Hi, I'm Bill. I'm a software developer with a passion for making and electronics. I do a lot of things and here is where I document my learning in order to be able to inspire other people to make ...

When states like California try to regulate broadband, mobile, and VoIP like the rotary telephone, it is bad for consumers, bad for innovation, and bad for America.

Growing up with rotary phones and VHS tapes, we often had to be resourceful and innovative. If your VHS tape got stuck, you couldn’t just call customer support or look up a solution online.

The Extinct Media Museum attracts curious minds in Tokyo, Japan. Displayed on these cluttered shelves are relics from our collective technological past. Unlike most museums, all of the items here ...

Janet McFetridge, who set up the "wind phone," says she hopes it helps people process the emotions associated with loss and puts grief out in the open.

I loved Jan Risher's column about an old rotary phone and old phone exchanges. Seventy years later, I still remember by best friend's phone number, Jackson 8080.

I bought two strange and stackable wooden stools/ottomans. My husband bought an old rotary telephone with the intent to put it in an old phone nook in our daughter's condo.

Just when you thought rotary phones had been relegated to the prop department, Gen Z has dialed back in. Landlines are trending—and not because they’re useful in an emergency.