Collaborate Disseminate
The USB port which first appeared on our computers some time in the mid-1990s has made interfacing peripherals an easy task, save for the occasional upside down connector. But in …read more Continue reading The Confusing World Of Bus Mice
A friend of mine is producing a series of HOWTO videos for an open source project, and discovered that he needed a better microphone than the one built into his …read more Continue reading Know Audio: Microphone Basics
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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