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Not so long ago, e-ink devices were rare and fairly pricey. As they have become more common and cheaper, some cool fo...
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For some reason, Markdown has not just become the format of choice for giving READMEs in GitHub repositories some fla...
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Old shop tools have a reputation for resilience and sturdiness, and though some of this is due to survivorship bias, ...
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When taking macro photographs, you often need just a tiny bit of controlled motion — so little that it’s tough to pul...
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Despite a few high-profile cases in recent years with lawyers getting caught using LLM-generated documents and facing...
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As I write this, four astronauts are on their way around the moon for the first time in 50 years. A lot us have asked...
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It’s a common ritual: whipping out those calipers or similar measuring devices to measure part of a physical object t...
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Now that early PCs have moved firmly from the realm of e-waste into being collector’s items, it’s worth putting in so...
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Many of us are guilty of toeing the line between having a ready supply of components at hand and simply hoarding for ...
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There were a plethora of tiny, local ISPs in the days of dial-up internet. Along with the big providers, many cities ...
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From outer space to down here on Earth, there are many places where ionizing radiation levels are high enough that th...
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Every collector ends up with items that are worthless, usually because they are broken or incomplete. When [Graindead...
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For once, we can avoid debating in the comments what constitutes a “cyberdeck”, because [LCLDIY] does not refer to hi...
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There are many events so far in 2026 that could reasonably have been predicted, but perhaps one which couldn’t is a H...
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We miss the old Heathkit. You could build equipment that rivaled or even surpassed commercial devices. The cost was u...
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The Allen Scythe is one of those fantastic pieces of vintage agricultural machinery which would never be allowed to b...
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In this wonderful world of MEMS technology, sensor technology has been downsized and reduced in cost to the point whe...
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Today, fireplaces, their cozy glow once a household staple, are mostly a thing of the past. In fact, a decent amount ...
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Before there was pressure-treated wood, before modern paints, there was pine tar. Everything from tool handles to wag...
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The Sinclair ZX81 was hardly the most accomplished of 1980s 8-bit microcomputers, but its ultra-low-budget hardware w...