VCF East And Maker Faire Make For A Busy Weekend

For those of us with an interest in hacking and making, events where we can meet up with like minded folks and check out the projects they’re working on don’t …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 868: Remove The Noodles

This week Jonathan chats with Johannes Millan about Super Productivity and Parallel Code! Those are two very different projects, but both aiming for helping us get our work done. Super …read more

AI For The Skeptics: The Universal Function For Some Things Only

It’s a phrase we use a lot in our community, “Drink the Kool-Aid”, meaning becoming unreasonably infatuated with a dubious idea, technology, or company. It has its origins in 1960s …read more

What Have We Dumped On The Moon?

If you read a headline that signs of intelligent life were found on the moon, you might suspect a hoax. But they are there! Humans have dumped a lot of …read more

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

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A Sail And Oar Skiff Built From Common Lumber

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By Bryan Cockfield | April 26, 2026

For those first venturing into sailing, it can be overwhelming since the experience is thick with jargon and skills that don’t often show up in life ashore. With endless choices, …read more
Freeze Moving Tools With A Stroboscopic Camera

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By Aaron Beckendorf | April 26, 2026

If you take a video of a spinning wheel, you’ll probably notice that the spokes appear to turn more slowly than the wheel is actually rotating, and sometimes in the …read more
2026 Green Powered Challenge: A Portable Solar Panel, Made Better

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By Jenny List | April 26, 2026

Many of us will have seen the portable solar panels offered on our favourite online purveyors of electronics, but some who have bought them remain unimpressed with their performance. [t.oster92] …read more
Dyson Vacuums And The Curse Of Cooked Capacitors

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By Maya Posch | April 26, 2026

It seems to be becoming a bit of a theme that consumer electronics are dying not due to some critical fault, but due to Cooked Capacitor Syndrome (CCS). Case in …read more
Building An IBM PCjr BIOS From Source Using Original Printed Source Code

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By Maya Posch | April 26, 2026

As unloved as IBM’s PCjr was, with only a one-year production run, it’s hard to complain about the documentation available for it. This includes the x86 assembly listing for the …read more
The Arduino UNO, Basically

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By Al Williams | April 26, 2026

If you miss the days when you used Basic on your classic computer or wrote embedded software with a Basic Stamp, then maybe dust off your Arduino UNO or any …read more
Slicer Settings For “Indestructible” Battle-Bot Worthy PLA Parts

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By Tyler August | April 25, 2026

If you follow [Maker’s Muse] on YouTube, you know he’s as passionate about robot fights these days as he is about the tools he uses to make the robots. Luckily …read more

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