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Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the potentiometer that controls the power to the laser …read more Continue reading Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors
Although modern-day silvered glass mirrors have pretty much destroyed the market for bronze mirrors, these highly polished pieces of metal once were the pinnacle of mirror technology. Due to the …read more Continue reading Making a Bronze Mirror From Scratch
That boiling water is a contentious topic of discussion is clear, but what about hot air? When you take a 12 VDC, 280 Watt-rated air fryer and pit it against …read more Continue reading Comparing 12 VDC Air Fryers with Regular 240 VAC Ones
It’s fair to say that there are a lot of development board form factors for MCUs, with [Tech Dregs] over on yonder YouTube on the verge of adding another one …read more Continue reading Do We Really Need Another Development Board?
Although we have many types of networking equipment with many unique names, at their core they can usually be reduced to just a computer with some specific peripherals. This is …read more Continue reading Trying to Build Your Own Consumer-Grade Router in 2026
Recently [Jeff Geerling] has been tinkering with FireWire in order to use some older gear, which includes the use of a Raspberry Pi HAT called the Firehat. This provides a …read more Continue reading Cooking a Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT With Backfeeding
Although toasters should be among the most boring appliances in a household – with perhaps just a focus on making their toasting more deterministic rather than somewhere between ‘still frozen’ …read more Continue reading DOOM on a Fancy Smart Toaster
From laser cutters to 3D printers, having an exhaust duct at the back of a machine is a very common sight. However, these tend to be rather bulky, claiming many …read more Continue reading Flattening the Exhaust of a Laser Cutter to Save Space
It’s fair to say that the topic of so-called ‘AI coding assistants’ is somewhat controversial. With arguments against them ranging from code quality to copyright issues, there are many valid …read more Continue reading New Linux Kernel Rules Put the Onus on Humans for AI Tool Usage
Cognitive processes are not something that we generally pay much attention to until something goes wrong, but they cover the entire scope of us ingesting sensory information, the processing and …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering Human Cognition and Decision Making in a Modern Age