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It's easier than ever to de-censor videos
Last month I asked people to hack part of my YouTube video, specifically to de-pixelate the contents of a folder I had pixelated starting at the 4:57 mark.
For years, people have used the censor tool to blur or pixelate out parts of videos where there's sensitive information. And for years, every time I've used it, I get a few comments from people saying that's not a safe way to censor information.
…Raspberry Pi cluster spotted inside $6k audio processor
People often ask me whether Pi clusters are useful besides just tinkering. I've built my fair share, including my most recent 'Lamp Rack' Kubernetes-in-a-Lamp cluster.
Well... I have a definitive answer: the Orban Optimod 5000-series audio processors:
These rackmount units each include a 3-node Raspberry Pi cluster, and they cost between $6,000-15,000! I found this specimen at the Orban booth at NAB 2025, and they sell a lot of these to broadcasters around the world.
…BPS is a GPS alternative that nobody's heard of
I came to the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) show this year with my Dad to learn more about time in broadcast and live production.
I was expecting to learn more about grandmaster clocks, AV sync, timing in protocols like Dante, Livewire, AES67, and more—and I have. But then on the first day here I found this odd little corner of the building with a completely empty booth:
When you see an oscilloscope that costs 3x the value of your car on a trade show floor... well, let's just say my interest was piqued.
…Running the LAMP Stack in a Lamp Rack
I typically don't do anything for April Fool's Day, but this year I thought I'd unite a bit of a meme in the homelab community with something I wanted to make a video on anyway: a lamp rack.
What's a lamp rack? Well, you're looking at one! It's a floor lamp with an integrated mini rack!
I didn't want to make a video about a floor lamp, but more on the fact you don't need fancy racks or any new hardware at all to start a homelab.
…DIY PTP Grandmaster Clock with a Raspberry Pi
tl;dr: I set up an open source Time Pi project to build a stratum 1 PTP and NTP timeserver using a Raspberry Pi.
Time is important to modern society, and most of us have a clock on our wrist that's more accurate than at any time in human history. But highly precise time is important in many industries, especially robotics, finance, and media production. And with tech like VR working its way into homes, precise time may become more important there, too.
…Never in a million years...
...would I have imagined my video on whether a pigeon is faster than the Internet would end up on a popular Italian quiz show, L'Eredita. Specifically, in the March 26th episode (playable in Italy, or with an account).
The question, roughly translated:
A test by the expert Jeff Geerling from 2023 proved that in transporting data the carrier pigeons can be more, what?
- More reliable than a registered letter
- Faster than DSL.
- More precise than a human courier
- More polluting than an email?
Nobody got the answer on their first guess (it eventually defaulted to Francesca), but Stefano definitely had a solid point:
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