Clive "Max" Maxfield
@magnificent-max.bsky.social
Collector, Curator, and Communicator of Technological Information
#MaxCoolBeans: Raving Over Rocket City Restoration www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ra... When disaster strikes—fire, flood, or worse—who are you going to call? (Hint: Ghostbusters won’t cut it!)
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Raving Over Rocket City Restoration www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ra... When disaster strikes—fire, flood, or worse—who are you going to call? (Hint: Ghostbusters won’t cut it!)
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Yikes! Bikes and Trikes! www.hackster.io/news/yikes-b... Pedaling through childhood memories of tricycles, bicycles, and breakneck go-kart adventures on the hills of Sheffield.
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Yikes! Bikes and Trikes! www.hackster.io/news/yikes-b... Pedaling through childhood memories of tricycles, bicycles, and breakneck go-kart adventures on the hills of Sheffield.
#MaxCoolBeans: Blooming Marvelous! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/bl... Get 333× closer to the cosmos—and you won’t believe what you’ll see!
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Blooming Marvelous! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/bl... Get 333× closer to the cosmos—and you won’t believe what you’ll see!
Inside the RISC-V Hardware Wars: A Streetfighter’s Unfiltered Take www.eejournal.com/article/insi... In which we learn about the RISC-V crusade of maverick Yuning Liang (founder of DeepComputing) to reshape the chip industry—without permission, funding, or patience.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Inside the RISC-V Hardware Wars: A Streetfighter’s Unfiltered Take www.eejournal.com/article/insi... In which we learn about the RISC-V crusade of maverick Yuning Liang (founder of DeepComputing) to reshape the chip industry—without permission, funding, or patience.
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Good Vibrations and Border Blasters www.hackster.io/news/good-vi... From Wolfman Jack’s midnight howl to homemade transmitters, America’s airwaves echoed freedom, rebellion, and rock ’n’ roll.
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Good Vibrations and Border Blasters www.hackster.io/news/good-vi... From Wolfman Jack’s midnight howl to homemade transmitters, America’s airwaves echoed freedom, rebellion, and rock ’n’ roll.
Polish Logic Meets Silicon Magic: Say Hi to Grinn’s GenioSOM-700 www.eejournal.com/article/poli... Featuring the MediaTek MT8390 processor (6um process node), the GenioSOM-700 punches above its weight in terms of raw computing power with the smallest form factor at an affordable price point.
October 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Polish Logic Meets Silicon Magic: Say Hi to Grinn’s GenioSOM-700 www.eejournal.com/article/poli... Featuring the MediaTek MT8390 processor (6um process node), the GenioSOM-700 punches above its weight in terms of raw computing power with the smallest form factor at an affordable price point.
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: When Pirates Ruled the (Air) Waves www.hackster.io/news/when-pi... From Radio Luxembourg to Radio Caroline, the pirates who brought British broadcasting — and pop culture — alive.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: When Pirates Ruled the (Air) Waves www.hackster.io/news/when-pi... From Radio Luxembourg to Radio Caroline, the pirates who brought British broadcasting — and pop culture — alive.
#MaxCoolBeans: Scamming the Scammers www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/sc... I hate scammers. I wish I had the skills to track them to their lairs and give them a very “bad hair day” indeed.
October 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Scamming the Scammers www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/sc... I hate scammers. I wish I had the skills to track them to their lairs and give them a very “bad hair day” indeed.
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Be Kind, Rewind: The Home Video Revolution www.hackster.io/news/be-kind... Battling formats, flashing clocks, and the sheer wonder of recording television programs at home.
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Be Kind, Rewind: The Home Video Revolution www.hackster.io/news/be-kind... Battling formats, flashing clocks, and the sheer wonder of recording television programs at home.
#MaxCoolBeans: Thunderstruck with Paradoxes www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/th... I recently ran across a video presenting 17 paradoxes that promised to change the way I see the universe. It didn’t disappoint!
September 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Thunderstruck with Paradoxes www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/th... I recently ran across a video presenting 17 paradoxes that promised to change the way I see the universe. It didn’t disappoint!
New Auto Test Capability for the Analog Portions of SoCs www.eejournal.com/article/new-... The combination of Siemens' Tessent AnalogTest and Tessent DefectSim provides SoC verification engineers with the analog equivalent of ATPG, structural test, and fault coverage analysis.
September 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New Auto Test Capability for the Analog Portions of SoCs www.eejournal.com/article/new-... The combination of Siemens' Tessent AnalogTest and Tessent DefectSim provides SoC verification engineers with the analog equivalent of ATPG, structural test, and fault coverage analysis.
#MaxCoolBeans: Stop and Smell the Rhapsody www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... I know you’re busy. We all are. But you owe it to yourself to take a break, read this blog, and watch the accompanying video.
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Stop and Smell the Rhapsody www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... I know you’re busy. We all are. But you owe it to yourself to take a break, read this blog, and watch the accompanying video.
#MaxCoolBeans: Space Cups and High-Voltage Circuit Breakers www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/sp... It saddens me to know that I will only ever scratch the surface of all the amazing things that are out there to know.
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Space Cups and High-Voltage Circuit Breakers www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/sp... It saddens me to know that I will only ever scratch the surface of all the amazing things that are out there to know.
