Here's a wonderful gallery at Reckon of high-magnification images of the grooves on a vinyl record, captured with an electron microscope. (via Farai Chideya)
Vinyl record groove under electron microscope, at 1000x
Lost history of Acorn Computers reveals the British tech giant that almost was
Robert McMordie's A technical history of Acorn Computers is a concise and occasionally darkly funny hypertext concerning the 1970s British computing startup that made some excellent machines but ran out… READ THE REST
Make your own virtual punchcard
The Virtual Keypunch is the work of N. Landsteiner—and startlingly complete in detail and authenticity. You'll be relieved to gear that IBM/360 Column Binary Format is fully supported. Type and… READ THE REST
How LLMs work, put simply
Artificial Intelligence is a useful and misleading term for the powerful and sometimes convincing text generators swarming the internet. The technical reality is abstruse, to say the least. Osman Recai… READ THE REST
Keep your eyes on the road with this universal smartphone mount, now 40% off
TL;DR: Keep your eyes on the road with this HyperGear Universal Cup Holder Flex Mount, now just $14.99 (reg. $24). Spending a lot of time in the car? Whether you've got a… READ THE REST
Learn languages with this top-rated app
TL;DR: Choose from 56 different languages to learn from (or master them all!) for a one-time price of $39.99 with Qlango Language Learning (reg. $119). Whether you hope to brush up on that… READ THE REST
This cordless vacuum sucks…and that's why I love it
TL;DR: This cordless Faberware vacuum delivers powerful suction, a bendable wand, and free shipping — get it for $109.99 with code SAVE10. Sometimes, I don't want to haul out the big, bulky vacuum… READ THE REST
