Two books brought to my attention today that I don’t presently have time to read, but figured I should make a note: Steal This Book and Steal This Computer Book 4.0: What They Won’t Tell You About the Internet.
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Category Archives: Wishlist
Space Drop – Solder Project
You can buy the kit here: Space Drop Solder Kit and the build guide is here: Space Drop Handheld Game.
1986 Sinclair Spectrum+2 repair
In this video I learned about the Metcal PTTC-706 soldering iron tips. I must save my pennies so I can buy myself a pair of these babies!
Hackable Desk Robot
Here’s something fun: Your Next Desk Toy Should Be a Hackable Robot. This “DeskBuddy” is basically a ESP32-C3 Super Mini microcontroller with a 1.3-inch OLED display. I tried to order one, just for fun, but it seems they only ship to India.
KDE Plasma 6.6 is here
Here is a visual guide to the best desktop in the known universe. I am still back on KDE Plasma 5.27.5 on Debian 12, but look forward to upgrading some time soon…
Framework laptop
Here’s a good run down of what’s in a Framework laptop:
Operating Systems Textbooks
Some operating systems textbooks which came up on IRC today: Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Dive into Systems, and Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective.
LattePanda IOTA
Making a better USB-C cable
I want to get myself one of the testers used in the video: FNB58 USB Tester Voltmeter Ammeter TYPE-C Fast Charge Detection Trigger Capacity Measurement Ripple Measurement.
400MHz Logic Analyzer
@nanofix makes his own 400MHz Logic Analyzer. Nice one!