Microsoft needs to be taken down a peg or two thousand

Windows Software Rant

Wed., 14th Jun, 2023

I am once again calling for government intervention because the free market is a lie (Microsoft is being more monopolistic with Edge than they ever were before) Read More

Bypassing a bone-headed battery block

Windows ThinkPad X40 ThinkPad Software Lenovo IBM Hardware Hacking Firmware

Mon., 20th Jun, 2022

Note: This article discusses mechanisms for updating the BIOS and Embedded Controller of computers that haven't been made in almost 20 years. Exercise an abundance of caution when attempting to follow, reproduce… Read More

Oh god, social media

Thoughts ActivityPub

Tue., 5th Apr, 2022

Hey guess what! Twitter sucks. It's sucked for years, it's getting worse, and they've just announced the addition of an actual child to their board. Fun fact, though: Alternatives exist, and they're… Read More

Thoughts on the ODROID Go series

Thoughts Programming Hardware Gaming Emulation Embedded

Wed., 29th Jul, 2020

For reasons of “push button, receive serotonin and electronic gubbins”, I have both the original ODROID Go and the newer Go Advance. I’ll try to give a rundown of the two, my… Read More

Taking a ride on the Universal Serial Bus

USB Reverse-engineering Paperang Hardware Development C# .NET

Mon., 21st Oct, 2019

Having some fun with USB, I reverse-engineer and document the communication protocol used by the Paperang-brand thermal printers, and implement it in C# Read More