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If It’s Electronic Paper, Why Not Print To It?

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Tyler August

E-ink is supposed to be the electronic version of dead-tree paper, but there’s one enormous difference: how you get your images and text onto it. For paper, you print on …read more Continue reading If It’s Electronic Paper, Why Not Print To It?→

Posted in computer hacks, eink, peripherals hacks, printer, Xteink

Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Tyler August

This is going to be a very personal question, because when you’re talking cloud vs local anything, it comes down to this: how much are you willing to pay for …read more Continue reading Local LLMs Can Work Better Than Claude, At Least For Some→

Posted in Artificial Intelligence, local LLM, software development

Sick of Wayland vs. Xorg? How about GEM?

Posted on September 9, 2026 by Tyler August

Between lawsuits from Apple, and Microsoft being Microsoft, Digital Research’s GEM desktop for DOS never really had a chance. It did have another life on Atari home computers, but it’s …read more Continue reading Sick of Wayland vs. Xorg? How about GEM?→

Posted in atari st, framebuffer, GEM, linux, linux hacks

Anti-Doomscroll Tamagotchi Only Lives if You Do

Posted on September 8, 2026 by Tyler August
The virtual pet showing a distressed face while a phone is in use

The odds are, you have a device deliberately designed to be addictive in your pocket or on the table next to you if you aren’t staring at it right now– …read more Continue reading Anti-Doomscroll Tamagotchi Only Lives if You Do→

Posted in Cellphone Hacks, ESP32-S3, local LLM, phone addiction, smartphone

ESP32-P4 Powers Video Alarm Clock

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Tyler August

Once upon a time, you had the option of waking up to a bell, a harsh buzzer, or whatever happened to be on the radio that morning. Now that it’s …read more Continue reading ESP32-P4 Powers Video Alarm Clock→

Posted in alarm clock, clock hacks, ESP32-P4

NES Radar Tracks Flights at 9600 Baud

Posted on September 7, 2026 by Tyler August

Air traffic visualizers seem to be having a bit of a moment right now, and now that moment has come to the venerable NES thanks to [k6lcm]’s NES Radar project, …read more Continue reading NES Radar Tracks Flights at 9600 Baud→

Posted in Flight Tracking, nes, Nintendo Entertainment System, retrocomputing, serial communications

Is This the Year of The Linux… Television?

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Tyler August

The Year of the Linux Desktop hasn’t been on its way for quite as long as nuclear fusion plants, but somehow it seems to recede into the horizon at just …read more Continue reading Is This the Year of The Linux… Television?→

Posted in android tv, home entertainment hacks, media PC, television, waydroid

This Clavichord is a Well-Tempered Project

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Tyler August

The Clavichord needs no introduction to fans of Early Music, and a lengthy one to literally everyone else. Even classical music buffs who have heard of Bach’s works for the …read more Continue reading This Clavichord is a Well-Tempered Project→

Posted in clavichord, musical hacks, musical instrument, woodworking

There’s Whole Computer Inside This Mouse

Posted on September 6, 2026 by Tyler August

[Gadget Industry] bills it as “a PC inside a Mouse“, but that depends on your definition of a “PC”. This is a Personal Computer inside a mouse, yes, but there’s …read more Continue reading There’s Whole Computer Inside This Mouse→

Posted in Android Hacks, casemod, computer mouse, custom mouse, ewaste, peripherals hacks, Samsung DeX

Laser Your Way to Smoother FDM 3D Prints

Posted on August 30, 2026 by Tyler August

Now, not everyone minds the characteristic layer lines you get with Filament Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D prints, but sometimes you need a smooth surface. If so we might go for …read more Continue reading Laser Your Way to Smoother FDM 3D Prints→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, diode laser, FDM printer, laser, laser hacks, print smoothing

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