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The Case for Pascal, 55 Years On

Posted on September 3, 2025 by Tyler August
Screenshot of Lazarus IDE on MacOS Ventura

The first version of Pascal was released by the prolific [Niklaus Wirth] back in 1970. That’s 55 years ago, an eternity in the world of computing. Does anyone still use …read more Continue reading The Case for Pascal, 55 Years On→

Posted in free pascal, Pascal, software development

Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY Slider

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Tyler August

The phone ecosystem these days is horribly boring compared to the innovation of a couple decades back. Your options include flat rectangles, and flat rectangles that fold in half and …read more Continue reading Phonenstien Flips Broken Samsung Into QWERTY Slider→

Posted in android phone, blackberry keyboard, Cellphone Hacks, q10, Samsung zFold

Tiny Datasette Uses USB For the Modern Day

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Tyler August

While you can still find tape being used for backup storage, it’s pretty safe to say that the humble audio cassette is about as out of date as a media …read more Continue reading Tiny Datasette Uses USB For the Modern Day→

Posted in datasette, FSK, mini casette, retrocomputing

Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Tyler August
A worker inspects JUNO's acrylic sphere under the watching eye of PMTs

To say that neutrinos aren’t the easiest particles to study would be a bit of an understatement. Outside of dark matter, there’s not much in particle physics that is as …read more Continue reading Worlds Largest Neutrino Detector Is Collecting Data In China→

Posted in neutrinos, News, Science | Tagged Particle physics

This Soviet-Style Clock Uses Homemade Nixie Tubes and Glowing Logic

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Tyler August

The Neon glow of a Nixie tube makes for an attractive clock, but that’s not enough neon for some people. [Changliang Li] is apparently one of those people, because he’s …read more Continue reading This Soviet-Style Clock Uses Homemade Nixie Tubes and Glowing Logic→

Posted in clock hacks, MTX-90, nixie clock, retro nixie clock, thyratron

The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Tyler August
[Linus] playing his instrument

While we have nothing against other 1980s 8-bit machines, the Commodore 64 has always been something special. A case in point: another new instrument using the C-64 and its beloved …read more Continue reading The Queramin is a QWERTY Theremin with a C-64 Heart→

Posted in c64, commodore, musical hacks, retrocomputing, theremin

No Die? No Problem: RealDice.org Has You Covered

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Tyler August

Have you ever been out and about and needed to make a check against INT, WIS or CON but not had a die handy? Sure, you could use an app …read more Continue reading No Die? No Problem: RealDice.org Has You Covered→

Posted in dice roller, dice spinner, DND, games, random

Animatronic Eyes Are Watching You

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Tyler August

If you haven’t been following [Will Cogley]’s animatronic adventures on YouTube, you’re missing out. He’s got a good thing going, and the latest step is an adorable robot that tracks …read more Continue reading Animatronic Eyes Are Watching You→

Posted in 3d printed, animatronic, face tracking, MediaPipeipe, robots hacks

Pascal? On my Arduino? It’s More Likely Than You Think

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Tyler August
Screenshot of AVRpascal

The Arduino ecosystem is an amazing learning tool, but even those of us who love it admit that even the simplified C Arduino uses isn’t the ideal teaching language. Those …read more Continue reading Pascal? On my Arduino? It’s More Likely Than You Think→

Posted in Arduino Hacks, avr programming, Pascal

A Tool-changing 3D Printer For the Masses

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Tyler August
A preproduction U1 sitting on a workbench

Modern multi-material printers certainly have their advantages, but all that purging has a way to add up to oodles of waste. Tool-changing printers offer a way to do multi-material prints …read more Continue reading A Tool-changing 3D Printer For the Masses→

Posted in 3d printer, 3d Printer hacks, snapmaker, toolchanger

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