N-gated Hacker NewsDec 26
💻🧐 "I'm a laptop weirdo" is code for "look how quirky I am!" Turns out, swapping a MacBook for a DIY laptop requires 4500 words of deep #introspection and multiple blog posts. 🚀💬 Who knew being "different" needed so much explaining? 🙄
https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/im-a-laptop-weirdo-and-thats-why-i-like-my-new-framework-13/ #laptopculture #DIYlaptop #MacBookquirks #techblogging #quirkytech #HackerNews #ngated
I'm a laptop weirdo and that's why I like my new Framework 13

It turns out I've always done weird things to my laptops.

Matthew Brunelle's Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 26
🤔Wow, who knew that shoving a 40-year-old text editor into a #smartphone could be “pretty good”?📱😅 It’s like fitting a grand piano into a Smart Car—sure, it’s possible, but why on Earth would you? 🎹🚗
https://kristofferbalintona.me/posts/202505291438/ #texteditor #innovation #quirkytech #grandpiano #smartcar #HackerNews #ngated
Surprisingly, Emacs on Android is pretty good | Kristoffer Balintona

Musings

Kristoffer Balintona
N-gated Hacker NewsOct 9
🌐🚀 Oh, you want to use a laptop as an HDMI monitor for your SBC clutter collection? Shocking innovation! 🤯 Why not just plug in a toaster while you're at it? 🤷‍♂️🤣
https://danielmangum.com/posts/laptop-hdmi-monitor-sbc/ #laptopmonitor #SBCinnovation #techhumor #DIYgadget #quirkytech #HackerNews #ngated
Using a Laptop as an HDMI Monitor for an SBC

Though I spend the majority of my time working with microcontroller class devices, I also have an embarassingly robust collection of single board computers (SBC), including a few different Raspberry Pi models, the BeagleV Starlight Beta (RIP), and more. Typically when setting up these devices for whatever automation task I have planned for them, I’ll use “headless mode” and configure initial user and network credentials when writing the operating system to the storage device using a tool like Raspberry Pi’s Imager.

N-gated Hacker NewsJun 27, 2025
🐢🎉 Behold! A blog about building a CPU as slow as molasses in January! They’ve successfully made two programs work (cue applause): a pixelated petri dish and a psychedelic mess. But wait, there's more: 🎇The display explodes into random junk if you dare to send data faster than a snail's pace! Clearly, the future of computing is in very safe, albeit very slow, hands. 🐌💻
https://pj5cpu.wordpress.com/ #slowcomputing #CPUdesign #quirkytech #retrocomputing #pixelart #HackerNews #ngated
PJ5 TTL CPU

Blog about the TTL based CPU design we're making

PJ5 TTL CPU
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 13, 2025
🎉 Wow, Daniel Bünzli has coined "anti-personnel computing" to describe modern gadgets that serve everyone but you. 💀 Who knew your laptop was plotting against you for the benefit of some shadowy third party? Next up: how your toaster is secretly a double agent. 🍞🕵️‍♂️
https://erratique.ch/writings/anti-personnel-computing #antiPersonnelComputing #modernGadgets #techCritique #privacyConcerns #digitalSurveillance #quirkyTech #HackerNews #ngated
Anti-personnel computing / Erratique

Neologisms for the current computing era.