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axio.ms
Internet of kitchen lighting, with OSC This project was completed in June 2015. Wow, is it 2017 already? In this post, I’d like to say...
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over a year ago
This project was completed in June 2015. Wow, is it 2017 already? In this post, I’d like to say that I wrote a useful little bit of software and built up a crappy hack to demonstrate it but, secretly, the crappy hack came first and I’ve retroactively found something vaguely...
./techtipsy
Home is where the home server is I moved recently, and so did my home server. You might have noticed it due to the downtime. This...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
I moved recently, and so did my home server. You might have noticed it due to the downtime. This time I have built a dedicated shelf for it, which allows for more flexibility and room for additional expensive ideas. The internet connection is a fiber line, which is fantastic for...
Jonas Hietala
Now we have a Forum In a burst of random energy I made a forum for madeoftree. Well okay I just made an awesome style...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a burst of random energy I made a forum for madeoftree. Well okay I just made an awesome style for the awesome phpBB - the forum itself was up and running in say 10min and the rest of the latest days has been all about customizing. Now it’s finally kinda complete so here it is...
latest projects -...
Precision Clock Mk IV [Hardware] GPS synchronised, millisecond precision, automatic timezones and more!
2 months ago
Odds and Ends of...
Odds and Ends #43: An awesome drone trial in central London, legalised e-scooters at last, and... And yes, I am on Bluesky.
9 months ago
Louwrentius
RAID 5 vs. RAID 6 or do you care about your data? Storage is cheap. Lots of storage with 10+ hard drives is still cheap. Running 10 drives increases...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Storage is cheap. Lots of storage with 10+ hard drives is still cheap. Running 10 drives increases the risk of a drive failure tenfold. So often RAID 5 is used to keep your data up and running if one single disks fails. But disks are so cheap and storage arrays are getting so...
Good Enough
My Tears of the Kingdom Addiction I don’t know how big my internet social bubble really is, but it feels like everyone in the world...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I don’t know how big my internet social bubble really is, but it feels like everyone in the world that bubble has been playing a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lately. Me included! It’s amazing, and I’m thoroughly engrossed—I think I’ve stayed up playing until...
Applied Cartography
You should build this: A prior iteration of this site had a page called "Project ideas" that listed a bunch of things that...
10 months ago
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10 months ago
A prior iteration of this site had a page called "Project ideas" that listed a bunch of things that I'd like to build. This was a good idea and useful in its own right (I got a few people to build companies and projects based on them, and it was a useful avenue by which folks...
Construction Physics
Morris Chang and the Origins of TSMC Book review of the autobiography of Morris Chang.
8 months ago
Computer Ads from...
Comics from 1986/06 Australian Personal Computer Mag It’s that time of the month. This time let’s look at humor from down under. These comics are from...
a year ago
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a year ago
It’s that time of the month. This time let’s look at humor from down under. These comics are from the June 1986 issue of Australian Computer magazine. Enjoy! What computer ads would you like to see in the future? Please comment below. If you enjoyed it, please share it with your...
Birchtree
When friends act like enemies Bert Hubert writing on his blog (normally in Dutch, but this one’s in English): It Is No Longer Safe...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Bert Hubert writing on his blog (normally in Dutch, but this one’s in English): It Is No Longer Safe to Move Our Governments and Societies to US Clouds Written down like this, it seems pretty bizarre, and that’s because it is. It’s also not
Arduino Blog
MIT’s Octopus is a delightful environmental sensor for urban deployment There are a lot of very good reasons to monitor local environmental conditions, especially as they...
2 days ago
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2 days ago
There are a lot of very good reasons to monitor local environmental conditions, especially as they pertain to climate change research and various ecological protection initiatives. But doing so in urban locales is a challenge, as simply mounting a device can be difficult. That’s...
Birchtree
How I’m using AI tools in early 2025 (members post) What am I actually using these LLMs for at the start of 2025? Quite a bit, actually.
5 months ago
Louwrentius
Setting up a Squid proxy with Clamav anti-virus using c-icap Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Security is all about a defence-in-depth strategy. Create multiple layers of defence. Every layer presenting a different set of challenges, requiring different skill sets and technology. So every layer will increase the time and effort to compromise your environment. A...
Jonas Hietala
Entering Pintos First week of school is over and it’s been full throttle from the start, in a good way. We’re having...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
First week of school is over and it’s been full throttle from the start, in a good way. We’re having four courses and for once I like them all. We have an interesting math course, a useful course “Software Development in Theory” (boring but useful) and a big project course where...
Computer Ads from...
Merry Christmas 2024 and a Happy New Year
8 months ago
Jorge Arango
One Year of “Duly Noted” Duly Noted just celebrated its first birthday. It’s an opportunity for me to reflect on what’s...
