Collaborate Disseminate
It’s part of the great circle of life that toys and scale models that provide a reflection of macro-sized objects like vehicles and buildings will eventually be scaled up again …read more Continue reading Building a Drivable, Life-Size 3D-Printed LEGO Technic Buggy
In a recent blog post Google announced that the early access phase of its Android Developer Verification program has commenced, as previously announced. In addition to this new announcement Google …read more Continue reading Android Developer Verification Starts as Google Partially Retreats on Measures
Some people may remember the joys of trying to boot Linux on an 8-bit AVR microcontroller, which was an absolute exercise in patience. In comparison [He Chunhui]’s Tiny386 emulator running …read more Continue reading Tiny386 on an Espressif ESP32-S3
WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enough to run all sorts of interesting software. For example, [vimpo] …read more Continue reading Running a Minecraft Server on a WiFi Light Bulb
There are many applications out there that use more than one window, with every modern-day platform and GUI toolkit offering the means for said application to position each of its …read more Continue reading Wayland’s Never-Ending Opposition to Multi-Window Positioning
Back in the innocent days of Windows 98 SE, I nearly switched to Linux on account of how satisfied I was with my Windows experience. This started with the Year …read more Continue reading Moving From Windows to FreeBSD as the Linux Chaos Alternative
With batteries being such an integral part of smartphones, it’s little wonder that extending the period between charging and battery replacement has led to many theories and outright myths about …read more Continue reading Testing Whether Fast Charging Kills Smartphone Batteries, and Other Myths
A while back [Clint Basinger] of Lazy Game Reviews fame purchased a rare 1980s Halikan laptop. When he received the parcel, at first glance, everything seemed in order. Upon opening the …read more Continue reading Recreating the Destroyed Case of LGR’s Rare 1980s Laptop
In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a thick, plectrum-shaped chunk …read more Continue reading Autopsy of a First-Generation RX7 Mazda Rotary Car Engine
Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their creators. At the same time …read more Continue reading OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due to Financing Issues