Heads up #AU #hardware#IoT hackers: soldering stations on sale under $50 at Rockby this week: https://www.rockby.com.au/Rockby/Mailer/WEEK3025_1.cfm
ETA: whoops, FHoDed the server
ETFA: Duct tape on sale too if that's your kink
Is it just me, or is it impossible to get a decent vertical mouse?
I've owned a couple of the cheap ones, and the scroll wheels failed after ~6 months. Splurged on a Logitech Lift, and the scroll wheel still works great over a year later - but the left click switch is failing (I can hear/feel it click, but it drops the input 10% of the time).
Anyone out there have any suggestions? Has to be a vertical mouse due to accumulated damage from 30+ years of using "flat" mice. I don't need any bells and whistles (extra buttons, trackball, joystick, etc) but I won't complain if they're present. I use a mouse 10+ hours a day, so durability is important!
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Not sure if their software is Free Code. But You might find this relevant to your work on SX design @smallcircles.
Have you ever thought to yourself "wow, I have these (CPUID|MIDR|marchid) values and have no idea what they mean"?
Now there's a Rust library to solve your weirdly specific problem!
Introducing #libcpuname, a Rust crate with no dependencies that can translate between those values and the name of the referred-to vendor, chip, and core!
Currently supports x86, ARM, and RISC-V lookups.
Add it to your project now: https://crates.io/crates/libcpuname
(first crate please be nice)
Shop keeper Phyllis used her computer system to automate book keeping, taking the time to prepare from five hours to five minutes.
Having learned the system down to hardware level, Phyllis is now building an electronics kit. Her aim? Build a computer herself; Or as we called it an “electronic gadget”.
What Phyllis doesn’t say is she was a maths graduate from University and “#Cypher Clerk” in “Hut 5” at #BletchleyPark during the war.
The”Official Secrets Act” was in force in 1983 😂🤣☺️
#UK / WW2 / #computing / #bombe / #SigInt / #accounts / #hardware #kits / #Commodore / #PET / #RetroComputing
“Meet the COMPUTER ADDICTS”
Chris was living his #RetroComputer life back in 1983. It was foretold 😂🤣☺️
#BBC / #computing #work / #hardware / #VideoGames / #Commodore / #PET 1983 <https://youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI
heise übernimmt Hardware-Shop Mindfactory: Bundeskartellamt gibt grünes Licht
Das Bundeskartellamt stimmt der Übernahme von Mindfactory zu. Gute Nachrichten gibt es für Kunden im Vorfeld der Insolvenz.
My latest blog post: Reverse Engineering a Broken Night Light - Part 1 - Tear Down
https://mikecoats.com/night-light-part-1/
We bought our first Night Light when our daughter was born; within 3 years, it and its replacement had broken. Let's tear it down, reverse-engineer what's left, and build it back up with some extra 'smart' features.
One minor travel annoyance I’ve regularly encountered is that airplane outlets don’t hold U.S.-style power plugs (types A/B) snugly. My devices come unplugged frequently during a flight.
While taking a couple trips to Europe this past year, I noticed that airplane outlets are international and found that type C/E/F plugs (used in a number of European countries and beyond) fit more snugly and hold for the entire flight.
https://chromamine.com/2025/07/using-european-adapters-for-loose-airplane-outlets/
I got yet another Mac. It's a Macbook Air 13" from 2012, got it for $120. I love these old Intel Macs. Obviously the old MacOS was deleted to make space for an updated Linux Mint. Everything worked great, except the b43 wifi driver, which made the laptop not to wake up from sleep. I blacklisted 2-3 drivers it was pulling along with it, and I now use a tiny wifi dongle with great success. Overall, very happy.
#apple #macbook #macos #linux #opensource #mint #linuxmint #foss #hardware #macbookair
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