ultrascience labs
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lab notes
Research articles and blog posts, some of it evergreen. Included archived blog posts restored from previous website incarnations.
r & d
Work logs for past and present hobby projects. Case mods, electronics, models, woodworking, vintage audio.
linkroll
A cultivated collection of link to sites of all types. Currently working on a linkroll and directories section - a linkroll of linkrolls.
current news
RSS headlines. Sources are subject to change. I try to use sources that are relatively resource light, and produce feed XML docs that aren't ridiculously boated. As usual, tread carefully in the comments sections, for example slashdot is a good source for headlines, but the comment section is full of Libertarians.
slashdot
- Cyberattack on a Car Breathalyzer Firm Leaves Drivers Stuck - 2026-03-24 02:00
- Trump Administration To Pay French Company $1 Billion To Stop Offshore Wind Farms - 2026-03-23 22:30
- Nvidia CEO Says He's 'Empathetic' To DLSS 5 Concerns - 2026-03-23 18:00
- Bipartisan Bill Seeks To Ban Sports Betting On Prediction Market Platforms - 2026-03-23 17:00
- Wing Expands Its Drone Delivery Service To the Bay Area - 2026-03-23 16:00
hackaday
- Disposable Vape Becomes Breath-Activated Synth - 2026-03-24 03:00
- Venus Flytrap Takes Ride Through a Particle Accelerator - 2026-03-24 00:00
- Low Self-Discharge, High-Voltage Supercapacitors Using Porous Carbon - 2026-03-23 21:00
- PicoZ80 is a Drop-in Replacement for Everyone’s Favorite Zilog CPU - 2026-03-23 18:00
- Acoustic Drone Detection On the Cheap with ESP32 - 2026-03-23 15:00
neatorama
- The Real Story Behind President Taft Getting Stuck in a Bathtub - 2026-03-23 19:09
- LEGO Trucks Simulate Traffic Behavior by Human and Robot Drivers - 2026-03-23 18:40
- Fitness Trend: Sword Yoga - 2026-03-23 12:24
- Invention: The Railway Bicycle - 2026-03-23 11:37
- Artist Sews Dress from Leaves - 2026-03-23 11:15
NPR
- At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says - 2026-03-24 00:58
- UK police probe possible Iran link after Jewish charity ambulances set on fire - 2026-03-24 00:43
- Despite state bans and restrictions, the number of abortions in the U.S. holds steady - 2026-03-23 23:01
- Markwayne Mullin confirmed as the next secretary of Homeland Security - 2026-03-23 19:26
- Trump administration places Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds - 2026-03-23 16:05
jacobin
- Giorgia Meloni Has Finally Suffered a Defeat - 2026-03-23 10:31
- Joe Rogan Hosted Canada’s Free Market Champion - 2026-03-23 09:12
- Labor Wins When They Run Union Members for Office - 2026-03-23 07:38
- Trump’s Latest AI Contract Clause Scraps Crucial Safeguards - 2026-03-23 07:32
- Israel’s Young Settler Vanguard - 2026-03-23 05:40
africa is a country
- Greater Israel and the new regional order - 2026-03-23 07:00
- Senegal’s theater of morality - 2026-03-20 07:00
- A life in struggle - 2026-03-19 04:00
- Where do the borders really lie? - 2026-03-18 06:00
- David Hundeyin may not be a false prophet - 2026-03-17 06:00
404media
- Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online - 2026-03-23 15:28
- This Web Tool Sabotages AI Chatbots By Making Them Really, Really Slow - 2026-03-23 10:20
- Ridicule as Praxis (with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna) - 2026-03-23 08:37
- An Adrenaline Junkie Millionaire’s Quest to Become a Cocaine Kingpin - 2026-03-23 08:00
- Scientists Narrow Down the Hunt for Aliens to 45 Planets - 2026-03-21 08:00
techdirt
- Trump Administration Tries To Rein In RFK Jr. As A Midterms Liability - 2026-03-23 22:25
- Congress Is Dropping The Ball With A Clean Extension Of FISA - 2026-03-23 17:35
- Court Says Pentagon Can’t Pick And Choose Which News Outlets Have Access - 2026-03-23 15:34
- What Does The Viral Afroman Trial Have to Do with Section 230? - 2026-03-23 14:01
- DHS Takes Out Its Funding Frustrations On Millions Of Americans By Sending ICE Agents To Do TSA Work - 2026-03-23 12:45
the register personal tech
- Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’ - 2026-03-23 22:45
- We tested Intel's new chips for cash-strapped hardcore PC users and they're impressive - 2026-03-23 08:00
- Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates - 2026-03-23 06:24
