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Short video this month: building a little JetKVM accessory to turn a computer on and off! www.youtube.com/watch?v=32uR...
What's that other port for on the JetKVM?
YouTube video by Paleotechnica
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November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Short video this month: building a little JetKVM accessory to turn a computer on and off! www.youtube.com/watch?v=32uR...
I think this VT420 emulator might actually be going somewhere.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 AM
I think this VT420 emulator might actually be going somewhere.
There's a point in every emulator's life where you've got enough emulated that you can actually start to see the whole thing working together. Say hello to Blaze, a VT420 emulator written in Rust!
November 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
There's a point in every emulator's life where you've got enough emulated that you can actually start to see the whole thing working together. Say hello to Blaze, a VT420 emulator written in Rust!
That's an ... interesting failure mode.
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
That's an ... interesting failure mode.
Fully extracted the VT420 fonts via emulation... not really the end goal but cool nonetheless.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Fully extracted the VT420 fonts via emulation... not really the end goal but cool nonetheless.
Could this be the VT420's font? Hmmmmmmm....
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Could this be the VT420's font? Hmmmmmmm....
I need to stop late-night eBay browsing.
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I need to stop late-night eBay browsing.
He's a little chubbier than nowadays, but that was a surprise Enterprise guest star...
October 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
He's a little chubbier than nowadays, but that was a surprise Enterprise guest star...
Interview of (redacted)
"Well I'm sure you're familiar with my movie Titanic."
Gee, I wonder who.
"Well I'm sure you're familiar with my movie Titanic."
Gee, I wonder who.
October 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Interview of (redacted)
"Well I'm sure you're familiar with my movie Titanic."
Gee, I wonder who.
"Well I'm sure you're familiar with my movie Titanic."
Gee, I wonder who.
I've spent the last two months working on a secret terminal-based project for work and let me tell you: VT-based terminals are so utterly broken on the input side it's not even funny.
October 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've spent the last two months working on a secret terminal-based project for work and let me tell you: VT-based terminals are so utterly broken on the input side it's not even funny.
How it feels writing open-source some days
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
How it feels writing open-source some days
For being a central part of macOS, why does Spotlight seem to break so much?
October 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For being a central part of macOS, why does Spotlight seem to break so much?
I had a very specific, very tech nerd nightmare the other night that the US would kick everyone else out of NANPA.
October 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I had a very specific, very tech nerd nightmare the other night that the US would kick everyone else out of NANPA.
I started working on a little emulator for the VT420.
September 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I started working on a little emulator for the VT420.
Your Cat Wants A Massage!
YouTube video by Found Footage Fest
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September 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I saw my first definitive cosmic ray bug of my life today. My son signed into an app with Google, and I got the un-deliverable email notification where they tried to send it to ______<tr> instead of _____<tt>.
Literally off by 0x02. Thanks, high-energy particles from space.
Literally off by 0x02. Thanks, high-energy particles from space.
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I saw my first definitive cosmic ray bug of my life today. My son signed into an app with Google, and I got the un-deliverable email notification where they tried to send it to ______<tr> instead of _____<tt>.
Literally off by 0x02. Thanks, high-energy particles from space.
Literally off by 0x02. Thanks, high-energy particles from space.
Going to be in London and Manchester next month!
September 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Going to be in London and Manchester next month!
I built a homelab monitor on top of Stylus and hooked it up to a cheap little 7" HDMI screen. It worked a lot better than expected. I love these glanceable displays that can give you a bunch of information in an instant
The video walks through how to set it up and monitor some unifi & other devices
The video walks through how to set it up and monitor some unifi & other devices
I built a realtime homelab monitor
YouTube video by Paleotechnica
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September 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I built a homelab monitor on top of Stylus and hooked it up to a cheap little 7" HDMI screen. It worked a lot better than expected. I love these glanceable displays that can give you a bunch of information in an instant
The video walks through how to set it up and monitor some unifi & other devices
The video walks through how to set it up and monitor some unifi & other devices
I think this screen is a perfect fit for a Stylus live display.
Not my real home network status yet, but that's a good PoC
Not my real home network status yet, but that's a good PoC
August 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I think this screen is a perfect fit for a Stylus live display.
Not my real home network status yet, but that's a good PoC
Not my real home network status yet, but that's a good PoC
I can't believe this little 7" screen was only $50 (~35 USD). Working on a little video about homelab monitoring.
August 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I can't believe this little 7" screen was only $50 (~35 USD). Working on a little video about homelab monitoring.
These German air safety cards are pretty extreme
July 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
These German air safety cards are pretty extreme
I've been playing around with using Isoflow to generate a network diagram that Stylus (github.com/mmastrac/sty...) can display. I think it looks pretty sweet.
July 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I've been playing around with using Isoflow to generate a network diagram that Stylus (github.com/mmastrac/sty...) can display. I think it looks pretty sweet.
Beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (taken from a bird-anxiety-safe distance).
July 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Beautiful Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (taken from a bird-anxiety-safe distance).
I spent a few days on and off debugging why my gstreamer/RTSP camera screen was failing. It turned out to be that the Pi was falling back to 100mbit because of a network cable issue. That shouldn't cause issues with 3mbps camera streams by itself, buuuuuuut....
June 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I spent a few days on and off debugging why my gstreamer/RTSP camera screen was failing. It turned out to be that the Pi was falling back to 100mbit because of a network cable issue. That shouldn't cause issues with 3mbps camera streams by itself, buuuuuuut....
For kicks I rejected the terms of service on my LG tv post update and it warned me with scary language that nothing was going to work after it rebooted.
Turned out that it was just fine? I guess it had a tantrum over being unable to legally spy on us.
Turned out that it was just fine? I guess it had a tantrum over being unable to legally spy on us.
June 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
For kicks I rejected the terms of service on my LG tv post update and it warned me with scary language that nothing was going to work after it rebooted.
Turned out that it was just fine? I guess it had a tantrum over being unable to legally spy on us.
Turned out that it was just fine? I guess it had a tantrum over being unable to legally spy on us.