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Using Grok for a Workout Plan
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Due to some personal circumstances, I have found myself in need of a more rigorous fitness regime. Since the internet is full of fitness data, I hope that Grok is well trained and can provide a good workout plan. This post introduces the plan and goes over the starting data.
Teardown of a "Labtec Internet Keyboard"
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A brief investigation into an early 2000s era keyboard.
My Home Server Build
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After three years of accumulating parts, I finished a home server for hosting media, git repositories, and backups. In this post I go through the overall hardware & software setup.
Google Home Mini - Input PCBA Reverse Engineering
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A first step into reverse engineering the electronics of the Google Home Mini
Initial calculations for a 3D Printed BGA Socket
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One of the more frustrating things when extracting flash memories is finding so many footprints that don’t have off the shelf sockets. In this post I go through some thoughts and calculations on what it would take to make a 3D printed socket for a BGA part.