Neat.

The touch bar has been turned into a standalone gadget, powered by an ESP32 microcontroller:

A mess and a half later, I’m almost done :)

Zelda TOTK real Zonai Device gacha machine at the Nintendo Store Tokyo!

Want to know something those guys on those other sites don’t know? I’m doing a Ninten-Drawer GIVEAWAY exclusively on BlueSky! THREE winners will be selected to win a Ninten-drawer each. Winners will be randomly selected 12/1/2024

You know the deal by now. Like, follow and reskeeeeeeet!

Latest acquisition, but wtf is that battery cover???? lol

This has got to be a joke, right ?

... right ?

I don’t know if someone will find this info useful, but I just realised that you can still download Nintendo 3DS games that you had already purchased from the eShop

Semi off-topic, but kind reminder for all gamers out there: do wash your hands before you play games please 🥹 (not sure if this is gunk or tobacco tar though. NOT my joycons, this was a repair)

I just received this treasure and I’m equally excited and scared. I reckon I’ll use it more as a reference than reading material, but the amount of good info contained in this book is nuts.

Also, the actual win of the day: this dashcam was absolutely non-responsive when I received it, it wouldn’t turn on unless plugged in to USB, and even then it would boot loop most times

Keep reading thread for diagnosis

Finally I had to use the upper new case and the old bottom case because it simply didn’t fit in the bottom new case. The result is pretty neat, although I’d want to fix the yellowing on the bottom case at some point. Before and after pictures here

Well, that was a pain in the B. to reassemble… last image was taken yesterday before giving up for the day, the board is not sitting in its place properly and the console case won’t clip. Frustrating, although it’ll be worth it. Planning on making a thread on the process when it’s completed

Just landed on Bsky, and following the trend of posting interests for the algorithm:

I like:

- Electronics
- Repairing gadgets
- Retro gadgets
- Videogames
- Japanese culture
- Japanese language
- Cats and dogs

Although I’ll post mainly about technology and most likely anything electronics

If the screen on your iPad is cracked, with luck it can be fixed by replacing the digitizer (cheap repair). But if it does this, you are probably looking at an LCD replacement (not so cheap repair)