A VT-102 serial terminal scale model incorporating an ESP32 emulating a PDP11.

A VT-102 serial terminal scale model incorporating an ESP32 emulating a PDP11.

Ikea sometimes has nice stuff; some more useful than others. The Frekvens line of things blinks nicely, but that's about it. The LED box has some nice hardware in it to play with, though.

Ikea sometimes has nice stuff; some more useful than others. The Frekvens line of things blinks nicely, but that's about it. The LED box has some nice hardware in it to play with, though.

Hacking a modern inkjet printer cartridge for free-style printing shenanigans. Shenanigans, I tells ya!

Hacking a modern inkjet printer cartridge for free-style printing shenanigans. Shenanigans, I tells ya!

A Macintosh Plus, like Apple used to make, but in a size that sits in the palm of your hand.

A Macintosh Plus, like Apple used to make, but in a size that sits in the palm of your hand.

Adding WiFi functionality to a Fluke 15B+

Adding WiFi functionality to a Fluke 15B+

I got a bunch of nice VFDs, but they were burned-in and had limited controllers. This is how I managed to make one into a pretty display.

Xkcd did a comic about the Tamagotchi Singularity. I decided that concept needed implementing.

Dekatrons are ancient display devices. I got one for free. Only one thing to do: hook it up to the Internet!

My old Vectrex multicart kicked the bucket. Let's make a new one, more powerful than any other.

I wanted to have some dynamically changing information on a whiteboard, so I built a device that displays data from the Internet on an E-ink screen.