My sister brought her Flipper Zero home and this time we were able to write to my chip and read it! So it's all working. But so far I haven't been able to get it to light up using the readers at work. Maybe they're just too weak or have a design that's not very compatible? Or maybe they will start working once the swelling is completely gone. It has only been a week. Also the readers do work with the test LED that comes with the kit, so I'm not giving up hope on them yet.

I uploaded the video of my chip injection to youtube so here it is! It does have me putting a large needle in my hand so don't watch it if you don't wanna see that!

I successfully injected my microchip! The injection went smoothly and wasn't too hard. It's healing well so far. I was able to write a website url to the chip using the TagWriter app and read it with my phone. Other people's phones had various degrees of success reading the chip. I want to continue experimenting with different phones to see which ones work best. Kinda embarassing to say HEY SCAN MY HAND!! and then nothing happens.

For the side that can be used to copy key cards, I haven't been able to write to it so far. This is likely to be caused by swelling, and it sounds like it's common for it to take a few weeks for the chip to become fully useable. I'm confident that I installed it at the right depth so I don't think that's causing the issue. I do find it weird that the range of the NFC chip seems great while the other one is undetectable. I want to try holding my hand near a credit card scanner to see if it can get power from that since they're supposed to be higher powered.
(9/24 - Did this and it worked really well I didn't even have to touch the scanner to get a read!) We shall see over the next few weeks though!

Soooon I am going to inject myself with a microchip!! It's the NExT v2 chip from Dangerous Things. It does both low and high frequency and has an LED. I will be able to have it act as a key card and trigger an NFC event on devices that support that.

After careful consideration and research, I think I'll be able to inject it myself. The placement is the area between the thumb and index finger, and I'm doing it in my left hand so I can inject it with my right hand. I think my chances of success are high!

I don't recomend that anyone do this! I can't wait!!!!

Uhh what the title says. A few months ago I graduated college and got a job. Lifelong dreaded event... But lo and behold it was actually bearable beyond my wildest dreams. I put on my silly outfit every day and go type on my computer with breaks to play pool and/or go on walks with puppies. I somehow got hired to a company that is full of dogs and whimsy. I am part of the FOOLS committee and my jester hat is popular. I also get to use "friday afternoon playtime" to work on this website.

I will say something I never understood until I got out of college is WHY I disliked college work. I thought it was just that I hate being forced to do anything. But really it was because my projects weren't getting used and weren't benefitting anyone. Back then I never would have named that as a reason why I didn't like the work. Now my work either helps my fellow employees or our customers and aparently that makes my brain think it's good or something. Weird...

I set up my blog page finally yay!

I've been watching a lot of decluttering videos lately and getting excited to clean up my parents' house before I move out. I need to buy a few things like organizers for paper and storage for kitchen appliances. But they need to get rid of a bunch of stuff and they're very afraid of doing so. The house just is not big enough for all the stuff they have.

I got a bunch of patches at a queer art festival that I am adding to my vest!