RetroPlayer – Bringing the Sound of My Youth to iOS

Some projects aren't just about building software—they're about preserving memories, honoring the past, and sharing what shaped you. RetroPlayer is one of those projects for me. Growing up in the 1980s, I spent countless hours in front of a Commodore 64, and later an Amiga, absolutely mesmerized by what these machines could do. The graphics were captivating, the games were endlessly replayable, but what truly captured my imagination was the sound. The SID chip in the C64—with its distinctive three voices—could produce music that seemed impossible for such simple hardware. Composers like Martin Galway, Rob Hubbard, and Ben Daglish weren't...

JavaScript + CSS 3D Wheel of Fortune

Build a fully 3D Wheel of Fortune using nothing but HTML, CSS and JavaScript, with pure geometry and a few clever transforms. Watch it spin in real 3D and see how a handful of divs can create a smooth, random wheel animation.

Еще один самодельный компьютер. Coolsystem — Часть 1

Сегодня мы будем делать еще один восьмибитный компьютер. Да, я еще не наигрался со всеми этими штуками.

Coolsystem - идея компьютера, сочетающего в себе идеи о защищенной среде выполнения (причем в очень-очень специфичном варианте) и способного запускать готовый софт для восьмибитных персоналок 80-х годов. Также он может использоваться для изучения основ схемотехники, своего рода учебный компьютер.

Ken Thompson tells a story

2024 interview, posted this October, quite a few interesting thoughts about Open Source in it:
https://invidious.privacyredirect.com/watch?v=OmVHkL0IWk4

IoT in Python For Beginners: Addressable LEDs

Turn Your Raspberry Pi Into a Rainbow

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What's up with FUTO?

Some time ago, I noticed some new organization called FUTO popping up here and there. I’m always interested in seeing new organizations that fund open source popping up, and seeing as they claim several notable projects on their roster, I explored their website with interest and gratitude. I was first confused, and then annoyed by what I found. Confused, because their website is littered with bizzare manifestos,1 and ultimately annoyed because they were playing fast and loose with the term “open source”, using it to describe commercial source-available software.

FUTO eventually clarified their stance on “open source”, first through satire and then somewhat more soberly, perpetuating the self-serving myth that...

Photo Walk: 5 “Radioactive” Places in Paris Worthy Of Visiting

Let’s Combine Science, Fun, and History

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Connecting an Airthings Radon Detector to Home Assistant with Python and MQTT

Adding a Radon Detection to your Smart Home

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Cloudflare bankrolls fascists

US politics has been pretty fascist lately. The state is filling up concentration camps, engaging in mass state violence against people on the basis of racialized traits, deporting them to random countries without any respect for habeas corpus, exerting state pressure on the free press to censor speech critical of the current administration, and Trump is openly floating the idea of an unconstitutional third term.

Fascism is clearly on the rise, and they’re winning more and more power. None of this is far removed from us in the FOSS community – there are a number of fascists working in FOSS, same as the rest of society. I don’t...

Atomic Distros

Hey, does anyone here have strong opinions or real experience with atomic distributions, like Fedora Silverblue? I am considering it for a professional laptop, where I want to avoid components breaking so the immutability and containerization is something that sounds good. And I have come to terms with GNOME, so that is not an issue for me at least. What I worry about is, e.g. with Fedora Silverblue, that my previous experience with regular Fedora always degraded after an upgrade or two, and I don't know if this is something that Silverblue can help me here.