Hack • Work • Play

I have an old Dell XPS 15 9560 I got way back in 2017 that I haven’t been using much because I’m unable to open the lid without the left hinge disassembling itself. ...

I joined a hackster.io challenge called Challenge Climate Change and won some free hardware. ...

I’ve been running an i7 3770 (purchased in 2013 from a colleague) as my NAS using unRAID. Since it’s unRAID, I’m not limited to just using it as a NAS but also as a torrent client (for downloading linux distros of course), plex media server, and various dockers for postgres and mysql databases, calibre, syncthing, etc. ...

The You tube algorithm decided to show me some ESP32 Cam videos and I remembered I had a couple in storage. So I thought, why not try it out again and refresh my experience with it? ...

I accidentally lifted some of the pads off of my Ebyte nrf52832 bare module and that means I won’t be able to use it as a development and test board anymore. ...

It’s been a while, and I was thinking of revisiting the ATTiny85 chips which I bought a number of back when it was the “in” thing as far as Arduino replacements were concerned. ...

I had a spare nrf52832 UART module lying around and since the lockdown happened, I’ve been itching to do something with it. So why not a presentation clicker to prepare for when I get to do in-person meetups again? ...

I’ll get a more comprehensive article up shortly, but I’ve been benchmarking the NH57AF1 in Windows and it’s turning out pretty good! ...

TLDR; Ubuntu runs great on the 3900X + nVidia GTX 2070 combo, but you need to make a few tweaks to the installation process as well as do some quality of life fixes post-installation. ...

TLDR; With a tool-less design, one can easily replace both the RAM and the SSD without the need of a screw driver. Unlike the Mac Mini 2018, the RAM and the SSD are considered as CRU (Customer Replaceable Units) and all instructions are found in the manual. ...