Source: "Semiconductor Integrated Circuits" by Gordon Moore in "Microelectronic", 1963. Moore (of Moore's Law fame) was at Fairchild at the time. He co-founded Intel in 1968. Thanks to Philip F. for the book.

In the 1960s, this absurdly large camera was used to make masks for integrated circuits. The layers of the integrated circuit were drawn at large scale and then optically shrunk to make the glass masks that were used in manufacturing.

Baby oscilloscope! 💖
@benhencke brought their tiny SAOScope to the #Teardown2025 party at #PDX #hackersapce Ctrl-H last night! It can do 1 Ms/s at 12 bit. The knobs work including trigger! #Portland #Badgelife

Exciting news from our secret headquarters at Bela: we've launched Bela Gem, the biggest hardware update to Bela in 10 years. Quad-core processor, high-spec audio, new IDE and more! The campaign will go live on CrowdSupply soon; subscribe at the link for more: https://www.crowdsupply.com/bela/bela-gem-stereo-and-multi

Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/07/bill-atkinson-rip

Also, an explicit invitation to hams and not-licensed-radio-ethusiasts who feel left out or uncomfortable in more traditional amateur radio clubs.

A core part of the NARS mission is to advance inclusivity and diversity in the radio hobby, and we want our Field Day to be a welcoming place.

https://nars.narwhal.be/about/

If you're not sure if NARS is right for you, please reach out.

#pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Fascinating watching this orangutan tying a knot. 🦧🪢

I've released FlexPacket in Version 0.6.0. 🥳

https://github.com/andreaspeters/flexpacket

#hamradio #amateurradio #ax25 #packetradio

Hey #hamradio #amateurradio peeps, Museum Ships Weekend is NEXT weekend June 7th and 8th! How many ships can you work? Maybe you can reach out to me on the Battleship NJ #NJ2BB. https://nj2bb.org/museum/index.html

@AF0AJ
Awesome! Those folks do terrific work with some really fun tech. I find museum work to be so fulfilling because people experience and learn new things that may positively affect the trajectory of their lives.
@connections

My friend sent me a link to this tiny lil’ mac and said it was perfect for feminist hacker Barbie’s dream house: https://blog.1bitrainbow.com/pico-mac-nano/

Yes, I am excited to have twenty new infrared distance sensors (replacements for the paint dispenser I made) but the presence of the corner on this tray cutoff makes me wish I’d ordered enough for a full tray, just so I could gaze upon a complete collection 😀

My route planner for Denmark that refuses to drive on roads named after men is now online:
https://osrm.findvej.dk/nomales/

A couple of examples:

Odense:
https://osrm.findvej.dk/nomales/?z=15&center=55.403985%2C10.385385&loc=55.401682%2C10.391736&loc=55.404484%2C10.394011&hl=da&alt=0

Carlsberg Byen:
https://osrm.findvej.dk/nomales/?z=16&center=55.667353%2C12.533405&loc=55.665580%2C12.529242&loc=55.665435%2C12.530379&hl=da&alt=0

#OSRM #OSM #OpenStreetMap

I wrote a program to lipsync the shipping forecast in a terminal window, and I have no regrets.

Camera flash could crash the Raspberry Pi 2! The "Xenon Death Flash" is one of tech's weirdest bugs. How a community solved it (with Blu-Tack!) 📸💥

https://pmpt.us/wTMMz

#RaspberryPi #TechHistory #Electronics

@KC8JC That’s a thing I loved about my old Wrangler, too! With the 4cyl in there, the hood felt cavernous!

Inside you there are two wolves.

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Instead of storing my data in the cloud, I just store it in the bush. It's the same thing, only palette-swapped. More accessible, too.