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[TAG0] Spring is here! The weather this weekend in Fresno is looking great! We’re in for some sunny skies and a light breeze. Perfect weather for spending time outdoors. If you’re looking for something to do, there are plenty of options. Did you know it was just National Take a Walk in the Park Day? Who decides this stuff? If you haven’t already – pop on over and take our Post FresYes Fest Poll (try to say that fast three times!) BIG HAT DAYS IN CLOVIS This weekend is the 85th annual BIG Hat Days event in Clovis! Big Hat...

The TA-1042 is the most badass looking telephone you’ll ever see. It’s a digital military telephone from the 1980s, but sadly non-functional unless it’s hooked up to the military phone switches it was designed to work with. These days, they’re really only useful as a heavy object to throw at somebody… that is, unless you had the suitable supporting hardware. As it turns out, [Nick] and [Rob] were able to whip up exactly that. Their project involved implementing the TA-1042’s proprietary switching protocol on a Raspberry Pi Pico. The microcontroller’s unique Programmable I/O subsystem proved perfect for the task. With...

Emerging from its source in the craggy Dartmoor landscape, the beautiful River Dart winds its way through Devon over 47 miles before opening to the sea at Dartmouth and the Dart estuary. From spring onwards, the Dart leaps to life, brimming with verdant riverbanks rich with wildlife. Welcome to Britain’s Amazon. A great way to experience the Dart is by foot (with a ferry and stream train thrown in, too). Over three riverside days and nights, author Ben Lerwill walks upriver along the Dart, starting at delightful Dartmouth and wending his way upstream to the river’s source in Dartmoor, exploring...

It’s the season of high-speed wind, freak snowstorms and inconceivably large hailstones, which means that I, for one, have spent a large portion of the month inside, reading. A redeeming factor in March’s favor is that Kelly Link has a new book out, and it doesn’t disappoint.White Cat, Black Dog (March 2, Penguin Random House), is a collection of reimagined fairy tales that draw inspiration from the stories of the Brothers Grimm, 17th-century French lore and Scottish ballads. But even with its roots in these age-old tales, Link’s stories are inextricably entwined with the anxieties, hopes and longings of the...

I am always down for a gourmet hot dog, so much so that I don’t really care what it costs. I’ll gladly overpay by a few bucks to see an overstuffed, oblong, hat-on-a-hat, topping-heavy hot dog. That’s usually because I’m in another city on vacation or having a great day or something. Saying yes to a tricked-out,…Read more...