7 months ago
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7 months ago
Duly Noted just celebrated its first birthday. It’s an opportunity for me to reflect on what’s changed since it came out. The book’s central premise is evergreen: thinking isn’t limited to the spongy mass between your ears. Instead, you think by interacting with your environment...
Home on Erik...
Software Engineers and Automation Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Every once in a while when talking to smart people the topic of automation comes up. Technology has made lots of occupations redundant, so what's next? Switchboard operator, a long time ago What about software engineers?
computers are bad
2023-05-07 electrical characteristics of telephone lines Let's take a break from our boring topic of regional history to focus instead on an even more boring...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Let's take a break from our boring topic of regional history to focus instead on an even more boring topic: implementation details of telephone lines. The conventional "copper pair" analog telephone line is fading away. The FCC has begun to authorize abandonment of copper outside...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of Windows 1.0 Vaporware
over a year ago
Arduino Blog
Alumnus Software joins Arduino’s System Integrators Partnership Program We are thrilled to announce that Alumnus Software, based in India and the United States, has joined...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
We are thrilled to announce that Alumnus Software, based in India and the United States, has joined our System Integrators Partnership Program (SIPP) at the Gold level. With over 20 years of expertise in embedded software, IoT applications, and Edge AI development, Alumnus has a...
Abishek Muthian
Postmortem of Butt Mover I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I suffer from chronic lower back pain, Since I don't consume opioids I find exercises 1 to be the best pain management technique. In addition to the specific exercises for managing back pain, Not sitting for long durations seems to be the key factor for me to not trigger the back...
Himanshu Mishra |...
Collection of Linux fortunes ❤ fortune | cowsay This is about how I maintain the space...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
fortune | cowsay This is about how I maintain the space https://github.com/OrkoHunter/mfdf/blob/master/fortunesfortune is a Unix program…
Applied Cartography
Order, Tailwind, DRY (Order in the CSS rule sense, not the metaphysical sense.) The time has come to begin exfiltrating...
8 months ago
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8 months ago
(Order in the CSS rule sense, not the metaphysical sense.) The time has come to begin exfiltrating some higher-traffic, higher-leverage parts of Buttondown's admin UI away from the autogenerated Django admin and into some more bespoke components. Take, for instance, this rather...
Jonas Hietala
A Simple Thought I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I wrote that we where doing some microprogramming, making the processor work etc. We had a lab about that yesterday and I was very, very nervous. The preparations weren’t that hard, but they where very bothersome. Converting the instructions to binary/hex by hand is never nice....
./techtipsy
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G: first impressions on Fedora 34 Introduction I’ve covered my self-hosting setup in a previous post. It has been a couple of months...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Introduction I’ve covered my self-hosting setup in a previous post. It has been a couple of months and the setup has mostly been fine. Sure, the power usage was pretty big under load, and yes, my internet did cut out every time I turned the VM on with all the services starting,...
Applied Cartography
Against Against Innovation Tokens Glyph (whose writing and contributions to the Python ecosystem I am deeply grateful for) wrote...
a year ago
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a year ago
Glyph (whose writing and contributions to the Python ecosystem I am deeply grateful for) wrote Against Innovation Tokens yesterday: In 2015, Dan McKinley laid out a model for software teams selecting technologies. He proposed that each team have a limited supply of “innovation...
Lighthouse Blog
What is OPML?
4 months ago
Lars Lofgren
The Sleazy World of Reddit Marketing, Everything is Fake I’m going to show you how to cash grab as a Reddit moderator. 5 minutes of work, then thousands of...
a year ago
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a year ago
I’m going to show you how to cash grab as a Reddit moderator. 5 minutes of work, then thousands of dollars per month for doing nothing. Maybe tens of thousands. With a 100% real example. I’ve edited nothing. When you’re a Reddit mod, you have a TON of power in that subreddit. You...
Abort Retry Fail
The History of Red Hat The Billion Dollar Open Source Company
a year ago
Style over Substance
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens The post...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
How I modified an Instax Wide instant camera to mount a Mamiya Press medium format lens The post Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 to Mamiya Press mount mod appeared first on Style over Substance.
Arduino Blog
Save 20% on Arduino Cloud Maker Plan this May! Enhance your IoT projects with our special offer! Get 20% off a yearly subscription to the Arduino...
a year ago
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a year ago
Enhance your IoT projects with our special offer! Get 20% off a yearly subscription to the Arduino Cloud Maker Plan using code CLOUD20MAY. Valid until the end of May, this deal saves you $14.38, reducing the price from $71.88 to $57.50. Benefits of the Maker Plan: What is Arduino...
Willem's Blog
Better Laptop This post is a quick rundown of assembling my new Framework 13 laptop, why I chose this brand and...
6 months ago
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6 months ago
This post is a quick rundown of assembling my new Framework 13 laptop, why I chose this brand and what's next.
