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Robotics has always interested me. Growing up (and to this day), I'd be pulling all my gadgets apart—mechanical, electrical—I didn't discriminate. I wanted to see and learn how things worked, discover their inner workings. To this day, many items that come my way don't have a chance; I end up with a screwdriver wrenching away at them. Some survive; others... not so much. It's this odd fascination, curiosity—mainly the journey, but the finished product is so satisfying. Because when something gets taken apart, my mind races to all the interesting projects I can conjure up with whatever is discovered within. Kids' battery-powered toys are some of the best! Some can actually be pretty freaky once the cute fur/fluff is removed, leaving an exoskeleton of animatronics. Inside out, taking our child hood toys "apart". Seeing what is under the "skin". And, not really what you are used to seeing when taking them apart...    Jason Freeny shows us the anatom...

Exceeding many current AI benchmarks—even those of high-performing AI models—DeepSeek is uncensored, open-source, and as accessible as possible. Given its processing capabilities, it can be run on personal setups. There are even examples of users running DeepSeek on mobile devices. Unlike systems processed on remote servers, DeepSeek runs entirely on the device itself, eliminating the need for external queries. Several stripped-down model variants are available for lightweight setups, though performance may be limited. DeepSeek’s open-source nature ensures full transparency—no hidden layers or proprietary black boxes. It embodies what many hoped ChatGPT would become. Numerous papers and reports benchmark DeepSeek against industry leaders, often surpassing even top-tier AI models by significant margins. While running DeepSeek at heavy capacity incurs costs, its affordability is another standout feature—costing pennies compared to ChatGPT. However, the free online version I’ve been using...

More discovering of interesting internet old/ and new. This one here is an incredible amount of work- if you ever needed anything... and I mean, anything related to Unicode, then this here web site is the OG site. Everything Unicode.  The content is a number of years old, and there is a cautionary message welcoming visitors- letting us know that there hasn't been anything new in some time. Caution and apology I regret that I no longer have the time to keep this website up-to-date. The test pages include the Unicode 6.3 characters, and some of the Unicode 7.0 characters, but nothing more recent. The pages of fonts and utilities have not been updated for several years. My question though- if you've exhausted anything and everything about a subject.. do we need updates? Maybe that's it- a final update; that there ill be no more updates(?). Web Dings, Ding Bats, Symbols, many different(all) languages and the many styles of font. Remember the day you'd have to include a font...

Quick Ideas: Arduino Fire/Flame Detector Modules A quick post for some quick ideas... I saw a video doing a "product review" of Arduino fire/flame detector modules that were purchased very cheaply. While they are Arduino modules, an Arduino board isn't necessary. A simple circuit with a buzzer, a 3.3V battery, and a few other components will do the trick. Now, here's the quick idea part: In the video, it was demonstrated how the buzzer was triggered by a flame. But they also pointed a remote at the IR sensor, and the buzzer buzzed in the pattern of the remote. Interesting! This sparked some interesting use cases, including a hidden camera detector. Turn off the lights in the area you want to check. With the lights out, the idea is that if there's a hidden camera, it would switch on its IR LEDs for night vision. Your "fire detector" would also detect these IR LEDs, alerting you to the camera's presence. This could also be good for trail camera discove...

 Gremlins in Your PC: When Your Client's Network Acts Up Your client's network is behaving erratically, and their personal laptop seems to have a mind of its own. There's no clear reason why—your understanding is as good as anyone else's, which is to say, nonexistent. What do you do? Of course, set up some logs and carry on as normal. The proof will be in the... logs. Now, which logs? What's available? It's the small things that tickle my fancy. I don't know about you, but if you're anything like me, there are plenty of moments where one site, GitHub repository, or a chain of starred repositories and linked projects lead you down many paths. Today was no exception. And with a stellar stumble, I found a few really great resources that I'll post about... but one truly useful project—hats off to those behind it—is called " What2Log ". Essentially, it's a consolidation and collection of various (or rather, all ) scripts that have some sort ...

 If you want to make sure you're rolling with the "cool kids" - you gotta get hip to the lingo- in this case it's GitHub Flavored Markdown . GitHub Flavored Markdown Per GitHub's docs*, "GitHub combines a syntax for formatting text called GitHub Flavored Markdown with a few unique writing features.". There's a 'way' to properly write when doing so on GitHub-      Almost a right of passage for many a developer/ programmer/ Master Hacker Supreme/ computer enthusiast- you know that they are legit if you spot 'em doing it proper. It's the secret phrase/ pass word to get into the VIP lounge - guarded by security and bouncers, the one door in the back alley that leads to where the Normies only dream of gaining access to... ...the far fetched tails told of the happenings beyond those closed doors. To enter, a mastery in Markdown is a necessity. Learning GitHub Markdown, Where to Start ...but not so fast, maybe try the latter if you've ne...

 Your project has come to a stand still. Your brain has come to a dead end... you can't remember that specific connection that'd you had once seen- which would be perfect for your application... it's all you need to get to the finish line... It's a joint where 1 side rotates and the other is the base. An electronic signal, power needs to go through there but you can't just use a cable or wires... the thing rotates 360 degrees if not till infinity. A cable/ physical wire would wind itself till it'd snap/ break/ cause a short... you've seen it before- a electronic connector that incorporates itself into the rotating section. You know what it looks like, but not the name of it.... Google searching is frivolous. No problem! Because to your rescue, we have the amazing resource which is Connector Book found at https://connectorbook.com/ You can search by image/ photo... by identification, by brand, by logo... and every and any electronic connection is contained i...