Michael Weinberg
@michaelweinberg.org
Exec Dir @nyuengelberg.org, Board Member @oshwassociation.bsky.social, Formerly GC @ Shapeways & many things @publicknowledge.bsky.social
NYC/Berlin
NYC/Berlin
This one feels like it is pushing the limits of puffery
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This one feels like it is pushing the limits of puffery
I appreciate that NYC had Dumbo Boulders, a outdoor bouldering space that was fenced in, was staffed by multiple people, and required an entrance fee while Berlin has a concrete shed on the street that someone bolted holds onto
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I appreciate that NYC had Dumbo Boulders, a outdoor bouldering space that was fenced in, was staffed by multiple people, and required an entrance fee while Berlin has a concrete shed on the street that someone bolted holds onto
I really hope the NYT photo editor chose this image to illustrate how anyone standing next to Robert Redford looks like a giant dork in comparison
September 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I really hope the NYT photo editor chose this image to illustrate how anyone standing next to Robert Redford looks like a giant dork in comparison
Clarence A. Freeman, Champion Checker Player AND Champion Oarsman of the World (only checkers depicted)
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
September 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Clarence A. Freeman, Champion Checker Player AND Champion Oarsman of the World (only checkers depicted)
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
September 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
September 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This tram logo probably feels slightly less snazzy when the arrow is perpetually pointing away from the side one exits the car
July 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This tram logo probably feels slightly less snazzy when the arrow is perpetually pointing away from the side one exits the car
Here’s another chart of the server load during a swarm (they tried to reset the server in the middle)
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here’s another chart of the server load during a swarm (they tried to reset the server in the middle)
The bots often operate like a roving, relatively brief DDOS attack. Here’s a chart from one collection showing how they go from ~500 visits/day to ~10,000 visits/day about once per month
June 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The bots often operate like a roving, relatively brief DDOS attack. Here’s a chart from one collection showing how they go from ~500 visits/day to ~10,000 visits/day about once per month
Years of riding Amtrak caused me to open this "timetable change for your scheduled train" email from Deutsche Bahn with real trepidation
June 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Years of riding Amtrak caused me to open this "timetable change for your scheduled train" email from Deutsche Bahn with real trepidation
Things get a bit hectic towards the end of the second day at the @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Hardware Summit
May 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Things get a bit hectic towards the end of the second day at the @oshwassociation.bsky.social Open Hardware Summit
Love how many @oshwassociation.bsky.social Summit slides feature certified own hardware logos
May 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Love how many @oshwassociation.bsky.social Summit slides feature certified own hardware logos
Very here for the "no title" option on this registration page
May 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Very here for the "no title" option on this registration page
BirdNET-Pi is the most "it just works" open source software/hardware project I have spun up in a long time
www.birdweather.com/birdnetpi
www.birdweather.com/birdnetpi
May 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BirdNET-Pi is the most "it just works" open source software/hardware project I have spun up in a long time
www.birdweather.com/birdnetpi
www.birdweather.com/birdnetpi
Looking at this map of the first flight from the UK to Australia (27 days long) makes it seem like that kind of trip was probably simultaneously terrifying and boring. Do any online flight sim communities ever try to reprouce these trips? digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/6...
April 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Looking at this map of the first flight from the UK to Australia (27 days long) makes it seem like that kind of trip was probably simultaneously terrifying and boring. Do any online flight sim communities ever try to reprouce these trips? digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/6...
3,000 pieces of certified open source hardware, from >60 countries, on every continent except antarctica (c'mon antarctica....)
April 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
3,000 pieces of certified open source hardware, from >60 countries, on every continent except antarctica (c'mon antarctica....)
This poster gets an A+ on its own, but the aipd-partei.de website really takes it to another level
February 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This poster gets an A+ on its own, but the aipd-partei.de website really takes it to another level
Each year I use my insider information to buy a copy of the book to be necromanced before we announce the show (therefore sending prices through the roof)
February 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Each year I use my insider information to buy a copy of the book to be necromanced before we announce the show (therefore sending prices through the roof)