Collaborate Disseminate
[idealdealy] had a problem. GNU Radio Companion was proving to be a powerful tool, but it just didn’t look… cool enough. The solution? A custom bit of software called PimpMyGRC, designed …read more Continue reading GNU Radio Gets a Makeover With PimpMyGRC
Plug-in (or “balcony”) solar panels can also be hung out a window or be set up in a backyard, reports NPR. They channel energy from the sun straight into a home’s electrical outlet, generating enough electricity to power a refrigerator or microwave whi… Continue reading Are U.S. Utilities Trying to Delay Easy-to-Use Solar ‘Balcony’ Panels?
“A few developers found a way, for now, to turn a few of these increasingly mediocre Amazon Show devices into friendly, useful, open computers,” writes the co-founder of the gaming/tech news site Aftermath. For under $50 each, he bought some used versi… Continue reading Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show
It’s Pi Day, and while we know that many of you celebrate privately, those that take a moment to put aside their contemplation of all things circular and join us …read more Continue reading Take Pi for a Spin in this Orbital Simulator
“The new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models feature a keyboard change,” reports MacRumors:
On the U.S. English version of the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro keyboards, the tab, caps lock, shift, return, and delete keycaps now have glyphs on them. On … Continue reading Should Keycaps Use Text or Glyphs for Delete, Return, Tab, Caps Lock, and Shift?
Last week System76 CEO Carl Richell criticized age-verification laws for operating systems — but he now sees a “real possibility” Colorado’s law might exclude open-source.
Phoronix reports that the System76 CEO met with the state Senator who c… Continue reading System76 CEO Sees ‘Real Possibility’ Colorado’s Age-Verification Bill Excludes Open-Source
The deal to take control of TikTok’s U.S. business came with an unusual condition, according to people familiar with the matter. The investors — which include Oracle, Abu Dhabi investor MGX, and private-equity firm Silver Lake — “paid the T… Continue reading US Set To Receive $10 Billion Fee For Brokering TikTok Deal
The ThinkPad P16 is a 16-inch portable workstation with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 HX processors, Nvidia RTX Pro “Blackwell” graphics, up to 192 GB of RAM, and up to 12 TB of storage.
The post Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 First Impressions appeared first o… Continue reading Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 First Impressions
Cooking with charcoal is a fairly common human activity, as much as others have come to prefer fuels like propane and propane accessories for their outdoor, summertime grilling. Although it’s …read more Continue reading Off-Grid Electricity and Hot Water from Scrap Wood
California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California’s scarlet monkeyflower “found that many rapidly evolved… allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebou… Continue reading How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction