Stories by somat

Mixed DPI in X11

Failure: Playing Video from Audio Cassette

Golang is evil on shitty networks

The Rocketdyne Tripropellant Rocket [video]

The Greatest Con in early Aviation [video]

How Zutty Works: Rendering a Terminal with an OpenGL Compute Shader

Solving a simple puzzle using SymPy

This is not a wave. (a video essay on the nature of photons)

A Web Server in PostScript

Why the Model of a Hydrogen-filled Sun is Obsolete(2004) [pdf]

Why metric lathes don't use a threading dial

The sinking of the ship Cospatrick. (1875)

Hydraulic Valve Gear of Swiss Steam Ship Stadt Luzern

Flood Basalts of the Pacific Northwest

Aftermarket Horns on Amazon Are Getting Out of Hand

A Few of My Favorite Things About the OpenBSD Packet Filter Tools

How to Talk lakeboat when you visit the Great Lakes

PGXN, the PostgreSQL Extension Network

Simutrans Turns 25

Embed diagrams in a fossil wiki with the pic programing language