Watt the Hack?

So I've had Plenty of time with the Pascal Press, and I'm happy to say that it's found it's Niche in my coffee setup. I first tried this as a daily driver, completely replacing my 20oz stainless steal mug.  That didn't last to long due to the thermal efficiency of the device.  you get an hour to an hour and a half of warm coffee, which is OK but a drastic difference from the old mug where I get 4+ hours. I've also taken the press on a few camping trips now, and while this is where I was expecting the device to shine, it still lacks due to one major flaw: cleanup.  While the device removes most of the grounds in my experience it still required to disassemble and rinse each part to get all the grounds.  With access to a kitchen sink and a clean counter, sure no problem but camping it can be a bit of a hassle.  Not to mention that this is by definition a single cup brewer, so with a group of other coffee drinkers it's probably not the best option. Where t...

This post will go over the setup I had to do to get my   8Bitdo  NES30 Pro controller working on my Arch linux desktop with steam.  This results in the system loading the xboxdrv automatically when the controller is connected, and unloading once finished. Firmware Update The first thing to tackle was the firmware update on the controller,  This may not be needed, but I like to keep my devices up to date. After some googling, I was able to find a program called fwupd  that's able to update the controller via a USB connection.  It's available for Arch in the community repo. The basic syntax of the command is: fwupdmgr get-devices fwupdmgr refresh fwupdmgr get-updatessudo fwupdmgr update The controller will need to be put into 'Firmware update mode'.  Be aware that the final command will also update all eligible firmware on your system, so If you don't want that, please dig into the documentation Bluetooth Connection G...