My Small Rebellion Against ‘Everything as a Service’
How a tiny Intel N150 machine running ZimaOS became my practical playground for self-hosting, Docker, photos, automation, media, and personal tools.
Jan Rydval
HP-48 Web Kermit App
I really like HP RPN/RPL calculators. The HP-48GX is one
Netrunner: Printing Cards While I Waited for the Real Ones to Arrive
I've been playing TCGs for a while. Magic the Gathering
Back on My Wrist: A 20-Year-Old Suunto X6M
At the bottom of a drawer, I found my old Suunto X6M. I had completely forgotten I even owned them.
One transistor to help them all
I grabbed a KC508 - a general-purpose NPN transistor common in Czech and Slovak electronics, the local equivalent of a BC547 - and wired up a simple signal inverter on a breadboard.
IR Deep(er)dive
Now I have a working CL9 Core Universal Remote and an oscilloscope.
Chamaleon Ultra RFID
I came across the Chameleon Ultra - a tiny device capable of reading, cracking, writing, and emulating LF and HF RFID identification cards.
Oscilloscope to every home
I decided on the Rigol MHO984. It offers 4 channels, a logic analyzer, wider bandwidth, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and remote control capabilities.
CL9 Core Universal Remote
This remote is special because of the way it was designed. And it is more geekish than HP-41CX today. It uses a 6502 processor and 32 KB of static RAM together with a 4-bit processor serving the keyboard, display, and real-time clock.