I don’t have the time, space, or money to build a droid and keep it running, but I love reading about the folks who do.
Category Archives: Gadgets & Gear
Southside Battletrain exemplifies May Day joy, south Minneapolis and the absurd
I love these guys. They seem to have a lot of fun crafting their machines. We used to catch them at the Maker Faires they used to hold at the state fairgrounds.
Nice to see them still doing the work.
Almost All Ice Cream Truck Music Is Controlled By One Company
From the “Things You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know” Department
One Man’s Fight to Preserve Pakistan’s Perfect Cooking Pot
The story of the gorkon, and the work to keep it a going concern.
The origin story of Leatherman’s “pocket survival tool”
The origin story of Leatherman’s “pocket survival tool”. Also, Conor Knighton continues to have the best gig.
Raspberry Pi Connect
You can remote to your Raspberry Pi now. Which is cool.
Too bad they have been hard to find since the pandemic. Newest I have is a Pi 3, which this won’t work on.
5 Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab
Now that the 5 series is out, maybe I can actually find one of these and get some stuff done on this list.
Tested: How the BB-8 Sphero Toy Works – Tested
How your Sphero BB-8 rolls. You’ve got one, right?
Introducing Kids to Repair: It’s Easier than You Think | iFixit
Not so sure that having my kid hanging with Confederates is good parenting, but I like the conversation about learning to repair things.