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We’ve likely all looked at a simple problem in our lives and thought that it would be an easy fix, only to realize th...
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One thing our futuristic world is largely lacking in is droids and robot companions and the like. [solitary dev] is h...
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The NES Advantage was a cool bit of hardware back in 1987, bringing an arcade stick to the home console gaming experi...
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Elliot Williams and Al Williams got together to compare notes on the most interesting posts this week on the site. As...
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When you need to match paint colors, one of the tools you’ll reach for is a deck of reference colors. Another might b...
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The great thing about standards is there’s so many to pick from, right?. (Insert obligatory XKCD #927 here.) Several ...
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Thanks to things like spilled drinks, leaky batteries, and the general ravages of time, older consoles can be tough t...
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The stack effect — also known as the chimney effect — is the basic principle that hot air not only rises, but if guid...
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A day at the beach can involve hauling a surprising amount of gear, from coolers, towels, blankets, chairs, and umbre...
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The elusive brainstem is a small, yet critical part of our brain: the slightest damage to it could prove fatal. But h...
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Betacam is not the Betamax you may have had at home– it was a professional format that lived on into the 21st century...
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As useful as USB-to-M.2 SSD adapters are, sometimes you come across a bit of a dud. A case in point is the Orico-bran...
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If you ever make it to DNA Pizza in San Francisco, you may feel as though you’re being watched. The Eye of the Pizza ...
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As we’ve seen many times before, there’s usually some way wrangle a bit more life out of what would otherwise be cons...
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Logging and telemetry in remote controlled racing is a great thing, and not only does [jwachlin]’s Open RC Spotter do...
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[Evgenij Spitsyn] spotted a KVM build on these very pages some time ago. That inspired their own build, leveraging th...
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[Attoparsec] occasionally rides a bicycle for transportation, but with the major downside of doing this in North Amer...
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What do you do when you need to get data into an airgapped machine? Well, you might find yourself limited to basic in...
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[John Dingley] has a Sony ZV-E10 camera that is excellent, but the design lacks a built-in electronic viewfinder. Thi...
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[Hans Scharler] came into a neat find recently—the playfield from a 1970s Atari Superman game. It’s the sort of thing...