- Sorry, Amazon, you couldn't pick a worse time to bring a phone to market: IDC analyst - 2026-03-20 15:20
- Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update - 2026-03-20 08:37
sciencedaily
- Insulin pills may soon replace daily injections - 2026-03-24 03:08
- Physicists just turned glass into a powerful quantum security device - 2026-03-24 02:43
- New light trap design supercharges atom-thin semiconductors - 2026-03-24 02:25
- A surprising foam discovery could change everyday products - 2026-03-23 22:44
- DNA reveals two new bass species hidden in plain sight - 2026-03-23 22:19
space.com
- Scientists find 2 'failed stars' that may have a second chance to shine bright — by getting together - 2026-03-23 16:02
- 10 major differences between the 'Project Hail Mary' book and movie - 2026-03-23 16:00
- 2nd-ever test flight of NASA's 'quiet' X-59 supersonic jet cut short by glitch - 2026-03-23 12:22
- Rare daytime fireball may have dropped meteorites on Texas: Here's where to find them - 2026-03-23 11:59
- Astrophotographer spies Thor's Helmet shining 15,000 light-years away in spectacular photo - 2026-03-23 11:00
space news
- Space Force adds cyber units to guard rocket launches - 2026-03-23 16:37
- Amazon Leo targets faster deployment cadence as deadline pressure mounts - 2026-03-23 15:39
- Parsons unveils new satellite antenna aimed at military market - 2026-03-23 14:00
- Sovereign demand and institutional capital reshape space economy - 2026-03-23 12:29
- Arianespace to launch Katalyst servicing spacecraft - 2026-03-23 10:30
phys.org
- XRISM identifies gamma Cas X-ray origin, solving a 50-year-old stellar mystery - 2026-03-24 03:00
- Nanoparticles enable large-scale production of advanced cell therapies - 2026-03-24 03:00
- Agricultural soils exposed to controversial weedkiller may be unexpected breeding ground for hospital 'superbugs' - 2026-03-24 00:00
- When NASA's experimental technology detects a tsunami, it may help save lives - 2026-03-23 21:40
- Yes, AI could boost productivity, but work is about more than maximizing output - 2026-03-23 21:00
onion latest
- Chappell Roan Makes Amends By Kidnapping 11-Year-Old Fan - 2026-03-23 13:52
- Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World - 2026-03-23 13:47
- Chick-Fil-A Announces Two Halves Of Buns Must Be Married Before Becoming Sandwich - 2026-03-23 12:38
- Political Profile: Markwayne Mullin - 2026-03-23 10:32
- Live Possum Found Hiding Among Gift Shop Plush Animal Toys - 2026-03-23 10:16
changelogs
December 2025
2025-12-22 - r & d - Infrastructure worklogs updated in shop rehab redux
November 2025
2025-11-09 - updated the ticker links to open in new tabs.
2025-11-07 - updated yellow to version 0.9.16
July 2025
2025-07-15 - linkroll - added links to the esoterica, linkrolls, design inspiration, and woodworking sections.
March 2025
2025-03-10 - r&d - Added the "rei & asuka" entry under r&d -> case mods -> legacy case mods. I also realized that I also got my Dragon case work log entered but forgot to update the change log to document it. So check that out too, I guess.
February 2025
2025-02-26 - Spent a few days messing around with the site layout. Went crazy with the icons and integrated them into the nav areas of the site. I created new layouts to generate dynamic icon-based navigation. I also pushed the "about" sections to the bottom of their respective sections.
2025-02-20 - linkroll - Alphabetized the linkroll categories. Working on putting together a linkroll/directory category.
December 2024
2024-12-20 - lab notes - Taking advantage of the new lab notes blog format and manually importing content from the previous iterations of the site. I've imported both Greymatter versions of the blog (thanks to the Internet Archive) and I'm working through the Drupal blog posts pulled from the backups I restored in October. I'm including comment text inline with the post content - click "read more" under any of the older blog posts to see them. I should also note that since these restored posts are over 15 years old many of the links are dead. I'm linking to Internet Archive pages contemporary to the date of the blog post in question where needed and when possible.
November 2024
2024-11-18 - linkroll - Adding more links new categories over the last several days. A bit of styling on the headers to improve readability.