Good Enough
TIL: Rails has_one Nested Attributes Tweaking In a project I'm working on right now I've been using a Rails nested form and a couple of things...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
In a project I'm working on right now I've been using a Rails nested form and a couple of things caught me off guard. has_one Nested Form Sending id Attribute In this case I have a nested form that is in a has_one relationship with the parent model. I think this is a common thing...
./techtipsy
Surviving the front page of HackerNews on a 50 Mbps uplink Around a month ago I shared my blog post on HackerNews. I guess I lucked out with the choice of the...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
Around a month ago I shared my blog post on HackerNews. I guess I lucked out with the choice of the topic, because it brought out a lot of enthusiasts who shared their own experiences with older machinery that still works in 2022. I really appreciate the feedback and...
Krebs on Security
U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason” A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S....
6 months ago
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6 months ago
A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S. government officials searched online for non-extradition countries and for an answer to the question "can hacking be treason?" prosecutors in the case said Wednesday. The government...
Jonas Hietala
HandCash handles require trust and are insecure The HandCash wallet has recently become a popular Bitcoin Cash wallet in large part thanks to their...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
The HandCash wallet has recently become a popular Bitcoin Cash wallet in large part thanks to their $handle concept. It’s basically a username you use instead of the normal Bitcoin Cash address, similar to how domain names abstract away IP addresses. For example instead of...
latest projects -...
Ghetto soldering tweezers [Misc] And other 3D printed accessories
5 months ago
Louwrentius
'Improved' image gallery for Blogofile This blog is just static HTML pages that are generated using Blogofile. The Blogofile website sports...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This blog is just static HTML pages that are generated using Blogofile. The Blogofile website sports a small image gallery that has been written to illustrate how to create your own 'controllers' or Blogofile plugins. My Python skills are horrible buy I managed to improve a bit...
Arduino Blog
Exploring fungal intelligence with biohybrid robots powered by Arduino At Cornell University, Dr. Anand Kumar Mishra and his team have been conducting groundbreaking...
9 months ago
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9 months ago
At Cornell University, Dr. Anand Kumar Mishra and his team have been conducting groundbreaking research that brings together the fields of robotics, biology, and engineering. Their recent experiments, published in Science, explore how fungal mycelia can be used to control robots....
Old Vintage...
The April Fools joke that might have got me fired Everyone should pull one great practical joke in their lifetimes. This one was mine, and I think...
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Everyone should pull one great practical joke in their lifetimes. This one was mine, and I think it's past the statute of limitations. The story is true. Only the names are redacted to protect the guilty. My first job out of college was a database programmer, even though my...
Notes on software...
Building a fast SCSS-like rule expander for CSS using fuzzy parsing This is an external post of mine. Click here if you are not redirected.
over a year ago
Vitalik Buterin's...
Fast Fourier Transforms
over a year ago
Jonas Hietala
Faster than Light So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
So I returned to Faster than Light again this weekend, this time for real. I bought it when it came out and I played it only in passing, but this weekend I played it a ton. Aaahh a new beginning in FTL. Will it be death once more I generally don’t like games where you have to...
Toni Lijic
SwiftUI Explorations My journey of learning SwiftUI as a designer.
a year ago
Arduino Blog
Finally, you can DIY your own espresso machine Caffeine lovers take their coffee very seriously and that is most apparent when you dive into the...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Caffeine lovers take their coffee very seriously and that is most apparent when you dive into the world of espresso machines. To satisfy enthusiasts, an espresso machine needs to provide precise control over temperature, pressure, and flow to enable the perfect pull. But if...
Odds and Ends of...
The government should stop worrying about the Daily Mail Test You can't fix the Civil Service by penny-pinching
4 months ago
Style over Substance
My grandfather’s Rolleiflex 2.8D twin-lens reflex (TLR) camera One of the first vintage cameras I ever got was my dad’s old Polaroid SX-70. Like so many family...
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over a year ago
One of the first vintage cameras I ever got was my dad’s old Polaroid SX-70. Like so many family cameras it had disappeared into a closet decades ago and was only found again recently. When he gave it to me, he told me there was another classic camera he wanted to give me – if...
Jonas Hietala
The T-34/0 keyboard layout This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is an update to the T-34 keyboard layout I’ve been using for a solid number of weeks. While there are more changes I’d like to try, I’m quite pleased with these changes so I figured I might as well immortalize them before I explore further. (And I do have a bunch of big...
./techtipsy
ASRock DeskMini X300: the future form factor of desktop PC-s? I wasn’t happy with my “one machine that does it all” setup, which is why I finally bit the bullet...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
I wasn’t happy with my “one machine that does it all” setup, which is why I finally bit the bullet and got myself an ASRock DeskMini X300 bare-bones kit. This is a fantastic little desktop PC kit that is very small, quiet and can still be configured to have ridiculous amounts of...