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Intel GPUs on Raspberry Pi Is So Wrong it Feels Right

Posted on November 15, 2025 by Tyler August

While you might not know it from their market share, Intel makes some fine GPUs. Putting one in a PC with an AMD processor already feels a bit naughty, but …read more Continue reading Intel GPUs on Raspberry Pi Is So Wrong it Feels Right→

Posted in eGPU, intel arc, Raspberry Pi, RISCV

An Improbable, Doomed Star System in a Clockwork Coffee Table

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Tyler August

The major objects in our solar system orbit along the plane of the ecliptic, plus or minus few degrees, and it turns out most exoplanet systems are the same — …read more Continue reading An Improbable, Doomed Star System in a Clockwork Coffee Table→

Posted in cnc, orrery, sls printing | Tagged Art

What Do You Call an Ekranoplan With an Outboard Motor?

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Tyler August

If there’s one thing [rctestflight] likes, it’s… probably radio controlled test flights. If there are two things [rctestflights] likes, the second one is probably ground-effect vehicles, AKA Ekranoplans. Tired of …read more Continue reading What Do You Call an Ekranoplan With an Outboard Motor?→

Posted in ekranoplan, ground effect, misc hacks, rctestflight | Tagged Outboard Motor

3D Printed Mail is a Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Tyler August
PLA mail being tested against a sword

The human body and sharp objects don’t get along very well, especially when they are being wielded with ill-intent. Since antiquity there have been various forms of armor designed to …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Mail is a Modern Solution to an Ancient Problem→

Posted in 3d printed fabric, chain mail, weapons hacks | Tagged Armor

There’s no Rust on this Ironclad Kernel

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Tyler August
Screenshot of X running on Gloire

Rust is the new hotness in programming languages because of how solid its memory protections are. Race conditions and memory leaks are hardly new issues however, and as greybeards are …read more Continue reading There’s no Rust on this Ironclad Kernel→

Posted in ada, kernel, software development

Join the The Newest Social Network and Party Like its 1987

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Tyler August

Algorithms? Datamining? Brainrot? You don’t need those things to have a social network. As we knew back in the BBS days, long before anyone coined the phrase “social network”, all …read more Continue reading Join the The Newest Social Network and Party Like its 1987→

Posted in retro, social network, software hacks

Switch Switch 2 to CRT

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Tyler August

Have you ever imagined what the Nintendo Switch would look like if Nintendo had produced it in the mid-1990s? [Joel Creates] evidently did, because that’s exactly what this retro CRT-toting …read more Continue reading Switch Switch 2 to CRT→

Posted in crt, handhelds hacks, nintendo hacks, Nintendo Switch 2, nintendo switch dock

Target the Best AA, and Take No Flak

Posted on November 9, 2025 by Tyler August

In this era of cheap lithium pouch cells, it might seem mildly anachronistic to build AA batteries into a project. There are enough valid reasons to do so, however, and …read more Continue reading Target the Best AA, and Take No Flak→

Posted in aa, aa battery, battery, Battery Hacks, price, Reviews | Tagged Testing

Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As a Practical Effect

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Tyler August

The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic …read more Continue reading Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As a Practical Effect→

Posted in appearing cane, classic hacks, lightsaber, magic cane, prop

Medium Format, 3 GigaPixel Camera Puts It All On the Line (Sensor)

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Tyler August

It’s a bit of a truism that bigger sensors lead to better pictures when it comes to photography. Of course everyone who isn’t a photographer knows that moar megapixles is …read more Continue reading Medium Format, 3 GigaPixel Camera Puts It All On the Line (Sensor)→

Posted in digital cameras hacks, Raspberry Pi 5, Raspberry pi camera, scanner camera

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