For some reason, people are really into tiny arcade machines that basically require you to ruin your hands and eyes in order to play on them. That said, unlike the fifty gazillion ‘retro ...

Some people slander retrocomputing as an old man’s game, just because most of those involved are more ancient than the ...

Humans have forever been using all manner of techniques to better secure the food we need to sustain our lives. The practice ...

Do you ever look at the news, and wonder about the process behind the news cycle? I did, and for the last couple of decades ...

If you are a certain age, you probably remember the ads and publicity around Chisanbop — the supposed ancient art of Korean ...

Jonathan chats with Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss about KDE’s eco initiative and the End of 10 campaign! Is Open Source really a ...

Anthropic has had an eventful couple weeks, and we have two separate write-ups to cover. The first is a vulnerability in the ...

It should probably come as no surprise to anyone that the images which we look at every day – whether printed or on a display – are simply illusions. That cat picture isn’t ...

The volume slider on our virtual desktops is a skeuomorphic callback to the volume sliders on professional audio equipment on ...

Many people who get analog electronics still struggle a bit to design oscillators. Even common simulators often need a trick ...

Our hacker [John Duffy] wrote in to let us know about a video he put together to explain the design of his open-source multimeter, the HydraMeter. If you’re interested in how the circuitry ...

Ryan] purchased a large fume extractor designed to sit on the floor below the work area and pull solder fumes down into its ...