September 2025
They don't make 'em like that any more: the Casio VL-1 pocket synthesizer (Dec 2025)This mostly-forgotten device was the very first commercially-available all-digital music synthesizer. It was also a lot of fun.
They don't make 'em like that any more: Honda's ATC110 all-terrain cycle (Sep 2025)Perhaps it's no bad thing that they don't make'em like this anymore...
Categories: TDMTLTAM
They don't make 'em like that any more: Dyson Pure Cool-Me personal air purifier (Sep 2025)If you didn't like it, it's because you didn't use it. Now you can't.
Categories: TDMTLTAM
They don't make 'em like that any more: tone controls (Sep 2025)Hi-fi snobs and complacent manufacturers colluded to rob us of our tone controls in the 90s. Why should we care?
Categories: TDMTLTAM, electronics
Creating an animated score for demonstrating musical compositions on YouTube, etc (Sep 2025)Animated musical scores are quite common on YouTube, for educational and promotional purposes. This article explains how to create one, using OpenShot and other Linux tools.
A failed experiment in laptop cooling (Sep 2025)You'd think you could improve the cooling of a laptop by fitting extra fans under its air intakes. Seems not.
Categories: electronics, general computing
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