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  • SQLite Adventure

    Nearly a decade ago, @edent published a choose-your-own-adventure game where Twitter was the game engine. This was perfect nerd-sniping bait. How far could you bend a common tool and use it to build a game? How small could a game engine be?

    2023-11-23

  • Bringing a VanMoof X3 or S3 Back to Life – Part 2 – Battery Pack

    This is part 2 of my adventures in bringing our VanMoof X3 back to life. This time I tear down and then manually refresh the lithium ion cells in the bike’s primary battery pack.

    2023-10-13

  • Bringing a VanMoof X3 or S3 Back to Life – Part 1 – Smart Cartridge

    We put our VanMoof X3 in storage over winter and unknowingly let its battery go flat. The smart circuits in the bike then refused to charge these flat batteries. This is part 1 of my adventures in manually refreshing the Lithium-Poly cells and bring the bike back to life.

    2023-09-08

  • Radxa Rock 5B as a Raspberry Pi replacement?

    In early 2023, the Rock 5B from Radxa seemed to poised to take the Raspberry Pi’s crown for the best SBC for Linux desktops. I ordered and managed to sit down and get to grips with it. Immediately, I stumbled in to this devices biggest caveat – powering it on.

    2023-09-01

  • Installing OpenWrt on a Unifi AP AC Lite in 2023

    OpenWrt is a very powerful OS and can be configured to be much more useful and capable than just an access point, but our goal here is just to replace the OS on the Unifi AP AC Lite with OpenWrt, leaving the AP to only handle wireless connectivity to the rest of your network.

    2023-07-25

  • Weeknotes for 9th December 2019 – 15th December 2019

    Fàilte agus tapadh leibh, a charaid! This one’s a little late, but it’s finally here; another #weeknotes report! This week was a different one for me as it was focused on learning rather than building.

    2019-12-21

  • Weeknotes for 2nd December 2019 – 8th December 2019

    In an effort to keep my blogging momentum up, here’s my third consecutive #weeknotes post. As in past weeks, I’ll be rounding up any of the interesting things I’ve been searching for on the internet.

    2019-12-08

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