Today I remembered a funny situation from where I was living in London in mid 2000s for a little while. I had just visited a heavy metal pub in Soho after work (I used to work in Covent Garden as a bartender during that… · had, woman, london, work, haircut

Let’s talk about memory management! Following up on my article about 5 years of developments in V8’s garbage collector, today I’d like to bring that up to date with what went down in V8’s GC over the last couple years. I… · memory, there, sandbox, some, time

I've been interested in computers since I was very young, and have since been amazed at all the things I can do with them. It seems like every week I discover something new. Recently, I've been particularly interested in… · post, been, interested, since, very

Yikes! that’s far too long! What’s the hold up? I’m waiting on: I’ve been trying to NOT start new projects until these are finished. You know what happens when you… So…. yeah. I thought I’d jump into this 1980 Pioneer… · these, 1980, had, little, mid

I am a Glasgow based embedded electronics and software engineer who makes stuff that goes into space. When I'm not earning my keep, I use what I know to

A while back, I wrote a little Go wrapper library around the dmenu library and called it go-dmenu but then realized that without the hyphen the ambiguity between god-menu and go-dmenu was sort of delicious so I went with… · dmenu, list, menu, selection, thing

I’ve been interested in pen plotters for quite a while, probably because it’s often used in the “generative art” space that I’ve been dabbling with since forever. The last year or so my interest increased and I took a… · roland, serial, included, pin, useful

I’ve been procrastineering on a “sticky note timer” which would incorporate an e-ink display, be portable, updatable via WiFi, show me what I should be working on, and flash lights at me to give me a sense of movement /… · timer, something, project, sticky, note

I got a ZX Spectrum in 1983, telling my mum and dad it was educational and would help me do my school homework. This was a lie. I played games on it, well I did dabble a little with ZX basic and attempted to write some… · game, games, spectrum, some, boris

Looking back at my past blog posts, I’ve realized something troubling: my output is about as sparse as a 1980s home computer with 2K of RAM. It’s not that I … A Restoration Journey Through Hardware Hiccups, Modern… · typestore, back, blog, 1980s, computer

This is Mechpen, my newest drawbot. The idea was to have a robot arm that could sketch on a rather… Here comes the 14th and final part of a mini series in which I paint the water line, add minor… My projects are getting… · here, part, larger, boat, wooden

If you stare into the void long enough, you'll find some xors staring back I've been obsessed with computers since first discovering them as an 8 year-old. And I've been programming them now for >25 years with great… · talk, great, thanks, large, scale

Dunno what you're looking for here, but I hope you find something cool for yourself. Programmer, Mapper, 3D Modeler. 19th degree reptilian master of tin foil hats. ... I am addicted to PC. Dunno what you're looking for… · dunno, looking, here, hope, find

New mac, new emacs install. I had to remind myself what I did last time, so I’m documenting it here in the hopes that next time I won’t spend so long on this. A reminder to myself mostly, on how I setup a colima on my… · mac, myself, time, emacs, install

I am passionate about solving real world problems using software. I am always eager to learn more and teach others. · passionate, solving, real, world, problems

It's crazy how things work sometimes. As I was going through all of the old WTFMan archives a couple of months ago to tidy things up (my damn OCD compels me to do some useless shit sometimes), I came across a post about… · game, things, been, space, going

Its been about 2 years since I did upgraded my Y axis and I've been planning the upgrade of the X / Y axis ever since. I've had a general idea of what the new final build will look like but there were many final points I… · been, axis, like, there, years

A little over ten years ago, I started on a software project that was part hobby, part work-related. What it actually does isn’t relevant here. Instead, let’s talk about the components it has, and the tools to create it… · balancing, triangle, project, web, boards

Interested in games as technology. Played Hansa Teutonica: Big Box w/ 5 players boardgamegeek.com/boardgame… #bggplay Played Wordatro I was hoping for a game more like wordle than Scrabble. I’m not great at figuring out… · played, game, boardgamegeek, com, boardgame

I love making improvements to my work environment. I tweak my tools to reduce the friction between me and my code. I thought I’d share one of my favorites adjustments when using a MacBook Pro, but first I want to dig… · key, model, keyboard, 100, layout

I am a Glasgow based embedded electronics and software engineer who makes stuff that goes into space. When I'm not earning my keep, I use what I know to

Just bought a second Mac Mini M4 for my other bench (sigh, black friday deals). Honestly, it’s an amazing computer and can handle anything I have thrown at it. Now we’ll see how it does streaming video from many angles… · project, while, self, bought, second

So. Um. Happy new year everyone! Things turned kind of busy for me around the end of last year, so updates have been a bit sparse and I haven’t posted much since IndieCade. (Which was awesome, btw.) So where are things… · year, bit, igf, there, things

I wanted an old school retro computer like the Amiga 500, Atari 130XE, or Atari ST but I did not want to mess with all […] This is my version of a home made ground mount HF multi band antenna that covers 10m, 12m, 15m… · old, atari, yrs, 1986, cj7

Sorry for the total lack of design, I'll get some content on here and worry about that later (unless somebody would like to do some design for it? :) This site is dedicated to mac scene stuff (and maybe random… · some, like, making, very, design

In summer 2014 I made my way out to the Science Museum in London to check out my WALLY – Wallplate Generator on display. It was pretty awesome. While I was there I stopped in Oxford for a day and captured some… · turned, scan, scale, life, size

I am an Applied Scientist at Microsoft. My daily job is improving M365 Copilot. More about me.

