The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025
Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia owned the mobile …read more Continue reading The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025
Author Archives: Jenny List
An HO Model Power Bogie For Not A Lot
For people who build their own model trains there are a range of manufacturers from whom a power bogie containing the motor and drive can be sourced. But as [Le …read more Continue reading An HO Model Power Bogie For Not A Lot
Ask Hackaday: What Goes Into A Legible Font, And Why Does It Matter?
There’s an interesting cultural observation to be made as a writer based in Europe, that we like our sans-serif fonts, while our American friends seem to prefer a font with …read more Continue reading Ask Hackaday: What Goes Into A Legible Font, And Why Does It Matter?
The Unusual Pi Boot Process Explained
If you’ve ever experimented with a microprocessor at the bare metal level, you’ll know that when it starts up, it will look at its program memory for something to do. …read more Continue reading The Unusual Pi Boot Process Explained
A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy
For most of us who are not astronomers, the image that comes to mind when describing a reflecting telescope is of a huge instrument in its own domed-roof building on …read more Continue reading A Tiny Reflecting Telescope For Portable Astronomy
Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible
Back in the early days of Linux, there were multiple floppy disk distributions. They made handy rescue or tinkering environments, and they packed in a surprising amount of useful stuff. …read more Continue reading Linux On A Floppy: Still (Just About) Possible
Hackaday Podcast Episode 350: Damnation for Spreadsheets, Praise for Haiku, and Admiration for the Hacks In Between
This week’s Hackaday Podcast sees Elliot Williams joined by Jenny List for an all-European take on the week, and have we got some hacks for you! In the news this …read more Continue reading Hackaday Podcast Episode 350: Damnation for Spreadsheets, Praise for Haiku, and Admiration for the Hacks In Between
Attach a Full Size Lens to a Tiny Camera
The Kodak Charmera is a tiny keychain camera produced by licencing out the name of the famous film manufacturer, and it’s the current must-have cool trinket among photo nerds. Inside …read more Continue reading Attach a Full Size Lens to a Tiny Camera
Chip Swap Fixes a Dead Amiga 600
The Amiga 600 was in its day the machine nobody really wanted — a final attempt to flog the almost original spec 68000 platform from 1985, in 1992. Sure it …read more Continue reading Chip Swap Fixes a Dead Amiga 600
Why Push a Button When a Machine Can Do It For You
Remote control is a wonder of the age, we press a button, and something happens as if by magic. But what happens if there is no remote control, and instead …read more Continue reading Why Push a Button When a Machine Can Do It For You