A tale of two-ish keyboards

A month or so ago I came across a video about someone building their own keyboard. I was sort of fascinated by the project because I'd noticed how my hands became contorted whenever I needed to type. My dad had owned an Apple ergonomic keyboard when was a teenager, and I'd used it lots of times while I was playing my way through Myst. I didn't ever really [...]

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I guess I’m a Mac User… again

At the beginning of November, I got a larger SSD and having grown tired of my 12-year-old MacBook Pro, I decided to take a leap and see if I could live with Linux. After just [...]

Holiday Lights snowball!

As I mentioned previously, I have been getting more interested in creating props for my light shows. Part of that is because owning a 3D Printer allows me to experiment with [...]

Fixing our Macs

We have several old Macs in the house. Although I am eager to replace them with modern Apple Silicon based systems, they're still very usable computers. Or at least they [...]

I’m a Linux user now, I guess

My MacBook Pro is pretty old. A mid-2014 13" i7. It's been showing its age for a while. I've wanted a new computer, but I haven't really needed one. I spend my working day [...]

Cuckoo Clock!

I've had a mild interest in Cuckoo clocks for as long as I can remember. Any kind of automata has captured my attention since I was kid. We haven't ever owned one, but I'm [...]

My favorite thing about 3D Printing – pt 2

A few days ago I found my kid's headphones on the floor - the right earphone was dangling awkwardly away from the headband. It got stepped on, or dropped, or something like [...]

Projects!

Last year when I was working on the MacSAO, I was writing everything up at Hackaday.io. It's a great platform, and let me share the project with a lot of people. I really [...]

A house made of sweets

There's a video produced by Tasty from several years ago featuring making gingerbread houses. I watch it every year because I enjoy their videos and the Christmas music makes [...]

Christmas Lights Snowflake Prop!

A few years back as I was starting to build out my Holiday light setup, I remember watching a video where the host said "3D printing is what really takes this hobby to the [...]

The Macintosh SAO

I attended the 2024 Hackaday Supercon conference this year. I wanted to take something special to share. So I made a little electronics badge that acts a little like an [...]