Bitcoin Pizza Day: How 2 Pizzas Revolutionized the Crypto World
In 2010, Florida resident Laszlo Hanyecz received 2 pizzas from fellow Bitcoin enthusiast Jeremy Sturdivant in exchange for 10,000 Bitcoin (BTC). At...
Let’s Play KiCad 7: Installing Plugins (Part 1)
Previously, Part 0 showed what makes KiCad 7 such a versatile electronic design automation (EDA) tool. Today, Part 1 will introduce the...
Let’s Play KiCad 7: Why KiCad? (Part 0)
How many people can you name who create their own circuit boards? Circuit board design is a rare and valuable skill, even...
PinePhone Unboxing: 200 Days Later
Months ago, this blog featured a Linux-friendly smartphone: Pine64’s PinePhone beta edition. At the time, it was using the default Linux distribution:...
The One Way ChatGPT Never Responded
Last week, I shared a few revealing questions that I think showed the true flexibility of the latest ChatGPT model. ChatGPT’s creators...
First Unboxing Tomorrow Newsletter
I’m pleased to announce I have launched the Unboxing newsletter for electronics and robotics enthusiasts! As this blog approaches its four-year anniversary,...
Manjaro Arm Lock Screen Fix
Manjaro Arm and KDE Plasma Mobile are Linux projects aimed at bringing security, configurability, and open-source software to mobile platforms. The notion...
PinePhone Unboxing: 100 Days Later
The Linux-powered PinePhone is an alternative to other smartphone brands that have cornered the market. The project, led by PINE64 focuses on...
Seven Revealing Replies from ChatGPT
A new chatbot named ChatGPT has caught the engineering community including myself off-guard. While artificial intelligence is a bit outside my specialization...
Metric System Anomalies In Engineering and Tech
The International System of units (SI) defined many ways to express measurements in print. Yet, hardware developers should be ready to encounter...
