Hardware / My Screw Extraction Pliers Are A Loyal Friend I use my ENGINEER PZ-58 "Neji-Saurus" screw extraction pliers at least once a week but often more. By Chris Person / 9 Apr 2026
Hardware / You Can Just Print An Air Purifier I could have just bought another air purifier, but I opted to 3D print one instead By Chris Person / 8 Apr 2026
Hardware / You Do, In Fact, Have To Hand It To The Ninja Creami It is easy to dismiss the Ninja Creami as being cheap and unserious, but there is nothing like it at its price point. By Chris Person / 1 Apr 2026
Hardware / The Amazon Echo Show Obeys Me Now Amazon introduced ads into their line of smart displays. Luckily, hackers have found a way to liberate a few of them. By Chris Person / 12 Mar 2026
Hardware / I’m Tired Of These Useless Jackasses Making The Computer Expensive RAM, flash memory, and HDDs are unaffordable because of a bunch of greedy idiots that do not love the computer. By Chris Person / 19 Feb 2026
Hardware / The Xteink X4 Is The Cheap, Hackable eReader That's Just Enough It has no touchscreen, no light, and it's under-powered. But the Xteink X4 has a devoted community that wants to make it sing. By Chris Person / 17 Feb 2026
Interview / Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It "This genuinely has been a life-changing experience" By Nathan Grayson / 13 Feb 2026
Internet Culture / Ian's Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoes Ian's Shoelace Site has been teaching people to tie their shoes for more than two decades. His knots are wonderful. But it is vulnerable to the forces tearing the internet apart. By Chris Person / 14 Jan 2026
Hardware / I Love My Suspiciously Fast Charging Power Bank The Cuktech 15 Ultra is not new or the best, but it’s currently $60 dollars and lets you use multiple cables to charge it alarmingly fast. By Chris Person / 9 Jan 2026
Hardware / What If I Don't Fantasize About Having A Friend In A Jar Razer showed the latest iteration of its Project Ava AI companion at CES, and the vibes are bad By Riley MacLeod / 7 Jan 2026
Hardware / NYC's OMNY Card Is Here, And I Am Full Of Regret NYC is phasing out its iconic MetroCard at the end of the year By Riley MacLeod / 22 Dec 2025
Hardware / The Steam Machine, Frame, And Controller Are Full Of Good Design Choices Valve is making a lot of moves with their hardware. I like what I see. By Chris Person / 13 Nov 2025
