What’s one to do with some nice little relays of questionable pinout, and prototyping board? How about a quietly clicky 4-bit counter using relay logic with tons of buttons? [Agatha …read more

Sometimes I'll hedge on a title for an entry and leave the original one in the post URL.

I am sorry for this photo. I've one of a voting machine if you prefer...

10 Best Kitchen Tools and Appliances Designed to Live on Your Counter, Not in Your Cupboard

The kitchen counter is prime real estate. Most appliances waste it, sitting there looking generic and visually forgettable until they get pushed to the back...

Two weeks ago, Anthropic announced that its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities, turning them into working exploits without expert guidance. These were vulnerabilities in key software like operating systems and internet infrastructure that thousands of software developers working on those systems failed to find. This capability will…

Previously, I created a calculator and tic-tac-toe with a “random” computer player, both entirely in CSS. I also once made a game of Flappy Bird in D3, however, not in any way that warranted a blog post. Recently, a colleague misremembered these as “Flappy Bird in CSS”. The thought was amusing. I knew it would be technically possible with the use of animated radio buttons for every single…