For a long time, I’ve wanted to reduce my reliance on the [computer] mouse. Despite a deep appreciation for the flow state that good session of non stop keypresses What is Model Context Protocol? It could be a game… · morning, good, some, understanding, thinking

This is Mechpen, my newest drawbot. The idea was to have a robot arm that could sketch on a rather… Here comes the 14th and final part of a mini series in which I paint the water line, add minor… My projects are getting… · here, part, larger, boat, wooden

When I first started designing and assembling my own PCBs with SMD components, I invested in an optical microscope. It wasn’t cheap ~$700 but it was worth every penny. (There’s one detail I wish I had known before buying… · every, before, solidworks, started, designing

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Now that summer Tinkering Camp has wound down, I can share some of what we’ve been up to! I will post about the camp experience in itself soon, but first I’d like to show you one of the newest additions to reDiscover… · some, first, show, marble, run

It’s been a while since I have made any updates on my site, but I have been pretty busy with all sorts of new adventures. I recently got into designing PCBs, learning even more about electronics and have been just… · been, gameboy, recently, few, there

レースゲームをやりたくてハンドルコントローラーを購入しました。 Thrustmaster T300RS GTってのを以前アマゾンでセール時に購入。 本格的なレーシングSIMコックピットまでは狭小住宅の事情で置けませんが · thrustmaster, t300rs, sim, dearchocolate, 2025

Alex codes art put up a neat little tutorial/challenge on Reddit, and I hadn’t done any plotter art for a while, so I decided to give it a shot. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, and I’ll be adding an SVG output… · little, while, mount, camera, art

I'm motion designer. Sometimes I feel the need to put on paper (or Wacom tablet) the things that I have in my mind +++++++++ deckard977

I'm not a BOFH*, and I m certainly not PFY* not any more, but I recon I can think like them. I recon that BOFH would spring for the full 4 years of Lenovo Lenovo Premium Online Support on a company laptops cos its the… · years, lenovo, bofh, its, like

Article size is 15.5 kB and is a 10 min read A free game I used to love to play around 2006 was NetPanzer. The only machines I had access to were free Pentium III machines, which I threw Linux on, so that kinda limited… · netpanzer, game, free, machines, wolfet

Hi everybody! Its been a minute. How are you? Everything is awful all the time? Horrors never cease? You’re being driven mad by the weight of the unfathomable evils in which you are partially complicit? Anyway, I’ve… · her, been, time, blogs, tape

I made my standing desk controllable with an Arduino. Python has been my go to language for years. It really has become my happy place. I’ve gotten really fast at converting my thoughts into python code. But it’s time… · python, really, thoughts, made, standing

I make computers do interesting things. I make computers do interesting things. · make, computers, interesting, things

Hello, nice you are here. I like doing scientific research, playing the baroque oboe and duduk, and listening deeply to the people around me. I'm curious about what makes us curious about ourselves and the world around… · around, curious, world, hello, nice

My TCRoboWars stuff will go here Some pictures of my Research 2 robot The beginings of my Fire Fighting project · tcrobowars, stuff, here, some, pictures

Hi, I make small games as a hobby. · make, small, games, hobby

I'm putting this out there into the world, just in case someone else manages to kill their Amiga in this way. I've been messing around with an Amiga 1000 (the same one from my early childhood!) and lately have been… · cpu, amiga, been, around, same

I bought another computer. This one has a tragic origin story, an active pen with (like everything about it) shockingly good Linux support, and – bonus – has finally given me the impetus to switch from VirtualBox to… · book, her, different, those, beautiful

NotCrocker sees an incredible amount of traffic even though I’ve not had a chance to update it in years. I have some recipes and ideas in my pocket that I will certainly get back up here one day, hopefully soon! In the… · some, these, time, lauren, had

After 19 years, you’d think I’d be more set in my ways. And yet, every time I think Apple has succeeded at pushing me away from the Mac, there’s always something that draws me back in. And this time, I’m staying for… · think, time, after, years, set

Hi there! I'm Mariday and I'm a maker of stuff! If you're looking for weird, wacky, glowey electronics you're in the right place! · there, mariday, maker, stuff, looking

I lost my tablet pen a few days ago and I have no idea where it is..! So I don't know how much art I'll be getting done near-future-wise... one can only hope I'll find it huh..!!! (Update: it was found! Dangit that I… · omg, art, don, find, didn