Need For Speed Map IRL
When driving around in video games, whether racing games like Mario Kart or open-world games like GTA, the game often displays a mini map in the corner of the screen …read more Continue reading Need For Speed Map IRL
Author Archives: Bryan Cockfield
Extremely Rare Electric Piano Restoration
Not only are pianos beautiful musical instruments that have stood the test of many centuries of time, they’re also incredible machines. Unfortunately, all machines wear out over time, which means …read more Continue reading Extremely Rare Electric Piano Restoration
Ride On with FOSS and GoldenCheetah
If you exclude certain companies like Peloton, the world of cycling technology is surprisingly open. It’s not perfect by any means, but there are enough open or open-ish standards for …read more Continue reading Ride On with FOSS and GoldenCheetah
Converting a 1980s Broadcast Camera to HDMI
Although it might seem like there was a sudden step change from analog to digital sometime in the late 1900s, it was actually a slow, gradual change from things like …read more Continue reading Converting a 1980s Broadcast Camera to HDMI
Magnus Effect Drone Flies, Looks Impossible
By now we’re all familiar with the quad-rotor design most popular among modern drones, and of course there are many variants using more or less propellers and even fixed-wing drones …read more Continue reading Magnus Effect Drone Flies, Looks Impossible
Building a Low-Cost Satellite Tracker
Looking up at the sky just after sunset or just before sunrise will reveal a fairly staggering amount of satellites orbiting overhead, from tiny cubesats to the International Space Station. …read more Continue reading Building a Low-Cost Satellite Tracker
A Bird Watching Assistant
When AI is being touted as the latest tool to replace writers, filmmakers, and other creative talent it can be a bit depressing staring down the barrel of a future …read more Continue reading A Bird Watching Assistant
Expensive Batteries Hide Cheap Tricks
In our modern world full of planned obsolescence helping to fuel cycles of consumerism, the thing that really lets companies dial this up to the max is locked-down electronics and …read more Continue reading Expensive Batteries Hide Cheap Tricks
Saving a Rental Ebike From the Landfill
One of the hardest things about owning a classic car is finding replacement parts. Especially if the car is particularly old or rare, or if the parent company is now …read more Continue reading Saving a Rental Ebike From the Landfill
Kubernetes Cluster Goes Mobile in Pet Carrier
There’s been a bit of a virtualization revolution going on for the last decade or so, where tools like Docker and LXC have made it possible to quickly deploy server …read more Continue reading Kubernetes Cluster Goes Mobile in Pet Carrier