Flutterby™! : Cricut Imagine

Now that it's been announced, I can say that the Cricut Imagine (BusinessWire press release on the Cricut Imagine) is not the product I was working on last year.

But I did do code and do a bunch of soldering for the hardware for a somewhat similar device that printed (at lower resolution using older inkjet technology to try to work around patent encumbrances) and cut, and I like to take some solace in the thought that my version was used as negotiating leverage before it got dropped. Can't blame them for deciding to go with a modern super high res print engine though.

So, yeah, that's why when I got timing pulses wrong I ended up cleaning my office with denatured alcohol.