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The Pinecil soldering iron shown in its packaging

The Pinecil: The $25 Smart Soldering Iron

Not this week but A week

A close up of a eggplant seedling in a pot

A cheap, durable, and flexible indoor greenhouse

A blue-green portion of a cicle behind a black field, a single fuzzy black dot appers on the circle

Synchronicity, Chapter 4: Wake, the doctor

A green plastic laptop shown open on a a desk. The keys are blank.

The piMate 300

The PineTab with keyboard cover and PinePhone on a white desk.

The PineTab: The $99 Linux Tablet

A closeup of the head of the Ender 3 Pro 3D printer

Assembling an Ender 3 Pro 3D Printer

Media roundup reference

A collection of 3D printed objects

Getting into 3D printing and choosing a printer

A closeup of two pieces of wood joining at a dovetail join. The trapezoidal tail is on the top piece.

Dovetailed trays for the toolbox

A blue-green portion of a cicle behind a black field, a single fuzzy black dot appers on the circle

Synchronicity, Chapter 3: Bootloop

A series of pastel keyboard caps on a white desk

The Keyboard Build Part 3: A quiet conclusion

Book Dragon is Reading

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

Book Dragon is reading - Seeds of Earth by Michael Cobley

A blue-green portion of a cicle behind a black field, a single fuzzy black dot appers on the circle

Synchronicity, Chapter 2: 35 hours earlier

Book Dragon is Reading

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

Book Dragon is reading - Dark Empire by Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy, Todd Klein, Jim Baikie, and Lois Buhalis

PinePhone: A real, open source, Linux-compatible smartphone

Book Dragon is Reading

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

Book Dragon is reading - Dark Empire by Tom Veitch, Cam Kennedy, Todd Klein, Jim Baikie, and Lois Buhalis

From fire to rain

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

Is it a trap?

character diary

Cover image for the Ryuutama role-playing game rule book

Lin Hai's Journal - 8

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

Teaching a cat to fish

A close up of a blue handheld game console. The left D-pad and joystick are nearest.

32Blit unboxing and first impressions

character diary

Cover image for the Ryuutama role-playing game rule book

Lin Hai's Journal - 7

A blue-green portion of a cicle behind a black field, a single fuzzy black dot appers on the circle

Synchronicity, Chapter 1: Failure

close image of the nib of a pen, writing elegantly on lined paper

The annual check-in post

A blueprint-esque diagram reading "Gitlab CI + DigitalOcean = Devops Happiness"

Deploying to DigitalOcean k8s from Gitlab.com

A top-down shot of the split keyboard on a white desk. The keyboard has small, purple lights under each key.

The Keyboard Build Part 2: Firmware and keymap

Two halves of a keyboard mid-assembly. Stray keycaps and O-rings are in the foreground

The Keyboard Build Part 1: Research, design, assembly

A wooden toolbox with inset sides, butterfly keys in the front, and wallnut bolsters holding up the inset lid.

Toolbox build #3: If it works, it works

Corporate Culture

An empty chair faces away from a wall of windows showing dawn breaking over and airport

Is your conference policy equitable?

Web Development

Three ways to curate posts in Drupal 8

The handheld pi assembled as a single unit in a cardboard box

Handheld Rasberry Pi, part 2: A cardboard case, Xorg fixes

A wooden panel on a pair of low sawhorses with an orbital sander resting on top

Toolbox build #2: Paths taken, paths not taken

A dry-fit of the major pieces of the boolbox, with tools laid out inside

Toolbox build #1: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

A photo showing the major components of the Handheld Raspberry Pi, screen, battery, and mini keyboard with rainbow buttons

Handheld Raspberry Pi, part 1: If at first you don't succeed

Web Development

Broken backs and body-flounders: Building eschergirls.com