Meet the ManT1S: Computing, Comms, and Power Over Single Pair Ethernet www.eejournal.com/article/meet... Silicognition's ManT1S is an ESP32 board with 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet networking built in. It allows daisy-chaining of multiple boards using just pairs of wires to form a network.
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Meet the ManT1S: Computing, Comms, and Power Over Single Pair Ethernet www.eejournal.com/article/meet... Silicognition's ManT1S is an ESP32 board with 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet networking built in. It allows daisy-chaining of multiple boards using just pairs of wires to form a network.
#MaxCoolBeans: Are AI Web Browsing Agents Rotting Your Brain? www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ar... I want to be the master of my own destiny when I’m online—not a passive spectator to someone else’s curated feed.
August 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Are AI Web Browsing Agents Rotting Your Brain? www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ar... I want to be the master of my own destiny when I’m online—not a passive spectator to someone else’s curated feed.
#MaxCoolBeans: Retro Rewind: Remembering 1960s Technologies www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/re... When I grew up in the 1960s, the technologies of the time seemed incredibly advanced. Now, in hindsight (the one exact science), I choose to think of them as being "delightfully retro."
August 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Retro Rewind: Remembering 1960s Technologies www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/re... When I grew up in the 1960s, the technologies of the time seemed incredibly advanced. Now, in hindsight (the one exact science), I choose to think of them as being "delightfully retro."
New FPGA Conference and Exhibition coming to the UK and USA www.eejournal.com/article/fpga... With events scheduled in both the UK and the US, this new event will focus solely on FPGA designers and developers. No “marketing poetry”—just nitty-gritty engineering know-how.
August 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New FPGA Conference and Exhibition coming to the UK and USA www.eejournal.com/article/fpga... With events scheduled in both the UK and the US, this new event will focus solely on FPGA designers and developers. No “marketing poetry”—just nitty-gritty engineering know-how.
#MaxCoolBeans: Accuracy of Google vs. Apple Calculators www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ac... If you’re like me, all three of these videos will leave your brain buzzing with ideas, thoughts, and unanswered questions.
August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Accuracy of Google vs. Apple Calculators www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ac... If you’re like me, all three of these videos will leave your brain buzzing with ideas, thoughts, and unanswered questions.
The Wizard of Oz and Mozart Meet Gen AI and Agentic AI www.eejournal.com/article/the-... I’ve barely managed to wrap my mind around the concept of Generative AI, only to find that the current buzz on the street is increasingly turning to the topic of Agentic AI.
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Wizard of Oz and Mozart Meet Gen AI and Agentic AI www.eejournal.com/article/the-... I’ve barely managed to wrap my mind around the concept of Generative AI, only to find that the current buzz on the street is increasingly turning to the topic of Agentic AI.
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Sounds of Yesteryear (Part 2) www.hackster.io/news/the-sou... From shellac to 8-track: A joyride through the golden age of analog audio formats.
July 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Sounds of Yesteryear (Part 2) www.hackster.io/news/the-sou... From shellac to 8-track: A joyride through the golden age of analog audio formats.
#MaxCoolBeans: Don’t Tell Me the Contents Have Settled! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/do... Manufacturers cover themselves by saying “Contents may settle” in fine print on the package, to which I reply, “Pull the other one—it’s got bells on it!”
July 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Don’t Tell Me the Contents Have Settled! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/do... Manufacturers cover themselves by saying “Contents may settle” in fine print on the package, to which I reply, “Pull the other one—it’s got bells on it!”
#MaxCoolBeans: Step Away from the Edge (Web Browser)! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... Why do the links in Outlook emails always open in the Microsoft Edge web browser, even if you have another browser set as your default?
July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: Step Away from the Edge (Web Browser)! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... Why do the links in Outlook emails always open in the Microsoft Edge web browser, even if you have another browser set as your default?
#MaxCoolBeans: The Curious Case of the African Tigger www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/th... Can you help me track down the source of the poem titled “The African Tigger is Fading Away”?
July 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#MaxCoolBeans: The Curious Case of the African Tigger www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/th... Can you help me track down the source of the poem titled “The African Tigger is Fading Away”?
Next-Generation Motion Sensing Facilitates Immersive Spatial Audio www.eejournal.com/article/next... CEVA's MotionEngine Hex tracks 6-DoF, augmenting an IMU with a UWB position sensor, thereby enabling next-gen controllers and RealSpace spatial audio systems.
July 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Next-Generation Motion Sensing Facilitates Immersive Spatial Audio www.eejournal.com/article/next... CEVA's MotionEngine Hex tracks 6-DoF, augmenting an IMU with a UWB position sensor, thereby enabling next-gen controllers and RealSpace spatial audio systems.
Retro Gadgets, Gizmos, Tools, and Technologies www.eejournal.com/article/retr... If anyone questions me in the future, I’m going to say, “My retro-styled neo-Victorian retro-futuristic Prognostication Engine sits right at the beautifully hand-carved intersection of retro and steampunk.”
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Retro Gadgets, Gizmos, Tools, and Technologies www.eejournal.com/article/retr... If anyone questions me in the future, I’m going to say, “My retro-styled neo-Victorian retro-futuristic Prognostication Engine sits right at the beautifully hand-carved intersection of retro and steampunk.”