Dragged a dead payphone out of the grave and shocked it back to life. Restored the light in the stand, now it’s proudly glowing like it did in the ’80s. Inside, it’s a Frankenstein mix of analog guts and digital soul making this phone hum again. For the DIYers: the system flow goes Analog POTS module → Grandstream HT801 → Raspberry Pi running the 3CX SBC → 3CX PBX / VoIP grid in the cloud. 3CX is the MVP here. Next up, I’d like to set up a self-hosted PBX, probably on Asterisk. Still need to dig into what the best options are. #retrocomputing #diy #freedomtech #hacker #maker #techpunk #voip #payphone #art

AWS just face planted. Coinbase, Robinhood, Snapchat, and others down hard. My @Start9 hums quietly in the corner. Self hosted finance and socials keep going. Decentralize or die. #bitcoin #nostr #sovereigntech #lightningnetwork #sovereigncomputing

Made this $25 DIY gadget I learned about while at DEFCON. the Rayhunter, It’s basically a sniffer for fake cell towers and a Stingray/IMSI-catcher detector. It lights up red when something sketchy tries to ping your phone or pull a man-in-the-middle. In other words, if Big Brother (or some wannabe spook) starts fishing for your signal, this little guy gives you a heads up. The project was started by the EFF. Learn more here:

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of techni...

#EFF #defcon #hackers #cellphones #stingray

Happy 250th Navy! #USN #navy #military #america #USA🫡

Roadtripping through Texas, maybe the best roadtripping states. #texas #roadtrip #nostr #pugs

3D printers really come in clutch for the little things, like mounting a lightsaber to your wall. #starwars #maker #hacker #3dprinters

Want to bring payphones back to life. Part art project, part nostalgia. Free calls, no tracking. Hope to drop these around town where I hangout so I can leave my phone at home. That’s the dream anyways. #degoogle #payphone #phone #hacker #maker #art

Every flick of the thumb is a soft surrender of will, and the algorithm whispers until its voice becomes your own. #facebook #hope #nostr