An ESP32 retro pixel clock that earns its parts list
The makerspace corner of the internet has not gotten tired of putting clock faces on things that do not need them, and that is mostly fine. Some of those projects are honest…
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Where Windows 11 hides its per-event sound picker dialog
Windows 11 is louder than most people want it to be. The default event sounds are fine for a fresh install, and they get old fast. There is also a wider problem…
ani-cli streams anime from your Linux terminal, with caveats
There is a small category of Linux tools that exist because someone got tired of opening ten browser tabs to do one thing. ani-cli is one of those tools. It is a…
How to actually measure your CDN from the Linux command line
A fast load time on the laptop you happen to be sitting in front of is not evidence that your content delivery network (CDN) is working for the rest of the planet.…
Seven free climate and weather data tools I have used
Climate science runs on data. A single weather station records temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed every minute. A satellite records dozens of channels across the electromagnetic spectrum, every few seconds, for…
Patch a mixed Linux fleet: what keeps slipping and how to see it
Patching a single Linux machine is the easy part. You run its package manager (the tool that installs, updates, and removes software on a Linux system), reboot if the kernel changed, and…
Sixteen free Linux screenshot tools I keep coming back to
The first thing I install on a fresh Linux box is something to take screenshots with. Not because I write about software for a living, although that is part of it, but…
iQOO Z11 is the mid-range phone most buyers will actually like
I have been testing the iQOO Z11 for two weeks. The headline number is Rs 34,999 for the base 6 GB / 128 GB model, and that price is the entire reason…
RPM 6.1 closes files smarter and ends a lock fight on busy servers
Most RPM releases that matter get loud coverage: a new feature flag, a rewritten backend, a deprecation everyone plans around. RPM 6.1 is the quiet kind, the kind where the changelog reads…
Meloville puts Bluetooth headphone controls at the center of design
Linux desktop music players have not changed much in ten years. A few Electron monsters that eat RAM, a few minimalist tools that ignore the desktop, and a long tail of older…