Palimpsest

Our generation is characterized by a growing, worldwide paranoia about the security of our personal data, and with good reason

Transferring ROMs to RetroPie with USB drive

Find a ROM online. Remember what system it runs on (NES, SNES, etc.). Get that file on a USB drive, then plug it into the RPi.

Opposable Thumbs Episode 37: Not My Style / wget

“Not my Style” was the creative prompt for episode 37 of the Opposable Thumbs podcast. Our guest was Nigel Poor,

Understanding Neopixel Variants

I’m working on a project that requires addressable RGB LEDs. Unlike the LEDs of our youth, each addressable LED contains

Panelizing circuits in Eagle

Say you are working with a fab house that offers a special on boards of a certain size. Seeed has a deal on 100mm x 100mm PCBs

Make a PCB Layout in Eagle

Like so many Autodesk products, Eagle is immensely powerful and hard to understand. This software is used to design electrica

DIY i2c Modules

I2C, or the Inter-integrated Circuit protocol, allows many devices to communicate using the same two wires. It’s particu

Programming the Attiny

The Attiny is amazing! This teeny part can replace a whole Arduino board at a fraction of the cost and size. They are a little

First Time Setup for Raspberry Pi (updated August 2018)

Recommended: RPi (I’m using an older board, and I assume the following works with all models). 16G SD card (the current

Artist Talk about Controlled Feeding Status II @ Columbia College Chicago

Faculty Showcase 2.3 “Controlled Feeding Status: Sustenance as Punishment” Wednesday, March 28, 2018 5:00 – 6:30 p.m., r