14+ hour, 25+ min ago  (36+ words) So you happen to have a gramaphone-- maybe a big old Victrola/HMV, perhaps a Columbia-- regardless of brand, it's a big, beautiful conversation peice for your living room. It might not be the most pra. .....

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (32+ words) When [Joel] and his partner got married, they had a goal to create a home with a healthy relationship to technology, which largely means avoiding smartphone use. Smartphones aren't without their benef. .....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (218+ words) [caption id="attachment_903116" align="alignright" width="400"] Internals of the 1900 Evershed & Vignoles Ltd 1 ohm resistance standard. (Credit: Three-phase, You Tube)[/caption] Resistance standa. .. Internals of the 1900 Evershed & Vignoles Ltd 1 ohm resistance standard (Credit: Three-phase, You Tube) Resistance standards are incredibly useful, but…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (742+ words) Thanks Chat GPT, still I don't have a clue what are H-mode and L-modes though. Anyway, I'm sure that in 10 to 30 years from now we'll have cheap fusion energry, as promised in early 1990s pop sci articles. always ten years away…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (374+ words) [A drone is shown hovering in the sky, with two bright lights shining from its underside.]Tagging wildlife is never straightforward in the best of times, but it becomes a great deal more complicated when you're trying to track flying…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago  (282+ words) Spectravideo is not exactly the most well-known microcomputer company, but they were nevertheless somewhat active in the US market from 1981 to 1988. Their computers still have a fanbase of "read more Spectravideo is not exactly the most well-known microcomputer company, but…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (297+ words) Wi Fi is an excellent protocol, but it certainly has its weaknesses. Its range in even a normal home is relatively limited, so you could imagine the sort of performance you'd expect through the hundred meters of dense woodland that…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (318+ words) Have you ever been out and about and needed to make a check against INT, WIS or CON but not had a die handy? Sure, you could use an app "read more Have you ever been out and about and…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (200+ words) There are few computing collapses more spectacular than the downfall of Commodore, but its rise as a home computer powerhouse in the early 80s was equally impressive. Driven initially by the VIC-20, this was the first home computer model to sell over…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (275+ words) [Paul Maine] was experimenting with GNU Radio and an RTL-SDR dongle. He created an SSB receiver and, lucky for us, he documented it all in a video you can see below. He walks through how to generate SSB, too. If…...