Frederick Dopfel 

My home has always been a playground for IoT devices. I have over 90 assigned IP addresses at any given time on my network, with products...

Dogecoin is perhaps the friendliest cryptocurrency on the internet, and has built a strong community that is open and welcoming to beginners. Based on the Doge meme popular at its time of creation, it thrives as a currency for showing appreciation for content made online. Dogecoin donations have sponsored a NASCAR driver and the Jamacian bobsled team . Even Elon Musk has tweeted about his love for Dogecoin. Users regularly give each other small tips of a few Dogecoins t

I have been interested in blockchain technology since early 2015, when I bought Bitcoin for $600 and was working at Strategic Business...

A lot of people don't understand why I would ever want to hack a Peloton bike. After all, there are a lot of people who love the bike and...

How I hacked my home to always have perfect air quality

I built my workhorse computer around 5 years ago, after the logic board on my 2010 MacBook pro died (a known issue caused by Apple's...

Somehow, I managed to crack the glass on my Pixel 3XL. Not the front glass on the screen, mind you, but the glass back of the phone. This...

During my time at Stanford, I was an active member of the Mars Rover Team within the Stanford Robotics Club (http://roboticsclub.stanford...

Excited after my success with PiHole and it's privacy-centric ad-blocking DNS, I felt empowered to do more. The thing about living with...

My next step for continuous improvement of my home network was to build a DNS server using the popular DIY-system, PiHole. A DNS server...

Like many people renting in older buildings, there never seems to be enough hot water, and my apartment is no exception. I had always...

Keys suck. I could write a whole post about how easy they are to copy (even with just a photo) or circumvent altogether. However, this...

As a new Tesla owner, I am always excited about getting the latest software update (at time of writing, anxiously awaiting version 9.0),...

DeepFake is an application that uses convolutional neural nets to generate a map of a person's face, then place that map over an actor in...

Valentines day may be a "Hallmark holiday" to most, but that doesn't mean that it can't be a fun one. I happen to be a big fan of...

After joining the Stanford Student Space Initiative high-altitude balloon team, one of our first projects was to build and launch our own...

One of my first projects was creating a synchronized media library between multiple computers in multiple homes. The system worked well,...

What if I could use my existing neural style transfer program to apply the style of my doppelgänger's painting onto my own photo?

My computer has a pretty powerful GPU in my custom water cooling loop, and because I'm generally too busy to play video games, this power...

My parents live in a house with walls literally made of concrete and metal mesh, making each room effectively a faraday cage, AKA Wi-Fi...