Netcrook
06 September 2026
A Quiet Machine With a Loud Idea: Why a Clavichord Build Stands Out
A new clavichord project draws attention not because it is flashy, but because it sits at the intersection of craft, tuning, and a musical tradition many readers rarely encounter.
A Micron-Scale Benchy Shows How Far Resin Printing Can Go
A tiny 3D-printed Benchy and a turmeric angle put extreme-resolution resin printing in the spotlight, alongside the still finer world of micro-SLA and two-photon polymerization.
Why an Old Editor Still Won the Keyboard War
WordStar’s long life is a sharp reminder that software often survives not because it is fashionable, but because human hands remember it.
Inside the Toy Shell: Why a Mouse-Shaped PC Still Deserves a Security Reading
A device billed as a "PC inside a Mouse" is a novelty on the outside, but it also reminds security teams that computing risk follows the hardware, not the packaging.
When a Model Draws the Board, the Real Test Starts at the Bench
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is being presented as capable of turning a schematic into a KiCad PCB, but the harder question is whether a rules-heavy hardware workflow will accept the result.
The Quiet Trick That Lets Apple II Code Wake Up on a Commodore 64
A retro-computing experiment turns a platform mismatch into a compatibility puzzle, with the word "silent" hinting at an unusual path to running old software.