среда, 7 октября 2026 г.

Zed (@M-Abozaid) published a DNS ad-blocker on GitHub that runs on a $2 ESP32-C3 with no PSRAM. Most ESP32 DNS sinkholes load blocklist domain strings into RAM, which is why they need PSRAM. This one stores each domain as a sorted 40-bit FNV-1a hash in flash and binary-searches it. Over 140,000 domains fit in about 0.7 MB of flash, match in roughly 10 ms, and use about 50 KB of RAM.

The 40-bit width is a deliberate pick. At 141k domains collisions are near zero, and at 537k there is about one over-blocked domain. A 32-bit hash would save 20% of the flash but produce around seven collisions at 250k domains.

There is a UDP DNS sinkhole, a web dashboard at c3adblock.local, WiFi captive portal setup, and OTA updates for both firmware and blocklist. On a 4 MB board, firmware OTA needs two app slots, leaving about 1.3 MB for the list, so roughly 250k domains. The 537k “ultimate” list requires the single-app partition table. A printable case for the C3 SuperMini is included.

See more on GitHub.



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вторник, 6 октября 2026 г.

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The folks at Queens Public Library have put together 6 fantastic book lists to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month:



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понедельник, 5 октября 2026 г.

A followup to last year’s Soul Cage vishalsoniindia has another entry in the spooky wearable category.

The Eye Pendant is a wearable electronic pendant with a small round display that shows an animated eye. The eye moves around the screen, looking in different directions and creating the illusion of a realistic eye watching you. It gives the pendant a creepy personality that is perfect for Halloween

See the details on Instructables!


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EI3LH wrote up two days of Parks on the Air activations in County Kilkenny, Ireland, on ei3lh.eu. Both parks were ATNOs, or all time new ones, meaning nobody had activated them before.

The first was Coill an Fhailtaigh National Forest, IE-0056, one of Ireland’s 16 Millennium Forests. With the park close to closing, the setup was a Yaesu FT-891 and an ATAS antenna at 100 watts on CW. Ten contacts came in 16 minutes, and the session finished with 27 QSOs in an hour and nine minutes, including Tennessee, Washington state and New York.

The next day brought a lunch break test of an Elecraft KH-1 with a battery that had not been charged. Output was around 2 watts. That was enough for four SOTA contacts in Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland and Germany in 20 minutes.

The evening park was Jenkinstown, IE-0057, activated in 11 minutes and finishing at 37 QSOs. EI3LH also made a binaural field recording of the forest birdsong using a Tascam recorder and Roland CS-EM10 earphones, best heard on headphones.

See the video below and more at ei3lh.eu.



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Since 1994 World Teachers Day is honored every October 5. This is a time to celebrate teachers on the anniversiary of a 1966 UNESCO Reccomendation on teachers. Teachers are doing transformative work and they need support! 2026 marks the 60th anniversary!

From UNESCO:

Under the theme “Standing with teachers: 60 years of protecting the profession, advancing its status and shaping our futures,” the 2026 edition will centre on reviewing the current challenges related to teacher status and the strategies to address them, calling on society and policy-makers to protect, promote and elevate that status.

Every day Adafruit has resources to help Teachers:

  • We have a special channel on our forums where teachers and academics trade notes: Forum For Educators.
  • Our Learn Guides make great resources for designing projects or curriculum.
  • Check out the Adafruit blog for stories and links for teachers.
  • You can learn even more on our Educators page

If you have a teacher in your life take a minute to share your gratitude. If you are a teacher, THANK YOU!!

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