Project 386 #1: The acquisition and some personal computing history
Last week, via my local Dorkbot mailing list, I acquired a pretty cool-looking late-80s portable computer.
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No fooling!
I’ve been working on my migration from centralized social media to stuff that I can build, manage, and own myself, and the next step in that process is Twitter-like microposts.
New blog engine
In large part to lay some foundation for more ownership of my own content in the style of IndieWeb and Micro.blog, I’ve moved my blog and site engine from Jekyll to Hugo. Jekyll has served me for a long time (since my days of using it at Development Seed and Mapbox) but wasn’t working out for me anymore for a few reasons.
An always-available, online-capable Raspberry Pi in your pocket
These days, I’m building a lot of hardware projects based on the ubiquitous Raspberry Pi mini computer. Especially with the Raspberry Pi Zero W (an even tinier version, with the W denoting the wifi-capable version), you can have one anywhere and can power it from any USB power source.
Space Age hand tools in the Maker Age
tl;dr How I 3D printed a Volkswagen hand tool from a 1960 blueprint, realizing a half-century-old vision of locally-made equipment.