Collaborate Disseminate
Especially in this era of the Internet, the role of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has become increasingly essential as more and more web content vanishes into the ether or …read more Continue reading News Sites are Blocking Internet Archive over AI Scraping Fears
After scathing accusations of skimping on due diligence, as well as other feedback to my article on trying to use an ‘AI coding assistant’ for the first time, the only …read more Continue reading Revisiting Using AI Coding Assistants: You’re Holding It Wrong Edition
Sometimes you purchase an old device that is very cheap for a good reason. So too with the 1995 Apple PowerBook 150 that [Hugh Jeffreys] purchased for a single Aussie …read more Continue reading Repairing a Apple PowerBook 150 With Serious Issues
Although desalination is very commonly used these days to convert seawater into fresh water, one of the major disadvantages of current approaches is that commercial desalination plants produce a lot of brine, which has to be dumped somewhere ideally wi… Continue reading Desalinating Seawater With Solar and No Brine
Although cryocoolers are capable of pretty impressive cooling, for many of them the underlying working principle is simple enough that you do not need any special skills or a big …read more Continue reading Building a Gifford-McMahon Cryocooler With 3D-Printed Parts
Professional Stratasys FDM printers demand a pretty hefty price premium over your typical hobbyist-level machine, with the gold-plating continuing even with the special filament cartridges that you buy for some …read more Continue reading Stratasys vs Bambu Lab: Industrial vs Consumer ABS Showdown
After finding a pack of NiMH rechargeable cells that had never been used since buying them in 2014, [DiodeGoneWild] decided to test whether they could be tossed or not. After …read more Continue reading Using Brand New NiMH Cells After Sitting 12 Years Unused
Back in 1996 the 3D gaming market on PC was beginning to heat up, with hot new titles like Tomb Raider coming out that year and requiring much more graphics …read more Continue reading Investigating the S3 Virge’s Reputation as a 3D Decelerator Card
Unlike resin printers where you generally just pour the fresh resin into the easily accessible vat, FDM printers need to squirrel away at least one spool and its requisite holder …read more Continue reading Over-Engineering an FDM Spool Holder From Prusa Mk4S Remains
Although the thought of installing a modern operating system like Windows 11 on something as archaic as a Core 2 Quad Q6600 Intel CPU may seem ridiculous, it being the …read more Continue reading Using Windows 11 on an LGA 775 PC with AGP Videocard