Posts tagged "tech"

The Splice Must Flow

There are plenty of electronic components out there, but the one we tend to forget is the most basic: wire. Sure, PC boards have largely replaced wire with copper traces, …read more

Veluwe Wander Trail part 18

Hiked part 18/25 of the Veluwe Wander Trail, 13.6 kilometres from Rheden to Rozendaal. From Rheden the trail climbs into the Veluwezoom National Park and crosses the rolling heath of the Posbank, w...

Atlassian will start collecting Jira & Confluence user data to train AI by August 17, 2026

Atlassian has announced changes to its customer data usage, effective August 17, 2026, impacting users of products such as Confluence and Jira. These updates will introduce new controls over how me...

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-21-26

Let us see what is happening around the world wide web with today’s collection of Pook-Emu Bee links. 1. Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. (Emile Ma...

Threema 7.1 brings liquid glass design and UI improvements to iOS

Threema 7.1 for iOS introduces the Liquid Glass design, adding transparent surfaces and a lighter look in line with iOS 26’s appearance. The Contacts tab, Threema Safe, and message forwarding inter...

Git 2.54 brings 'git history' command & enhanced hooks for better repo management

Git 2.54 introduces the experimental git history command for targeted rewrites, allowing users to reword or split commits without impacting the working tree. Hooks can now be defined in configurati...

Grafana 13: improved dashboard suggestions & Data visualization tools

Grafana 13 introduces suggested dashboards that match users’ data sources, now with compatibility scores and improved search for easier dashboard setup. Visualization suggestions are refined to use...

The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis

Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote The Weight of Glory. It is a collection of nine essays, most originally delivered as sermons or lectures during the Second World War. The book includes well-know...

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview delivers major agentic coding and knowledge gains

Qwen3.6-Max-Preview is now available as a preview on Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, bringing major improvements in agentic coding with significantly higher benchmark scores compared to Qwen3.6-Plus. T...

GIMP 3.2.4: new WIA plug-in, and bug fixes for Windows users

GIMP 3.2.4 restores Windows scanner functionality by introducing a new WIA-based plug-in, replacing the old TWAIN-dependent version. The release addresses multiple vulnerabilities in popular image ...

CAN Bus Analyzer Runs In Your Browser

If you’ve got a modern car, truck, or tractor, it’s probably got a CAN bus or three that is bouncing data all around the vehicle. Listening in on these transmissions …read more

Kimi K2.6 released with long-horizon execution, agent swarms, and full-stack AI coding

Moonshot AI has released its latest flagship model, Kimi K2.6, introducing advanced coding features, long-horizon execution, and a collaborative agent swarm system. This release delivers strong gai...

The rise of abandonware

AI allows us to ship software instantly, but it’s also fueling a surge of "disposable" projects. The team behind the code matters more than the code itself in the age of AI generation.

SuperDisk: The Better Floppy That Never Caught On

Once the microcomputer era got going in earnest, the floppy disk quickly supplanted the tape as the portable storage method of choice. They were never particularly large, but they were …read more

Pest Toast

Just pesting. Nope, that doesn't work. hissy emote pic.twitter.com/jeiay7xS5A — ChunkyMonkey (@Chunkymk01) April 21, 2026 // That does though. Oh, now it works. It's not doing the delayed load of t...

Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts

APRs is an amateur radio protocol allowing the exchange of short packets of data. It’s commonly used to transmit a GPS position, though it can find other applications. The Flipper …read more

Repositories Are Human/Agent Knowledge Factories

We argue that source repositories are no longer just containers for human-authored code — they are containers and generators of knowledge supporting the interaction of humans with AI agents. Taking...

Kubernetes Deployment with Helm

Why Some S3 Videocards Have a Brightness Issue

Once a pioneer in videocards, S3’s legacy is today mostly found in details like texture compression as well as the strong presence of S3-branded videocards in the retro-computing world. There’s …re...

Cyberdeck Build Gets Closer To Regular Laptop Than Most

Cyberdecks are typically reminiscent of weird computers in futuristic sci-fi films, moreso than the computers of today. The cool thing about cyberdecks, though, is you get to build them however …re...