Tag: hardware
Colorado Sees First Lawsuit Under ‘Right To Repair’ Law
At this point all fifty states have considered passing "right to repair" law aimed at making it easier and cheaper for consumers (and independent repair shops) to repair their tech. That said, only Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, California, Oregon, and Washington have actually passed laws. And of those states, none have seen any...
Monitor Makers Start Pummeling Owners With Annoying Ads, ‘Smart’ Spyware
Initially the idea of the "smart television" seemed like a good idea. That is until TV makers realized they could make significantly more money loading the television with spyware, tracking your every online choice, then selling all that data to a global assortment of unregulated data brokers.It didn't take long for product quality to sag...
‘Right To Repair’ State Laws Continue To Surge, But Enforcement Remains Nonexistent
There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own. All fifty states have at least flirted with the idea, though only Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, California, Oregon, and Washington have actually...
Trump’s Bumbling, Racist Anti-China Protectionism Extends To Data Centers
The Trump administration's anti-Chinese protectionism is routinely a disastrous, xenophobic mess that mostly just injects chaos, cronyism, and higher prices into U.S. tech markets under the pretense of protecting privacy and national security. All propped up by bumbling Democrats and a corporate press incapable of highlighting that the emperor is buck-ass naked. Four years of...
Simpler technology for a peaceful life
Everything is always competing for our attention, maybe focusing on one thing at the time could be a good start.
Building a networked photo frame
In my quest to get better with electronics and hardware projects, I recently decided I wanted to build my own "digital picture frame" project as gifts for my grandparents. I know these things can be bought pretty cheaply, but who knows where your family is uploading their photos to and who has access to the hardware in the picture frames. Plus it seemed like a perfectly scoped project to handle myself over the course of a few weekends and evenings.
Trump FCC Hilariously Bungles Chinese ‘Drone Ban’
Earlier this week we noted how the Trump administration's unpopular ban on Chinese drones had become a crony capitalist mess, with Brendan Carr and his FCC struggling to fine or ban companies for violations. The ban is a stupid, protectionist mess that has far more to do with coddling the president's sons' drone investments than...
The Joy of Hardware
Julia Child has nothing on me
Building for fun
Building a gadget or a toy can feel a bit like coming up with a joke.
R&D for the alarm clock that shocks you
In 2017, I worked with a team of 3 User Experience Designers to research and design an onboarding flow for an experience that could be rather ...alarming.
Using a split keyboard secondary spacebar as a function key
today iain learned: How to map a split keyboard secondary spacebar as a function key when held down
HODLing gear in 2026
Em defesa dos navegadores em consoles de videogame
ThinkBook 14 G8+ 21VG
New laptop after 6 years and it doesn't disappoint
Enable browser access to keyboard firmware on Linux
today iain learned: How to enable browser access to a keyboard's QMK firmware on Linux, via the USB HID interface and udev rules
Badger Badger Badger
A short write up about what Bailey had around his neck at #AtmosphereConf 2026
Replacing a Rabbit's Brain: Connecting the R1 to Hermes
I replaced the OpenClaw agent on my R1 with Hermes, running locally on a MacBook Pro.
Replacing a Rabbit's Brain: Connecting the R1 to Hermes
I replaced the OpenClaw agent on my R1 with Hermes, running locally on a MacBook Pro.
OpenClaw and the Rabbit R1
I got my Rabbit R1 talking to my Pinata-hosted agent. The agent did most of the work.
OpenClaw and the Rabbit R1
I got my Rabbit R1 talking to my Pinata-hosted agent. The agent did most of the work.
Apple Discontinues the Mac Pro
...tumbleweed...
waving goodbye to windows - part 1
Okay, so the title might be a little misleading. I waved goodbye to Windows in favor of Linux (obligatory "I use Arch, btw") some time ago. Given that my personal laptop's hardware was of the 2016 era, I just couldn't run Windows very well any longer. Not that I wanted to anyway. I opted for an Arch-based distribution called CachyOS, set it up once, and didn't fiddle with it at all. It worked great! But as the aging hardware continued to cause problems, it became apparent that it was time to mov...