Miscellaneous distractions and diversions.
BadUSB – what is it, and why is it scary? If you know something about microcontrollers and low-level electronics, the import of the recently-published BadUSB vulnerability is obvious and alarming. It destroys our nice little abstraction of external data storage…
%#@&$! Raspberry Pi! I’ve been a Raspberry Pi hater since they first appeared on the electronics hacking scene a few years ago. I had no strong reason for disliking the Pi, but something about it just bugged me. It was…
Burning through my 15 minutes of fame, I was the featured guest on this week’s episode of the RetroMacCast show – listen to the episode. RetroMacCast is a weekly podcast about vintage Macintosh systems, software, and collectibles. Hosts James and…
Watch this video on YouTube I’ve seen many people look at surface mount chips, with their tiny sub-millimeter pin spacing, and assume it’s impossible to hand solder them without special tools and equipment. I used to believe it myself, but…
US Post Office, what are you doing to me? The USPS Click-n-Ship service has always been cumbersome, but it’s the only practical way to mail packages outside the USA via First Class Mail, which is the only way to send…
It’s time for a change. I’ve made a lot of interesting software in my life, and built some fun hardware projects, but none of it was especially useful in the big scheme of things. The past year has seen lots…
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