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I have a uConsole computer and a new NVMe adapter for it. I’m not going to walk around with a terabyte of unencrypted data. That wasn’t an option. I found several good HOWTOs for booting a uConsole off an encrypted NVMe drive, yet none of them worked well on their own. Each left out one essential detail or another. This is my mashup of those instructions. For testing, I wiped my NVMe drive and started over, following these steps exactly, and at the end booted into a working system.
Added 7/8/2026
Last week I printed a small booklet, folded it, stapled it, and mailed copies to friends and family. I used my sweet Dungeons & Dragons stamps! Eight pages, in color. It's the second volume of our Cruft Manor zine, and this time the subject is personal security. Last Christmas, Miche
Added 6/27/2026
Today we will look at the ClockworkPi uConsole as a pocket‑sized Linux. I will explain what the device is, what comes in the box, how to install popular OS images (Kali, Ubuntu, Arch, RetroPie), how to expand it with the growing lineup of expansion boards, and practical workflows you can reproduce. Where helpful, I link […]
Added 6/26/2026
My uConsole computer finally arrived after a 10-month delay. I started kicking the tires by installing fun software on it, and quickly realized it’d run better if it looked cool. Here’s how I did it. Change the boot image Raspberry Pi OS uses Plymouth to make show a boot splashscreen. By default, it displays the image file at /usr/share/plymouth/themes/pix/splash.png. I’m sure there’s a “better” way to do this, but I simply replaced that file with my own 1280x720 image (to match the screen’s nat
Added 6/23/2026
10 things to do after you get your ClockworkPi uConsole - cjstoddard/Clockworkpi-uConsole
Added 6/23/2026
StarFighter is a 16-inch high-performance Linux laptop with 4K 120Hz display options, Intel Core Ultra or AMD Ryzen processors, coreboot and TCG Opal 2.0.
Added 5/23/2026
Oh hey there! Nice to see you again. It's funny to bump into you right this second because I was just collecting some cool things that I added to my bookmarks this week that I think you might enjoy!…
Added 5/23/2026
A Linux computer along with a USB SDR device can pick up several interesting kinds of radio signals. However, wrangling all of the software and libraries necessary to receive and decode signals is quite a chore. iNTERCEPT is an easy to install signals monitoring system with a UI resembling something you'd see on a screen in the background of a spy movie.
Added 4/29/2026
The Pinedio is a device utilizing LoRa. LoRa is a long range, low power wireless platform that is being used by a lot of Internet of Things (IoT) products. Using LoRa and LoRaWAN, devices can communicate across the world using the internet, using various decentralized networks such as The Things Network or Helium. Since, PINE64 believes in openness, the LoRa gateway can connect to any network, per the developer implementation. If Helium Spots open up for PINE64 gateway and developers have implem
Added 4/19/2026
Instructions for updating or recovering the bootloader on nRF52 devices.
Added 4/17/2026
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Added 4/16/2026
Finished reading: The Random Universe by Andrew H. Jaffe 📚
Added 4/16/2026
HackerBoxes is the original monthly subscription box for Maker Hobbyist DIY Electronics and Computer Technology. ( Hacker Boxes Starter Workshops Arduino EE )
Added 4/14/2026
Scrapwire: A Veilid-based peer-to-peer chat app
Added 4/14/2026
Open-source modular toolkits for IoT devices based on ESP32-updated version of ESP8266. With stackable modules, user-friendly IDE, enabling rapid and high-quality prototyping, STEM education, engineering and mechanical use.
Added 4/14/2026
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