Can Skynet Be a Statesman?
There’s been a lot of virtual ink spilled about LLMs and their coding ability. Some people swear by the vibes, while others, like the FreeBSD devs have sworn them off …read more Continue reading Can Skynet Be a Statesman?
Author Archives: Tyler August
RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
DDR3 seemed plenty fast when it first showed up 19 years ago. Who could say no to 6400 Mb/s transfer speeds? Of course compared to the modern DDR5 that’s glacially …read more Continue reading RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
The Cutest Weather Forecast on E-Ink and ESP32
There’s a famous book that starts: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good e-ink display, must be in want of a weather station.” …read more Continue reading The Cutest Weather Forecast on E-Ink and ESP32
Jam like It’s the 1980s With A Mini-IBM PC
A lot of retrocomputer enthusiasts have a favourite system, to the point of keeping up 40 year old flame wars over which system was “best”. In spite of the serious, …read more Continue reading Jam like It’s the 1980s With A Mini-IBM PC
A PSOne In the Palm of Your Hand
Sony’s original Playstation wasn’t huge, and they did shrink it for re-release later as the PSOne, but even that wasn’t small enough for [Secret Hobbyist]. You may have seen the …read more Continue reading A PSOne In the Palm of Your Hand
Dad Makes Kid’s Balance Bike Into Electric Snow Trike Like a Boss
The balance bikes toddlers are rocking these days look like great fun, but not so great in the snow. Rather than see his kid’s favourite toy relegated to shed until …read more Continue reading Dad Makes Kid’s Balance Bike Into Electric Snow Trike Like a Boss
ESP32-P4 Powers Retro Handheld after a Transplant
The ESP32-P4 is the new hotness on the microcontroller market. With RISC-V architecture and two cores running 400 MHz, to ears of a certain vintage it sounds more like the …read more Continue reading ESP32-P4 Powers Retro Handheld after a Transplant
An SD Card of Your Own For Microcontroller Projects
If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, …read more Continue reading An SD Card of Your Own For Microcontroller Projects
Optimizing a Desktop, 3D Printed Wind Tunnel
You’ve heard of wind tunnels– get some airflow going over a thingy, put some some smoke on, and voila! Flow visualization. How hard could it be? Well, as always, the …read more Continue reading Optimizing a Desktop, 3D Printed Wind Tunnel
Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard
At the risk of starting a controversy: is there anyone who goes to the effort of setting up Home Assistant who wouldn’t really rather be living on the Enterprise-D? If …read more Continue reading Smart Home? Make It Smart Quarters With This LCARS Dashboard