My friend Brian and I have been messing around with breadboards, Arduinos, and ESP8266 boards quite a bit during the past several months. We learned pretty quickly that it is difficult to keep the various boards you’re working with from...
Read the post →I woke up last week, sat down at my computer, and one of my QNIX QX2710 monitors wouldn’t wake up. It was yet another in a series of small, unlucky happenings that have been occurring here for the last month...
Read the post →I bought my 8” Prusa i3 printer almost a year ago. I had been interested in the idea of owning my own 3D printer ever since the first time I saw a video of the old MakerBot Cupcake in action....
Read the post →I’ve been contemplating the idea of making some changes in my portable and mobile worlds for quite some time. For a long time, I only had a laptop and a cell phone. Life was simple then, and there wasn’t much...
Read the post →I’ve been using wireless mice for most of the last ten years. During most of the time, I used my old Logitech MX900 Bluetooth mouse. The MX900 was a very power-hungry mouse; I had to make sure to put it...
Read the post →Immediately after installing my monitor stand, it was obvious that I needed a good way to hide the cables that were routed out the back. Most people that use these stands wouldn’t see the cables, because they’re sitting directly in...
Read the post →We almost didn’t make it to the Texas Pinball Festival, even though it isn’t much more than 15 miles from here. Do you know why we almost missed it? We didn’t know it existed until the day before the festival...
Read the post →I made a terrible mistake last month. I adjusted my Craft Coffee subscription to an even lighter roast setting, and this was just too light for my espresso machine. One of the three coffees, the one from Quasar Coffee, was...
Read the post →I’m late to the “Bioshock Infinite is now available on Linux” party. I didn’t notice it until a few days ago when Steam popped up a message telling me that 2K Games was having a big sale. I looked at...
Read the post →I had some trouble this month. I adjusted the roast level of my Craft Coffee subscription down one notch from “Medium-Light Roast” to “Light Roast,” and this is pushing things a bit too far for espresso. I still enjoyed some...
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