=0 #emfcamp

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A satellite photo from Sentinel-2 of Eastnor Castle Deer Park, showing the Electromagnetic Field festival on 16/7/2026 at 11:06am UTC, two hours after the gates opened.

And speaking of @ExtKits this is my 2026 haul from the #emfcamp #nightmarket . A mini computer, optical #theremin, a lightning detector, tiny #oscilloscope a #morsecode kit and of course, the #orphansauce.

One day I hope to find time to build all these! ❤️

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Selection of electronic kits purchased at emf camp from Extreme Kits

I put links to the two zines I made for #EMFCamp on my Kofi page, free downloads / CC usage.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Zines-for-EMF-D5G0240L9B

#nullsector #emfcamp #emf26 #emfcamp2026 #lasers

RE: https://mastodon.social/@moshboy/116974453634198048

BRB adapting this for the #EMFCamp #Tildagon

@nifty1a @andypiper
See also this toot which has links to others we made during #EMFCamp and some more about the construction.

https://techhub.social/@hackhitchin/116957707497155082

I have written about #EMFCamp

https://sam.pikesley.org/blog/2026/07/22/emf-as-an-act-of-defiance/

Reprising my tradition from last year I finished my post #emfcamp collage featuring lots of great stickers

Decorating my #EMFCamp #Tildagon with some of @mini_ninja_64 's beautiful stickers

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The back of an EMFCamp Tildagon with a shiny ASCII-art cat sticker on it

Of course "its-an-image" is another rickroll. Is this something else @hatvillage are responsible for? #emf2026 #emfcamp

Full #hexpansion trading haul from #emfcamp 2026. Many other wonderful things were traded for, and if you traded: THANK YOU - you're the reason I make hexpansions!

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An arrangement of an assortment of a couple dozen electronic and non-electronic hexpansions on a table

e562 - Field Notes with Andy and Michael M - #EMFCamp recap, whole lot of #LEGO love, the #GameOfLife, a #Playdate #miniMMO, #AR assisted #murals with #sketchar.io and a whole lot more!

http://gamesatwork.biz/2026/07/27/e562-field-notes/

Days later and I still don't know. /shrug

#EMF
#EMFCamp
#EMF2026

YOU AWAKE TO FIND YOURSELF… ON A GERMAN OPEN SOURCE STREAMING SERVICE!

The VOD from The Dark Room, John Robertson’s live text-based action-adventure game-comedy show, at #EMFCamp 2026 is up now: https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-174-1-john-robertsons-the-dark-room

I cannot tell you how much joy this brought me to direct on vision, with my @video colleagues on cameras, it was an amazing evening, and a dream come true. 🧡

Things I bought at #emfcamp2026 A very nice young lady sold me a complete set of hand coloured planet hexpansions at the #hexpansion Market. All nine planets which I'm embarrassed to say, I had to look up on the Internet which order to lay them out in! 😄

Only problem is that a #spaceagon badge only has 6 slots. So I would have to choose my favourite six planets, which would leave three planets feeling left out! 😄

#emfcamp #tildagon #emfcampbadge

Second day on-site, Shonkbot village sets up opposite us. As their sign goes up, my brain takes Duck Tales and sings “Shonkbot, ooo-oo”. On repeat. It’s been over a week now. Please stop. #EMFCamp

Finally got my #Spaceagon connected to WIFI and damn whoever came up with the idea of using the LEDs as a progress bar, needs a free drink at the next #EMFCamp haha

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An EMFCamp Spaceagon badge showing an update downloading at 78%, the 12 LEDs show this using green, orange and red indications for the percentage. The current firmware version is v2.1.1 with the new firmware being v2.2.0

Finally finished writing up the making of my #emfcamp scale solar system. https://spod.cx/blog/emf_2026_scale_solar_system/

At the airport!

Been travelling UK for two weeks. Visited Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and driven through Hereford and Ledbury.

First #EMFCamp with @milliways was great, with a lot of amazing people. Managed to volunteer in the bar as well.

Got a tattoo in Edinburg, had haggis, bought a bottle from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society and visited two distilleries.

Had loads of beers.

This was apparently a "vacation" and I have work tomorrow 🫠

Things I forgot to take to #emfcamp! A regular at the #UKLEM

#emfcamp2026 #blahaj #laser #SharkWithLaserBeam #blahajwithlaserbeam

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Blahaj with a freakin laser beam on his head

Automatic plant watering machine built with bits and pieces laying around and some stuff from the #emfcamp swap shop

Robin Ince's talk about what happened with Monkey Cage is up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-ZrPyQ1TE #emfcamp

Starting my #emfcamp 2028 project. I have just bought a fax machine on ebay for £3.

post- #emfcamp thoughts: hmm. quite fancy setting up a landline phone.

If you got a Bleepie from me at #EMFCamp I've got 2 things for you this morning...

Firstly a 1.2.0 version of the Bleepie Firmware, adding a few improvements, checkout the update instructions on https://www.sammachin.com/bleepie/

AND!

A first beta of BleepieAPRS an alternative firmware that turns your Bleepie into an APRS device for both AX25 and Lora.
Still VERY much a WIP but feedback welcomed
https://www.sammachin.com/bleepieaprs/