So, bike v1, rest in peace. You were secured by an inferior lock and coveted by a weak person. We can’t fix the moral character of folks, but, well, lets see about the lock. Now first you should no, no lock is impenetrable. All of them will fall victim to an angle-grinder after a bit…

Jamaica. It conjures up images of crystal blue beaches and rum drinks with umbrellas. Well, it may for you, I’ve been.

After the ‘desktop that couldn’t AVX‘ issue, I swapped it out for a Ryzen 2700X-based Asus X470-I. If you are looking to kick ass and take names in a cost-effective desktop, look @ Ryzen! However, there was one minor flaw with the Asus. It had this Realtek RTL8822BE WiFi + Bluetooth setup. Blech. It did…

LoraWAN lojack for bike thiefs, crowd-sourced network. Who’s in?

This happened a while ago on a trip to Rio. I’ve just arrived, its a long flight (~12 hours), but is in the same timezone. I land in one of Rio’s two amazing (not) airports and get a taxi in to the hotel. On arriving at the hotel, I do my usual and go for…