The common thread running through Dan Peters Designs—from the first 1/24 scale resin part in 1988 to the current server migration—is a refusal to accept “disposable” as a standard. Whether it was a 100-year-old letterpress, a 1980s Jeep, or a…
Building on the [Outfitter Era] logistics, NCO became the testing ground for real-world river management. Long before the modern cloud was a utility, Dan Peters Designs was solving high-stakes logistical problems with salvaged hardware and infrared data. This was the…
Before the wilderness called, Dan Peters Designs was immersed in the high-stakes world of industrial Letterpress. At just 26 years old, the path was set not by modern digital convenience, but by the mechanical synchronization of heavy iron. The Heidelberg…
Following the industrial discipline of the [Heidelberg Years], the mission of Dan Peters Designs underwent a significant environmental shift. While many knew Dan Peters Designs for precision manufacturing, the decade and a half between 1990 and 2005 saw a pivot…
The architecture of Dan Peters Designs wasn’t originally drawn in pixels; it was cast in resin and measured with micrometers. Starting in 1988, DPd established itself as a dedicated miniatures production facility focused on pushing the absolute limits of 1/24…
The Barrier to Entry For most people, the word “Linux” conjures up images of hackers in dark rooms typing green code into black screens. It feels like something reserved for computer scientists or people with a lot of time on…
We’ve all been there: a laptop from 2018 starts to crawl, the battery dies in twenty minutes, and the manufacturer tells you it’s “vintage” (tech-speak for “buy a new one”). But for a homeschooling family or a small cottage business,…
The “Scrounger’s Manifesto” & Wishlist “I built this system on mostly scrounged gear. There’s always gaps, and parts needed for upgrades. I believe in Data Sovereignty and the Right to Repair—keeping capable hardware out of the landfill and putting it…
Dan: …..ill do a light build post for it, im not going to do a detailed step by step build.i do want to highlight nextcloud, and the many uses it has.but i want to show people that they can build…
To keep it strictly to what we’ve actually built, here is a structured breakdown of the hardware and software for your next post. I’ve focused on the “salvaged and repurposed” theme we’ve been working with. The Hardware Stack: “Edens-Trap” &…