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Pulling on a thread (Using Thread on Ikea Sensors)

Ben Hardill wanted to read a pair of IKEA ALPSTUGA CO2 sensors from Node-RED, and wrote up what it took on his blog. The sensors are part of IKEA’s second generation of smart devices, so they use Thread radios instead of Zigbee. That rules out the old Trådfri Hub and Zigbee2MQTT. Thread runs an IPv6 […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

The first Unix Programmer’s Manual, released in 1971 (free PDF)

MIT CSAIL marked the anniversary on X: Bell Labs released the first Unix Programmer’s Manual in November 1971. The post links a free PDF of the third edition, and credits Diomidis Spinellis (@CoolSWEng) for the pointer. The manual set the pattern that man pages still follow. One short page per command, in the same order: […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

The early history of the UNIX “more” command

Dan Halbert, writing on danhalbert.org, tells how he came to write the Unix more command in 1978 as a first-year graduate student at UC Berkeley. The piece first ran on comp.society.folklore in 1994 and then in The ANALYTICAL ENGINE. Berkeley already had a small program called cr3 that printed 24 lines and rang the terminal […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

GNUstep Desktop: a NeXT user interface for modern Linux

GNUstep Desktop (GSDE) is a Linux desktop environment that gives you a NeXT/OpenStep-like experience. It runs on the GNUstep framework, which is an open implementation of the OpenStep API in Objective-C, and pulls together apps and utilities the GNUstep community has written over the years. The code is compact enough that one person can follow […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

Arkivism is a search and visual discovery engine for public domain works #ArtTuesday

Jason Kottke, writing at kottke.org, points to Arkivism, a search and visual discovery engine for public domain works. It pulls together millions of items that anyone can use. The collections come from the Smithsonian, The Met, NASA, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art, the Rijksmuseum and others. Public domain means the copyright […]

Adafruit Blog · EN

Developing retro-GUIs for Win3.11 and OS/2

Chris, writing at chrisdevblog.com, built GUI apps for Windows 3.11 and OS/2 Warp 3 to control his microcontroller projects on real period hardware. He started with Borland Delphi 1 from 1995, the first and last Delphi that made 16-bit Windows programs. That worked right away, so he switched to Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 from 1993, […]

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Collins Obijiaku’s Tender Portraits Conjure Memories and Community

'Wherever You Are, Remember Me' opens on November 7 at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Collins Obijiaku’s Tender Portraits Conjure Memories and Community appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

In an Updated Edition, Photographer Ivan McClellan Returns to Black Rodeo Culture

'Eight Seconds: Legacy in Motion' features 91 new images that spotlight the people and places integral to Black rodeo culture. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In an Updated Edition, Photographer Ivan McClellan Returns to Black Rodeo Culture appeared first on Colossal .

Colossal · EN

Americans Place “I Voted” Stickers on Memorials to ICE Victims

Voting stickers appeared across memorials dedicated to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Alex Pretti, both of whom were killed by ICE agents earlier this year.

Hyperallergic · EN

Jeremy Shaw Dances With the Divine

"I used to blanket my practice as being about ‘altered states,’” the artist told Hyperallergic, “but these days I speak more about faith and belief.”

Hyperallergic · EN

Layli Long Soldier’s Quilted Poetry

The Lakota poet reflects on the visual art in her new book, 10 art titles we’re reading this month, and a biography of Beverly Buchanan sets the record straight.

Hyperallergic · EN

Leila Reichert Appointed as Senior Curator at Weisman Art Museum

The curator and writer is heading to the University of Minnesota institution after seven years at Indiana University's Eskenazi Museum of Art.

Hyperallergic · EN

As Politicians Break Promises, This Public Artwork Keeps Them

Paul Ramírez Jonas debuted his participatory artwork “Public Trust” months before Trump was first elected. A decade on, it feels more urgent than ever.

Hyperallergic · EN

The Indian Pavilion in Venice Asks: What Is Home?

"Geographies of Distance" offers a polysemous reading of home during a period of accelerated urbanization in India.

Hyperallergic · EN

A Modern Take on the Split-Rail Fence

This is what's called a split-rail fence: The design is a classic example of more-work-up-front, less-work-later. With a traditional nailed fence, like this… …if one of the rails becomes damaged, you need to de-nail it to remove it. If a post requires replacement, you must de-nail all of the boards going into it. In contrast, the split-rail design uses rails that simply slide into through-mortises in the posts. It's more work up front because you have to sharpen the rail ends and bore out the mortises. But when it comes time to replace components, it can be done quickly and without tools. Out

Core77 · EN

Branding & Visual Identity: NISCHE Restaurant by Myundones

Explore the visual identity for NISCHE, a Berlin fine casual restaurant by Myundones blending German culinary comfort and understated typography. German dining often suffers from two opposing aestheti...

Abduzeedo · EN

Wolff Olins Unveils BMG Brand Identity

Wolff Olins builds the new BMG brand identity around a faceted play symbol, acid Limelight, deep Midnight and metallic neutrals. BMG started in 2008 as a bold voice in music, and by 2025 it had grown ...

Abduzeedo · EN

This celebrity ad shows what a difference it makes when you don't use CGI

We're so starved of practical effects; even a spot promoting financial services can be magical in the right hands. Ads for financial services are not something I go out of my way to watch. I tend to b...

Creative Boom · EN

Swiss Typefaces crafts a warmer, friendlier custom font for Swiss Post

Creating a typeface for Switzerland's postal service took three years, and it came with many challenges. When it comes to custom typefaces, designers are often faced with a dilemma. When clients have...

Creative Boom · EN

How Elie N’Guessan makes everyday London look like a movie

From an impromptu shoot with four curious kids to a sportswear campaign concept staged inside a car, the London photographer finds inspiration in familiar places and unplanned moments. Elie N'Guessan...

Creative Boom · EN

Inspired by strangers' dreams, Moho builds glittering, slightly unsettling worlds

The Seoul-based artist transforms dreams submitted by people around the world into shimmering animations filled with pearls and sequins. "A dream is something we've experienced, yet it can be dif...

Creative Boom · EN

Tatiana Bilbao creates rammed-earth installation at Art Omi

Tatiana Bilbao Estudio has created a large-scale outdoor installation for New York arts centre Art Omi, which is made of rammed-earth sourced from local soil that will break down over time. The post Tatiana Bilbao creates rammed-earth installation at Art Omi appeared first on Dezeen .

Dezeen · EN

OpenAI introduces program to reduce AI data center energy demand during peak hours

The Grid Protectors Program applies load shedding, a technique in use since the 1970s, to data centers.

Tom's Hardware · EN

Windows 11 8GB RAM configurations get a performance boost

Microsoft claims that it has made drastic improvements to the performance of Windows 11 while using 8GB of RAM.

Tom's Hardware · EN