Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Kevin Boone
Musing on computing, math, electronics, de-Googling and the small web, from an old warhorse of the IT industry.
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These platforms both offer a Google-free, privacy-sparing smartphone experience. How are they similar and different?
Ten years after cellphone manufacturers stopped putting headphone jacks on their devices, you still can't buy a USB-C headphone adapter that you can be sure will work.
Why did this splendid toy um... run out of steam?
Perhaps it's no bad thing that they don't make'em like this anymore...
If you didn't like it, it's because you didn't use it. Now you can't.
Hi-fi snobs and complacent manufacturers colluded to rob us of our tone controls in the 90s. Why should we care?
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.
You'd think you could improve the cooling of a laptop by fitting extra fans under its air intakes. Seems not.
I don't much care for how hot my laptops run, before the cooling system takes action to bring the temperature under control. What can be done about that?
The L298N is a convenient and inexpensive H-bridge motor controller, which interfaces nicely with the Pi Pico.
FastMail is a good, Google-free provider of e-mail, calendar services, and the like. But it isn't the only one, and it's due for a price increase in 2025. Is it time to switch?
Despite eBay's claim, it isn't now "free to sell" for private sellers. Here's why.
MX and antiX are both Linux variants that offer some hope to people who want to keep their old-ish computers running. Both tip-toe around the systemd rabbit hole, but in different ways. But which is better?
We can play sampled audio from a Pi Pico, using the built-in PWM controller, a single GPIO pin, and a handful of discrete electronic components. It's cheap and simple -- but how well does it work?
An exploration of various aspects of English law, as they apply to the owners and managers of small, private woodlands.