A blog about technology... https=//vandenbran.de (C) 1996-2025 Johan Van den Brande Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:31:26 +0200 ${SITE_PUBDATE} 1800 Tech minimalism. /post/2022-05-10-smol-web-lean-hosting/ 2022-05-10 In my quest to tech minimalism I'm exploring new ways to get rid of large bloated sites and to move away from a web where there's no more information but only infotainment and sponsored articles. /post/2022-03-10-i-can-call-myself-a-geminaut/ 2022-03-10 Gopher, an Internet protocol for information sharing, which predates the World Wide Web seems to be having some kind of revival. /post/2021-05-13-my-gopherhole/ 2021-05-17 It has been more than three years since I posted my last entry on this (blog) site. /post/2021-03-02-a-new-site/ 2021-03-02 In 2014 BASIC became a 50 year old programming language, to celebrate that event I started writing my own BASIC interpreter. /post/2017-03-08-flappy-bird-running-home-build-basic-computer/ 2017-03-08 I'm a fan of old computers and their peripherals, actually I have a small collection of mostly Commodore equipment. /post/2016-05-18-interface-vintage-vc1520-plotter-inkscape/ 2016-05-18 Last time I talked about setting up a toolchain for Vectrex development using CMOC, a C compiler for the 6809. /post/2016-04-19-drawing-dots-lines-and-rectangles-with-the-vectrex/ 2016-04-19 Here I'll show you how to set up a toolchain to develop applications in C for the Vectrex game console. /post/2016-02-01-a-modern-toolchain-for-vectrex-development/ 2016-02-01 This a port of the 2048 game to the CBM PET 4032. /post/2014-06-11-2048-for-the-pet-cbm/ 2014-06-11 BREADBOX64 is a twitter client for the C64/128 which allows you to tweet from a real C64 and show your friends timeline. /post/2009-06-08-breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/ 2009-06-08 This winter I revamped my oldest indoor RC equipment, a few BitCar receivers and a hacked transmitter, to experience some lo-tech indoor fun. /post/2009-01-06-vintage-indoor-rc/ 2009-01-06 Recently I bought a bicycle trailer (remork) to transport my kids to school. /post/2008-12-31-bringing-my-children-to-school-with-my-bike-and-open-source-software/ 2008-12-31 Inspired by some local guys who fly paramotors on quiet evenings I decided to build myself an indoor paramotor. /post/2008-12-04-indoor-powered-paraglider/ 2008-12-04 I made a [blinkybug](http://www. /post/2008-06-07-blinkybug/ 2008-06-07 Recently I created an extreme feedback device from a LED cube. /post/2008-04-28-converting-a-led-cube-into-an-extreme-feedback-device/ 2008-04-28 Some thoughts about my robot lab. /post/2008-04-17-robot-lab/ 2008-04-17 Here's my new indoor plane. /post/2007-08-19-6-infared-controlled-f18-hornet/ 2007-08-19 I'm finishing up reading the book '[Ambient Findability](http://www. /post/2006-10-18-ambient-findability/ 2006-10-18 I really liked [Neil Gershenfeld](http://web. /post/2006-05-12-personalization-of-fabrication/ 2006-05-12 After hearing Bruce Sterling's Emerging Technology keynote about 'The Internet of Things', I got interested into the concept of thinglinks, labels for everyday items bringing tagging, linking and searching to the real world. /post/2006-05-04-thinglinks-rule-the-world/ 2006-05-04 The BitESC is a small electronic speed controller for those little RC cars like the MicroSizer / BitChar-G. /post/2005-10-28-bitesc-electronic-speedcontroller-for-bitcars/ 2005-10-28 This walking robot is powered by SMA (Shape Memory Alloy) actuators. /post/2005-10-22-nitinol-walker/ 2005-10-22 Killerbee is my first attempt at building a nano sumo bot. /post/2004-03-20-killer-bee/ 2004-03-20 The ladybug uses two motors from salvaged hobby servos from which the gears were broken. /post/2003-08-30-ladybug/ 2003-08-30 To date, this is my most successful design. /post/2003-07-31-micro-rover/ 2003-07-31 This is one of the most unconventional designs I've build up to date. /post/2003-07-19-nanorover/ 2003-07-19 ! /post/2002-04-01-tavvy/ 2002-04-01 [](images/stavvy_mkii_small. /post/2002-04-01-stavvy/ 2002-04-01