Do flights normally provide free drinking water? I am under the impression that passengers must buy bottled water in flight if they want to drink.
Temptation, I smite thee!
Seriously though, it's only a day ago I bought a new watch and I am already looking at Baby-G listing. I really need to control myself. 🥴
Oh I'm jealous! Too bad my wrist is too small for G-Shock.
I was looking for an alternative for Casio F-91W and this model came up. Good thing I chose this too, because larger models will appear comical on my wrist.
I just gotta say that's a really great comeback 😂
A 74xx-defined Radio
Video Appetizer TLDR I built a shortwave radio receiver from scratch using only cheap and easily available components, i.e. standard transistors, op-amps and 74xx logic chips. No typical radio part…
A shortwave radio receiver from scratch using only cheap and easily available components, i.e. standard transistors, op-amps and 74xx logic chips. No typical radio parts – no coils, no variable capacitors, no exotic diodes.
Add Video Output Port and SATA Port to an Old Firewall
Not my post/video. Link to mastodon.social post which then links to YouTube video.
Poster bought an old firewall hardware:
- saw unpopulated footprints on the circuit board,
- analyzed the chips,
- found the serial comm to access BIOS (blocked by password),
- dumped the SPI flash memory,
- obtained supervisor password,
- accessed the BIOS from serial comm,
- enabled the video display in BIOS,
- soldered the HDMI port,
- soldered the SATA power and data ports and the associated components,
- connected a SATA SSD,
- checked that the SSD is being recognized in BIOS,
- made modifications to firewall circuit board to mechanically secure the SSD, and to face plate to facilitate the HDMI port,
- installed FreeDOS and used it as a retro gaming PC.
Released in November 2001, the original Xbox was Microsoft’s first venture into the game console industry. With its hardware closely resembling a cheap but v...
Using Intel CPU JTAG to dump the secret bootrom in Microsoft's original Xbox. Disclaimer: not my blog.
USB-PD is a pretty cool part of USB-C – tons of voltages and powers to choose from mean compatibility with a huge range of devices, and for supplies that support Programmable Power Supply (PP…
Blog not mine. I'm just sharing.
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