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Briefcase Laptop

A fully custom laptop built inside an aluminum briefcase. Internals, screen, and keyboard mounted from scratch, running Windows 10.

Original iPhone 2G with jailbreak home screen showing Cydia and iFile

iPhone 2G Battery Mod

Rebuilt the dead original battery on an iPhone 2G with a modern high-capacity cell, soldered in by hand. Got it back up and booting to the homescreen.

Disassembled iPhone 2G logic board and battery module on countertop

New battery wired in with soldered leads and heat shrink

iPhone 2G booted showing AirPort debug console output next to new battery

Dell Inspiron 1501 running Minecraft 1.8.9 with debug overlay showing Athlon 64 X2 and ATI Radeon Xpress

Windows 11 on a 2006 Athlon X2

Got a Dell Inspiron 1501 from 2006 running full Windows 11, unsupported CPU and integrated ATI graphics included, and playing Minecraft on top of it.

HWiNFO system summary showing Athlon 64 X2 TK-55, ATI Radeon Xpress GPU, and Windows 11 About dialog

Six laptops in a row, each running Minecraft on a different Windows version from XP through 11

Minecraft on Every Windows Since XP

Lined up a row of laptops, each on a different Windows release from XP through 11, all running Minecraft side by side to see how it holds up across two decades of the OS.

Comparison of GPU Caps Viewer OpenGL compliance reports between final Intel drivers and ported Arrandale drivers on a GMA X3100

GMA X3100 Driver Port

Ported the Arrandale-era Intel HD driver over to a GMA X3100, which enabled slightly newer OpenGL support than the chip officially got. Aero stops working as a result, but the compliance gains are real.

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