Wesley So on emigrating to the US and how Chess960 is his favorite variant.

Successfully executing a replay attack against a wireless key fob using inexpensive hardware and GNU Radio (based on Samy Kamkar's original hack).

This TTL computer looks like an interesting design:

- It implements an 8-bit RISC CPU with an 8-instruction CPU using a surprisingly small number of chips: just 36 standard TTL chips, a ROM, and an SRAM chip.

- The VGA output is generated entirely in software with no additional graphics hardware (other than a resistor DAC). User code runs only during the hsync and vsync periods.

- The ROM kernel takes care of all the VGA timing and runs a virtual machine which presents itself as a 16-bit CPU and includes an interpreter so programs can be written in a high level language.

How to write tiny ELF executables by hand.

He's no John Bartholomew, but Carlsen is surprisingly good at explaining his moves as he plays.

A very nice project report on the design and build of a simple Nixie tube clock including an unexpectedly in-depth section on the design of the custom flyback boost converter. The tubes are driven by individual transistors, controlled by an stm32 uC, powered and programmed over USB-C, and housed in a custom machined stainless steel case.

This review makes me want to play with these microcontrollers.

A comparison 21 different microcontrollers — all less than $1.

I'm not sure where this came from (some class handout?) but it is a very nice guide to hand-drawing Bode plots.