Month: January 2022

I almost scheduled this post for 2021/01/02.

• Zolatron 64 – first PCBs.  I like that while the common market for processors is unfortunately only Intel or Apple, small-scale new platforms have become possible on a relatively trivial budget.  (via)
• Make ping audible.  Turn up the volume and you can tell when you plug in the correct cable in another room.
• Sustainable creativity in a world without copyright.  I am sympathetic but it confuses work-for-hire terms with copyright.
• Welcoming Recorded Music to the Public Domain.  Speaking of copyright…
• 50 Years of Text Games: 2019: A.I. Dungeon.  The penultimate chapter.
• Monitoring the vintage server room (and reverse-engineering USB sensors).  I need to set up some temperature sensors too.
• Embarrassing product names created: Windows CE.
• Introduction to the Sam Text Editor.  Your non-Emacs/non-vi link of the day.  (via)
• Software can just never be done it seems.
• mkrl/misbrands: The world’s most hated IT stickers.  The original misconception, 20 years old.  I hate this, I love this.  (via)
• A followup:  I went back to the Ether device I linked a few weeks ago; it seems worth buying just because it’s so different.  Following links to stores that sell it took me down a rabbit hole of analog interfaces on audio equipment.  Note that every store “sells” with a shot of the dials, cause it’s so fun to see.