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Amiibo Keychain Sniffs RF, Cisco Finally Beats ’99, OPEC Cheers and IEA Trims—Oil Yawns
Your Amiibo Keychain, Now a Bargain-Bin Spectrum Analyzer
Those dirt-cheap amiibo emulators with the Nordic nRF52832 are getting a side gig as handheld 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzers. Flash custom firmware, fire up the tiny LCD or OLED, and you can sniff the chaos where Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee elbow each other for airtime. It is not lab-grade, but it is perfect for finding a quieter channel without selling a kidney to test-equipment land. Thanks to shared silicon across models, the hack works on many units, and flashing is painless via DFU with a simple zip file. Files, instructions, and source are on the PixlAnlyzer GitHub, a thrifty little eye-roll at overpriced gear that charges champagne prices for seltzer results.
Cisco Finally Tops Its Dot-Com Peak, Only Took a Quarter Century
Cisco nudged past its March 2000 high, tapping $80.25 versus the old $80.06, a reminder that sometimes buy-and-hold means hold, and hold, and age gracefully. The difference is this time the fundamentals exist. Since 1999, revenue is nearly 5x, profits 4x, EPS 8x, and margins stayed stout. Buyers at the 2000 top still lost to inflation, which is Wall Street’s favorite magic trick. Naturally, the victory lap sparks Nvidia comparisons. At roughly 45x earnings and 24x EV to sales, Nvidia is undeniably pricey, yet not Cisco-2000 pricey, which flirted with 200x earnings and 31x sales. Different cycle, same gravity, but at least this bubble reads the footnotes.
OPEC Optimism, IEA Trims Oversupply, Oil Shrugs
The IEA now projects a 3.84 million bpd glut in 2026, shaved by about 230,000 bpd as the supply surge tapped the brakes. Global output fell 610,000 bpd in November and 1.5 million from September’s peak, with OPEC+ behind 80 percent of the drop thanks to outages in Kuwait and Kazakhstan and sharper declines in sanctioned Russia and Venezuela. Russian exports slid roughly 400,000 bpd to 6.9 million as buyers, notably India, snubbed Rosneft and Lukoil cargoes. Inventories at key hubs hover near decade lows even as oil idles on the water, so prices eased only slightly. OPEC kept 2026 demand growth near 1.4 million bpd, calls the market balanced, and will pause hikes in Q1 2026. Non OPEC+ growth may slow to about 600,000 bpd, led by Latin America, Canada, and the United States, unless WTI dips below $60, in which case shale sobriety arrives faster than a hedge fund lawyer.
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By IniaesYour Amiibo Keychain, Now a Bargain-Bin Spectrum Analyzer
Those dirt-cheap amiibo emulators with the Nordic nRF52832 are getting a side gig as handheld 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzers. Flash custom firmware, fire up the tiny LCD or OLED, and you can sniff the chaos where Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee elbow each other for airtime. It is not lab-grade, but it is perfect for finding a quieter channel without selling a kidney to test-equipment land. Thanks to shared silicon across models, the hack works on many units, and flashing is painless via DFU with a simple zip file. Files, instructions, and source are on the PixlAnlyzer GitHub, a thrifty little eye-roll at overpriced gear that charges champagne prices for seltzer results.
Cisco Finally Tops Its Dot-Com Peak, Only Took a Quarter Century
Cisco nudged past its March 2000 high, tapping $80.25 versus the old $80.06, a reminder that sometimes buy-and-hold means hold, and hold, and age gracefully. The difference is this time the fundamentals exist. Since 1999, revenue is nearly 5x, profits 4x, EPS 8x, and margins stayed stout. Buyers at the 2000 top still lost to inflation, which is Wall Street’s favorite magic trick. Naturally, the victory lap sparks Nvidia comparisons. At roughly 45x earnings and 24x EV to sales, Nvidia is undeniably pricey, yet not Cisco-2000 pricey, which flirted with 200x earnings and 31x sales. Different cycle, same gravity, but at least this bubble reads the footnotes.
OPEC Optimism, IEA Trims Oversupply, Oil Shrugs
The IEA now projects a 3.84 million bpd glut in 2026, shaved by about 230,000 bpd as the supply surge tapped the brakes. Global output fell 610,000 bpd in November and 1.5 million from September’s peak, with OPEC+ behind 80 percent of the drop thanks to outages in Kuwait and Kazakhstan and sharper declines in sanctioned Russia and Venezuela. Russian exports slid roughly 400,000 bpd to 6.9 million as buyers, notably India, snubbed Rosneft and Lukoil cargoes. Inventories at key hubs hover near decade lows even as oil idles on the water, so prices eased only slightly. OPEC kept 2026 demand growth near 1.4 million bpd, calls the market balanced, and will pause hikes in Q1 2026. Non OPEC+ growth may slow to about 600,000 bpd, led by Latin America, Canada, and the United States, unless WTI dips below $60, in which case shale sobriety arrives faster than a hedge fund lawyer.