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Maker Hacks / chrisg

www.makerhacks.com

York, England

Maker and blogger from Calgary 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 [RPG/D&D/Wargaming, Art, 3d printing, arduino, raspberry pi, robots, laser engraving, CNC, programming, Retrocomputing ..]

4 days ago

Anycubic Kobra S1 3D Printer Combo First Impressions This combo comprises the Anycubic Kobra S1 and the Anycubic Color Engine (ACE). A lot of people are hoping this is the Bambu Labs killer we have been waiting

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5 days ago

Install Remote Desktop on Raspberry Pi / Linux Having remote desktop access to your second or third computer is incredibly useful, but since RealVNC pulled easy access to their Rasp

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6 days ago

Getting HiveSQL to Work with Python on Linux One of the most helpful projects that have come out of the Hive developer community in my opinion is the Microsoft SQL database that mirrors the Hive blockcha

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7 days ago

Amstrad CPC464 - The 'Biggest' Retro Computer of the 1980s The Amstrad CPC464 was a great computer, if a little late to the party. Even though it probably didn't reach attention across

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10 days ago

Fried Mini PC and the Curse of Compactness Yesterday I wrote about [how designs seem to have stagnated in recent years](

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11 days ago

Atari Design Tribute and Mourning the Loss of Bravery In Industrial Design One of the things I love about Atari is how their designs so obviously fit the time they were created. These are my 800XL (top), 65XE (botom), and The400 mini

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12 days ago

Amiga A600 + A Horrible Surprise This is my Amiga A600. Quite the controversial machine still (as far as retro stuff goes) and also especially back in the day. I dug it out because some

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13 days ago

BASH Scripting: Automate Your Life with Pipes One of the best things about using Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, Linux Subsystem for Windows, and MacOS, is the ability to use shell scripts to a

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15 days ago

MiSTer Multisystem - Updated for 2025 with all the Retro Goodness Today I dug out my MiSTer FPGA multisystem to give it long overdue updates. The MiSTer project was one of the best and most pleasant surprises in 2024 because

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16 days ago

Recreated Atari 400 Introducing The400! No, not a sci-fi series, but a modern mini recreation of the Atari 8-bit series. This Mini, like others in t

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