Hi all,
Jesse here, CWO of whomtech, back with another weekly newsletter. It seems incredible — unbelievable, even — that this post marks the 248th in the series!
Lots of news this time, so let’s dive in.
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roons got to the front page of Hacker News! Thank you to everyone who upvoted/commented, and welcome to everyone who joined the mailing list from there.
Now that our mailing list has grown 10x in 24 hours, our finest extrapolationists tell us we should reach total planetary coverage in a matter of days.
turbo encabulator
Inspired by convolvatron’s HN comment, I got around to hacking together a motorized encabulator, scavenging parts from an old prototype:
This lets me test our prototypes at a consistent pace. More excitingly, it means we can power super large grids. I want to showcase a ludicrously large computer for the Kickstarter video — we’ll see just how ridiculous we can go.
themes
In addition to our standard colour scheme, whomington classic, I’m pleased to present two new roons themes: unspecified voxelgame, and fair-use manufactorium.
These pay tribute to your favourite crafting games, such as CubeWorld and Production Line. Will these themes be available in the Kickstarter? My lawyers say no, but my heart says yes.
(If you happen to be associated with any particular crafting-type game and would be interested in a cross-promotion, get in touch at support@whomtech.tech)
minor updates
- Review kits have gone out to 3 different countries! I’m including the one we’re based in (which is a closely guarded secret)
- Got some unexpected (but v positive!) feedback from one of our main inspirations — have sent them a review kit, fingers crossed!
- Right after sending out review kits, found and fixed a stupid bug where parallel beams sometimes jostle each other.
- I blew up one of my 3D printers, axolotl; now have to wait a week for a new heat block. Sad!
- Found a 0.1mm offset in one of the parts that was causing excess friction; now ensmoothened.
socials
I’ve finally set up the whomtech socials. Watch as we pester larger, more successful organisations for attention, like a kitten attacking a big sleepy dog.
Every like/subscribe/tik brings us all one step closer to enlightenment and universal harmony. Don’t do it for us, do it for your own spiritual growth.
the beacons are lit
whomtech calls for aid!
It’s only (checks sundial) 2.5 weeks until Kickstarter Day — May 21st. Our strategy is simple: bust down Kickstarter’s door, grab all the loot, and reach 1,000% of our goal before they realise what hit ’em.
But we can’t pull off this heist without your help. Please share roons with your friends, enemies, and complete strangers. Get them on the mailing list — stand over their shoulder and needle them until they do it. Tell them it’s for a meme, they’ll understand.
If you’re considering backing the Kickstarter, we’ve got some early bird rewards (details very soon!). Pledges in the first 24 hours really help us with the algorithm, so nabbing those rewards early is the kind of thing a really cool person would do.
Because if not you — then whom?
what’s next?
Currently the whomlab is a hive of scum and villainy activity as we scramble to get everything in place. Over the next couple of weeks, expect:
- Polished videos and images, with real studio lighting!
- Demos of more complex devices you can build
- Actual, y’know, details of the Kickstarter campaign
- business
Until next week, or whenever I remember,
Jesse
CWO, whomtech
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