Collaborate Disseminate
According to [Asianometry], in 1986 the Soviet Union had about 10,000 computers. At the same time, the United States had 1.3 million! The USSR was hardly a backward country — …read more Continue reading A Look Back at the USSR Computer Industry
Usually, when we are talking about old computers, we are thinking of BASIC interpreters. But [Fireship] reminds us that it was originally Fortran and promises to give you the essentials …read more Continue reading Looking at Fortran in 100 Seconds
The first video from [3DPrintedLife] attempting to make a liquid piston engine was… well… the operative word is attempting. The latest video, though, which you can see below gets it …read more Continue reading Liquid Piston Engine Finally Works
It is a sign of the times that one of [Dmitry’s] design criteria for his new Linux on a business card is to use parts you can actually find during …read more Continue reading A Linux Business Card You Can Build
With Linux and the serial port there is good news and there is bad news. The good news is that Linux has great support for serial hardware of all sorts …read more Continue reading Tio is a Serial Terminal For Us
You can read all about making, say, a bookshelf or bowling, but unless you’ve actually done it, you don’t really know how it works. That’s the idea behind [codecrafters-io] Build-Your-Own-X …read more Continue reading Build Your Own… Whatever
Most of us are adept enough with computers that you know what they can easily do and what they can’t. Invent a new flavor of ice cream? Not easy. Grab …read more Continue reading Automate Internet Life with Python
Videoconferencing has been around in one form or another for quite a while, but it took the pandemic to thrust into prominence with just about everyone. In a way, it …read more Continue reading Where Are Our Video Phones?
Carver is a famous name in audio equipment although they have been known to use odd names for things. For example, the 1980’s vintage M-400 magnetic field power amplifier that …read more Continue reading Carver M-400 Amplifier Repair Keeps the 1980’s alive
While it is undeniable that cloud-based services are handy, there are people who would rather do it themselves. For many of us, it is because we want what we want …read more Continue reading Easier Self Hosting with Umbrel