I’ve always admired the design of the older 27” iMacs. Back when they were still current, I couldn’t really afford one, so owning one became one of those small “maybe one day” dreams from my student years. ...
I have an old Mac Mini that I wanted to use to run RetroPie and launch it automatically after startup. But the question was how to turn it off. I didn’t want to yank the power or force‑shut the whole OS, but I also don’t have a keyboard and a mouse connected to it. I wanted to have a graceful way to trigger a clean shutdown so the system could close everything properly. ...
Why would anyone buy an iPod in 2025? After all, we already carry smartphones that can stream anything, anytime. But that’s exactly what makes the iPod stand out. It’s a device that focuses on just one thing - playing music. No notifications, no social media feeds, no distractions—just your music library and nothing else. ...
Ever since I bought my new adventure bike, I knew that one day I had to go on a trip to the very north. I cannot explain why exactly I was so thrilled about this journey, as there’s not really much interesting to see along the way, except for the highways and never-ending forests. At least that’s what some people would tell me. But something in my mind kept bugging me. I saw several motorcyclists setting off on this journey, and I always found it super interesting. ...
Recently, I realized I’ve collected quite a few handy little items that I use almost every day. For a long time, I didn’t even know “Everyday Carry” — or EDC — was a thing. I’ve just always been drawn to cool-looking, compact gear that feels good in the hand. ...
I recently got a Raspberry Pi Zero and started configuring it for a personal project. As I was setting everything up I realized how much time and effort I was investing. That’s when it hit me: microSD cards, which the Pi relies on for storage, aren’t exactly known for their durability under heavy I/O. A sudden failure could mean losing everything. To avoid starting from scratch in the future, I decided to create a full backup of the system, including all configurations and data. ...
I was always intrigued when I heard about people creating custom mods in games with the help of the mysterious Lua scripting language. I didn’t care much about the games themselves, but more about the idea of extending and customizing something to my imagination. I’m not a gamer, but I love automation and modifying things, so this naturally sparked my interest. ...
I wanted a smart HomeKit thermostat for a long time. The only problem is that it is quite expensive so I never bought one. Last year, Espressif organized an introductory workshop to familiarize people with ESP32. I’ve heard about this board before but didn’t know what exactly it was and never really played with it. So I signed up for the workshop to get hands-on experience with the chip. If you don’t know what ESP32 is, you can think of it as something between Arduino and Raspberry Pi - a microprocessor that you can program in C with GPIO pins, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity. ...
I recently published and shared with the world my first real open-source project. It brought some traffic to its Github page and some people even starred it. This made me super happy, knowing that other people find my project useful or interesting enough to give it a star. ...
Recently I’ve encountered an unpleasant situation on one of the websites I manage. I randomly opened it only to find out it wasn’t working. Unfortunately, it was not a very important website, so no harm was done but the problem was that I didn’t know for how long it had been down. This is unacceptable, especially for the important websites that cannot go down. ...