And ST (with similar considerations for node size etc.).
VBA is just there for backward compatibility. The modern alternative is to use JavaScript/TypeScript, which makes such solutions cross platform (including MacOs, web etc.):…
FWIW, this project is entirely digital (audio in: USB, audio out: S/PDIF or I2S). There are other projects for the Pico which implement S/PDIF in. In either case, since it is digital, the quality (or lack of) of the…
A lower cost option is to buy a set of sticker overlays (e.g. similar to the ones you can buy to make it easier to type Korean or Japanese, etc. on a US (or generally, non-native) keyboard). For example (no…
Over 30 years ago, was working on a presentation software that shipped with a bunch of (vector) clip art and remember using the (raster) graphics from the CIA World Factbook as a base to create vector (WMF) versions of…
For folks who are in the area (or might be visiting), the recently opened Interim Computer Museum has quite a collection of vintage systems: https://icm.museum/?faq
Which Seattle library (am assuming you're referring to SPL/Seattle Public Library system) has a maker space? There is no maker space listed at https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/a-z-programs-and-s.... Within…
couple more: Off House (household goods) Garage Off (car stuff) Also: mode off (fashion). See https://www.hardoff.co.jp/shop/brand/offhouse/
Also, in some countries (e.g. Germany) applications explicitly do not track that information (such as how long a documented was edited) for legal reasons related to privacy laws.
[1] “ The Glazer family’s acquisition of Manchester United remains controversial to this day. Their £790m takeover in the summer of 2005 came by way of a leveraged buyout: when a significant amount of borrowed money is…
The Pi 5 does support OTG mode, e.g. see: https://www.foxipex.com/2024/10/26/virtual-keyboard-over-usb...
About PowerToys’ Text Extractor, there’s equivalent functionality in Windows now, from [1]: It's recommended to use the Snipping Tool instead of the Text Extractor for capturing screenshots. [1]…
FWIW, USA buys uranium from Russia, e.g. see: https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2025-06-18/rus...
Adding to the list, DeviceScript, which affords running TypeScript on embedded devices: https://microsoft.github.io/devicescript/intro
If you’re in the mood for an almost unbearably moving one, would recommend Nobody Knows.
The memory in the Cray was external and there are RP2350 boards with 16MB of QSPI flash, here’s one of them: https://www.olimex.com/Products/RaspberryPi/PICO/PICO2-XXL/o...
Early 80s (1982), according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth
Applied Science YT channel has an interesting video showing this at work: Dramatically improve microscope resolution with an LED array and Fourier Ptychography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJLWwbs_cQ
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/overvie.... Note: this is in the context of 'programmatically extending Office/M365', I don't think the OP was referring to COM in general. COM is at the base of…
Am partial to the following vintage video on transmission lines from Tektronix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9m2w4DgeVk
With exceptions, was reading recently an interesting die analysis/estimate of the costs and margins of manufacturing of the AD9361 chip (a 65nm, digital radio transceiver, introduced 12 years ago and still selling at…
From https://octopart.com/search?q=CYW43439¤cy=USD&specs=0. Indeed the lowest price $2.551 from Arrow has a MOQ of 5000 but Newark does have it for a promotional price of $2.73 for quantities as low as 1. It’s not…
The WiFi (& Bluetooth) IC used in the Pi Pico W retails for ~$2.5, and presumably a bit less in volume (considering the Pico W is only $2 more than the base Pi Pico.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_s...
The barcode scanning in the Libib app (an app to keep track of books) seems quite fast, it is quite addictive to just zap the barcodes and see the book data added to the catalog. It seems comparable to the laser based…
And ST (with similar considerations for node size etc.).
VBA is just there for backward compatibility. The modern alternative is to use JavaScript/TypeScript, which makes such solutions cross platform (including MacOs, web etc.):…
FWIW, this project is entirely digital (audio in: USB, audio out: S/PDIF or I2S). There are other projects for the Pico which implement S/PDIF in. In either case, since it is digital, the quality (or lack of) of the…
A lower cost option is to buy a set of sticker overlays (e.g. similar to the ones you can buy to make it easier to type Korean or Japanese, etc. on a US (or generally, non-native) keyboard). For example (no…
Over 30 years ago, was working on a presentation software that shipped with a bunch of (vector) clip art and remember using the (raster) graphics from the CIA World Factbook as a base to create vector (WMF) versions of…
For folks who are in the area (or might be visiting), the recently opened Interim Computer Museum has quite a collection of vintage systems: https://icm.museum/?faq
Which Seattle library (am assuming you're referring to SPL/Seattle Public Library system) has a maker space? There is no maker space listed at https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/a-z-programs-and-s.... Within…
couple more: Off House (household goods) Garage Off (car stuff) Also: mode off (fashion). See https://www.hardoff.co.jp/shop/brand/offhouse/
Also, in some countries (e.g. Germany) applications explicitly do not track that information (such as how long a documented was edited) for legal reasons related to privacy laws.
[1] “ The Glazer family’s acquisition of Manchester United remains controversial to this day. Their £790m takeover in the summer of 2005 came by way of a leveraged buyout: when a significant amount of borrowed money is…
The Pi 5 does support OTG mode, e.g. see: https://www.foxipex.com/2024/10/26/virtual-keyboard-over-usb...
About PowerToys’ Text Extractor, there’s equivalent functionality in Windows now, from [1]: It's recommended to use the Snipping Tool instead of the Text Extractor for capturing screenshots. [1]…
FWIW, USA buys uranium from Russia, e.g. see: https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2025-06-18/rus...
Adding to the list, DeviceScript, which affords running TypeScript on embedded devices: https://microsoft.github.io/devicescript/intro
If you’re in the mood for an almost unbearably moving one, would recommend Nobody Knows.
The memory in the Cray was external and there are RP2350 boards with 16MB of QSPI flash, here’s one of them: https://www.olimex.com/Products/RaspberryPi/PICO/PICO2-XXL/o...
Early 80s (1982), according to Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Automatic_Mouth
Applied Science YT channel has an interesting video showing this at work: Dramatically improve microscope resolution with an LED array and Fourier Ptychography https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KJLWwbs_cQ
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/overvie.... Note: this is in the context of 'programmatically extending Office/M365', I don't think the OP was referring to COM in general. COM is at the base of…
Am partial to the following vintage video on transmission lines from Tektronix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9m2w4DgeVk
With exceptions, was reading recently an interesting die analysis/estimate of the costs and margins of manufacturing of the AD9361 chip (a 65nm, digital radio transceiver, introduced 12 years ago and still selling at…
From https://octopart.com/search?q=CYW43439¤cy=USD&specs=0. Indeed the lowest price $2.551 from Arrow has a MOQ of 5000 but Newark does have it for a promotional price of $2.73 for quantities as low as 1. It’s not…
The WiFi (& Bluetooth) IC used in the Pi Pico W retails for ~$2.5, and presumably a bit less in volume (considering the Pico W is only $2 more than the base Pi Pico.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_s...
The barcode scanning in the Libib app (an app to keep track of books) seems quite fast, it is quite addictive to just zap the barcodes and see the book data added to the catalog. It seems comparable to the laser based…