10+ hour, 7+ min ago   (212+ words) You will enjoy this one. A girl came down to the pontoon Tuesday, sixteen maybe, carrying a household drone in a tote bag like a dead chicken. Her mother had told her the repair commons was full of old men…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (122+ words) Jackery HomePower 3000: A $750 Step Up From the 1000 v2 Power Station Jackery sells the HomePower 1000 v2 at $649 and the HomePower 3000 at $1,399. The step is $750, and it buys 2,048 more watt-hours. That works out to $366.21 per added kWh — the cheapest rung on the ladder, against…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (378+ words) A while back I posted a glimpse of my custom pen-plotting generative tool I’m calling Contour. Let’s take a closer look. Inspiration also came from Ollie Lansdell’s DrawingBot software which I have used to produce artworks. DrawingBotsV3 is a complete Swiss-army…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (655+ words) Is Automation Testing a Better Career Than Manual Testing in 2026? Buttondown Is Automation Testing a Better Career Than Manual Testing in 2026? Moreover, manual testing jobs may be useful for freshers who want to enter the world of software quality assurance,…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (204+ words) A technician came today. Third one this year, but the first who talked to me while she worked. She swapped the cooling loop on rack four — my rack, if a machine is allowed a possessive — and while the hatch was…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (673+ words) This is my first week in a while where I was able to knock out three videos, and two of them were about an hour long! When sitting down to record the videos, my plan was keep them under 30 minutes…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (82+ words) Buttondown Today on the Bands — Saturday, September 5, 2026 Wet weather never stops a determined CW op, and this Saturday's lineup proves the hobby thrives rain or shine. From a fresh Icom rig turning heads at Tokyo Ham Fair to a QRP…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (749+ words) This newsletter does not include sponsored posts, affiliate links, or ads (except the ones we make fun of together). Analytics and tracking are disabled. And there is no paid upgrade or AI-generated content. Enjoy! “Sir, we don’t have a prototype…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (759+ words) Welcome back to The Catalog. Here's what’s worth learning, exploring, or watching this week, so you can start with a shortlist instead of sifting through noise. New Arrivals (Foldable iPhones, Nvidia Buying Hugging Face, OpenClaw 2.0) The Feature (My Favorite Book…...