I have a simple fan that could either be powered by a battery or through USB. To switch it on or off, I would need to press a button. I wanted to convert the fan to be purely powered by USB and automatically switches on when power is supplied through USB. This will allow me to add the fan to my ...

It's the holiday seasons and I decided to build a Tensegrity Hourglass Tower model as a holiday project. Possibly the first in the world. The inverted tripod at the top is "floating" and only attached by twine. Tautline hitch is used to adjust the tension on the 3 sides. The vibration is due to ...

People are up in arms over the fact that some technical sourcer from Meta is paid $100k per annum. How are technical sourcers different from your run-of-the-mill HR personnel? A technical sourcer from Facebook reached out to me (based in Singapore) over LinkedIn a few years back to apply for a ...

Miracast compatibility for desktops is complicated. You will need a compatible graphics card and wifi adapter. It is such a pain to find out if a particular device is compatible since it is usually not listed on the manufacturer's page. There is also no exhaustive listing on the web so you may ...

I started reading about Luna after the crash and the more I read, the more I failed to understand. So many articles were mentioning DeFi and articles explaining how Luna works covered the exact same point about the seesaw. If demand for UST increases, Luna is burned and vice versa, thus keeping ...

I came up with this technique a few years ago and never had to queue for fresh notes for ang bao since. Hence, I believe it is worth sharing. When you receive your ang bao this year, do not spend or deposit the fresh notes. Keep it and pass it to your parents to fill their ang bao for Chinese ...

I recently acquired a cheap used Mikrotik RB250GS to play with port mirroring and VLAN tagging. The switch came with the original SwOS firmware which was buggy to the extent that firmware upgrade over the web interface itself was failing. The other method to update the firmware is through ...

tl;dr : The RT-N15U does NOT have a u.fl connector and an external antennae mod, if at all possible, will be challenging. This was supposed to be an easy mod judging from whatever information was already out there on the internet. Pop off the cover, attach u.fl pigtails to U523 and U524, screw ...