2024-11-02 - Updated the styling for the ultrascience_efc theme used on the lab notes pages.
2024-11-02 - lab notes - adjusting content sorting. Lab notes is now in a blog format, using tags to sort blog entries and logn form research articles.
2024-11-01 - linkroll - Added new links
2024-11-01 - Added ticker feeds
October 2024
2024-10-31 - Working on the front page layout. Rolling latest changes into the changelogs. Still messing with the ticker feeds.
2024-10-30 - Updated Datenstrom Yellow to version 0.9, installed ticker extension for displaying RSS feed content. Currently just dumping it on the bottom of the homepage. I also installed the blog extension. I'm also considering other structural changes to the site.
2024-10-22 - lab notes - new article "A Site Recovery 15 years in the making" created to track archived site recovery work. Article is live, but very under construction
2024-10-22 - Been working on recovering the circa 2005 version of the site from my old backups. At the time it was using Drupal 4.7 running on a typical LAMP stack. Recovery work will be logged in a new lab notes article.
2024-10-04 - homepage - added icons, refreshed intro copy, cleaned up changelogs
September 2024
2024-09-16 - r & d - Whitewings worklogs updated under paper airplanes
2024-09-16 - lab notes - Updated the "whitewings" lab notes entry in the "models, hobbytronics & programming" notebook. Added links for model and manual scans. Updated the History of Jet Fighters and Volume 1 worklogs to include a list of models with assembly and flight reviews. Work will be ongoing there as I build and fly models.
2024-09-09 - r&d - Started work on the "Whitewings - History of Jet Fighters 1992" worklog under the r & d section
August 2024
2024-08-01 - August was offline work
July 2024
2024-07-15 - r&d - Started work on the "Whitewings - Excellent Paper Airplanes Volume 1 1980" worklog under the r & d section
2024-07-01 - lab notes - Created the "whitewings" lab notes entry in the "models, hobbytronics & programming" notebook
April 2024
2024-04-17- homepage - Continuing updates - all experimental. Added a current research section as a kind of "now" page.
2024-04-16 - lab notes -New article published "why we are still using 88x31 buttons"
2024-04-04 - homepage - Cleaning up changelogs and latest changes on homepage, added intro copy.
2024-04-04 - linkroll - Added a "categories" list.
2024-04-04 - homepage - Adding icons and images for interest.
2024-04-01 - r&d - Completed the "mdportal elite" entry under r&d -> case mods -> legacy case mods
March 2024
- r&d - Started with restoring my 'ancient' case mod project logs and updating them for the new site.
Updated theming for the R&D section of the site.
2024-03-06 - lab notes - New article published "windows xp running on a vm"
2024-03-01 - lab notes - New article published "searching for search"
February 2024
2024-2-30 - linkroll - Added new category papercraft
2024-2-23 - linkroll - Added links to tools and resources I've been using to build this site.
2024-2-23 - Applied font sub-setting to drastically reduce font download size, played with header font styling.
2024-2-3 - Updated blue theme colors for the landing page and played with background images and styling in general.
January 2024
2024-1-28 - linkroll - Added more links to the.
2024-1-26 - Working on categories/layout for the linkroll.
current research
Web
Thanks to my restored backups and the Internet Archive, I was able to pull in the blog content from my pre 2010 Greymatter and Drupal versions of the site in the lab notes. Content is tagged with "greymatter" and "drupal" as appropriate. Old comments are included. I'm still working on old project logs.
Hardware
Workshop reorganization has continued through the fall and into winter. But along the way I've knocked out a few projects and made headway on others. Details coming.
Papercraft/Models
Paper airplanes made for some fun summer and fall flying, but wet and cold winter weather has settled in so I've been spending time on the model railroad layout. It's a mixed-gauge two-level layout consisting of HO and HOn30. The main HOn30 in-town streetcar loop track has been laid and wired, and I've laid track on the HO portion. Details coming.
Infrastructure
Shop re-org and updates continue. I still need to document the work so I can keep track of it in the future - if only I had a website for tracking projects...
about
Welcome to the labs. Back in the early 2000s I was playing with case mods and website design and I set up this domain as a homepage to share my projects and sandbox to play with various development tools and styles.
I dropped it after several years, but lately I've wanted a place to record and share my old and new project work again. So I re-registered the site and dusted off my old data files.
system status
Generator: Datenstrom Yellow version 0.9.16