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That's the crackle generator
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 AM
That's the crackle generator
These look like lovely micro grabbers. Where did you find them?
January 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
These look like lovely micro grabbers. Where did you find them?
Would have loved to attend this. Knock 'em dead (don't actually kill anyone, resist the temptation to go to high voltage logic levels)
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Would have loved to attend this. Knock 'em dead (don't actually kill anyone, resist the temptation to go to high voltage logic levels)
Anything with a front mounted brightness or contrast pot, I test the pot first before anything else. Once I had the rear sub-bright pot (concealed inside an access hole) break on an NEC monitor - that took me a few sessions to find
January 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Anything with a front mounted brightness or contrast pot, I test the pot first before anything else. Once I had the rear sub-bright pot (concealed inside an access hole) break on an NEC monitor - that took me a few sessions to find
Oh maybe I can finally figure out what game is burned into my cabinet.
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Oh maybe I can finally figure out what game is burned into my cabinet.
Should have taped a curvy line
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Should have taped a curvy line
It's the Holdborn 9100 now
January 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It's the Holdborn 9100 now
Shaking paint is boring! Especially those little jars of model stuff
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Shaking paint is boring! Especially those little jars of model stuff
Need to make one that shakes paint cans for you.
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Need to make one that shakes paint cans for you.
It would be cool to just make it a little raspberry pi doodad that plops it on an SD card.
January 2, 2026 at 12:10 AM
It would be cool to just make it a little raspberry pi doodad that plops it on an SD card.
I've got one myself that I'd like some photos off of. Would an adapter PCB that takes an off the shelf Apple serial cable be easier/more resilient?
January 1, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I've got one myself that I'd like some photos off of. Would an adapter PCB that takes an off the shelf Apple serial cable be easier/more resilient?
Happy birthday! That bird rocks
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Happy birthday! That bird rocks
I didn't cover it in the article, but it turns out the problem was that the port labels on the back are all gone. I was plugging my mouse into the sound box output - plugging it into the keyboard mouse port made it work! Thanks for reading
December 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I didn't cover it in the article, but it turns out the problem was that the port labels on the back are all gone. I was plugging my mouse into the sound box output - plugging it into the keyboard mouse port made it work! Thanks for reading
Our KE-Jet Audi wouldn't *warm* start but it was fine in the cold
December 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Our KE-Jet Audi wouldn't *warm* start but it was fine in the cold
Time to try the flashlight trick?
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Time to try the flashlight trick?
They took the mermaids out because of PETC (the C stands for cryptids.) also they're really expensive
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They took the mermaids out because of PETC (the C stands for cryptids.) also they're really expensive
This is a good idea! I bet these things take a ton of filament to print.
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This is a good idea! I bet these things take a ton of filament to print.
You may not believe in Big Quebec, but Big Quebec believes in you
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
You may not believe in Big Quebec, but Big Quebec believes in you