A Single-Serving Pack of ’70s Japanese Vacuum Tubes
Article on building a clock with vintage japanese LD8035 vacuum fluorescent displays
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Retired 20-Year-Old Flip-Dot Display Rejoins the Workforce
Article on repurposing a flip dot display from an old German bus
Reversing and Repurposing a Cool, Affordable VFD Clock
Article on reverse engineering a cool VFD clock and reusing its display
Baby’s First Sheet Metal Fabrication
Experimenting with bend sheet metal fabrication for electronics project enclosures.
The Moka Lamp
A lamp in the form of a coffee pot.
I Made Myself a Watch
A wristwatch from scratch.
A Nerd and a Raspberry Pi Walk Into a Bar
A blog post on building a camera that automatically takes photos of the tap menu at my friend's bar.
A Flexible LED Matrix Lamp
A blog post on making a table lamp using flexible LED matrices with ESPHome and Home Assistant.
Making a Retro-Style Home Control Panel
A blog post on making an ESPHome-powered home control panel out of an aluminum printed circuit board
USB Power Delivery for Makers
A blog post on USB Power Delivery (USB-PD) and building a GIMME DANGER!!, an ESPHome-powered, USB-PD trigger board