Collaborate Disseminate
Those of us old enough to remember BBS servers or even rainbow banners often go down the nostalgia hole about how the internet was better “back in the day” than …read more Continue reading Supercon 2023: [Cory Doctorow] with an Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse
While the death of Apple’s Lightning Connector can’t come soon enough, swapping the ports on their products as “category-defining innovations” seems a bit of a stretch. [Ken Pillonel] has designed …read more Continue reading Add USB-C to Your AirPods the Easy Way
The modern web has become difficult to navigate without ad blocking software. Ford now has a patent that would bring the ads we hate to your vehicle’s infotainment system. [via …read more Continue reading Will You Need Ad Block for Your Car?
Sometimes you see something super cool and think of how it would be really neat if applied in a totally different context. [MXC Builds] saw an awesome lamp from [karacreates], …read more Continue reading A Beautiful Lamp-Inspired PC Case
Restomods let us relive some of the glory days of industrial design with internals that would blow the socks off the original device. [Mental Hygiene] decided to update an Apple …read more Continue reading G4 Mac Mini is a Wolf in Apple IIc Clothing
What’s a dog to do if they want to do some accessible skateboarding? [Simone Giertz]’s three-legged pup, [Scraps], got the chance to try a LEGO Technic board for her thrills. …read more Continue reading An Electric Skateboard for the Dogs
Spirographs can make some pretty groovy designs on paper, but what if you want to take it a step further? [Uri Tuchman] has used the pantograph on his milling machine …read more Continue reading Taking a Spirograph Mill for a Spin
The proliferation of microcontrollers has made it easier than ever to add some smarts to a project, but sometimes there just isn’t enough space for headers on a board, or …read more Continue reading SWD Interface Simplifies Debugging
One of the things that we love about the modern era of computing is the increasing ease by which you can roll your own custom computer, as seen with the …read more Continue reading Flying Lotus is a Framework-Powered Portable All-in-One Computer
While track pads and mice dominate the pointing device landscape today, there was a time when track balls were a major part of the scene. In order to really sell …read more Continue reading A Trackball Retro Laptop