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Before Macintosh: The Story of the Apple Lisa

Posted on July 19, 2025 by John Elliot V
Before Macintosh banner with stylized pixelated picture of one

Film maker [David Greelish] wrote in to let us know about his recent documentary: Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa. The documentary covers the life of the Apple Lisa. It starts …read more Continue reading Before Macintosh: The Story of the Apple Lisa→

Posted in Apple Lisa, Apple Macintosh, computer hacks, documentary, Hardware, Mac Hacks, retrocomputing

PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle

Posted on July 18, 2025 by John Elliot V
A photo of a fully assembled PVCSub.

Today in the submersibles department our hacker [Rupin Chheda] wrote in to tell us about their submarine project. This sub is made from a few lengths of PVC piping of …read more Continue reading PVCSub: A Submarine from the Plumbing Aisle→

Posted in Hardware, misc hacks, pvc-pipe, toy hacks | Tagged Submarine

Improve Your KiCad Productivity With These Considered Shortcut Keys

Posted on July 18, 2025 by John Elliot V
Screenshot of the cheatsheet being developed in Inkscape

[Pat Deegan] from Psychogenic Technologies shows us two KiCad tips to save a million clicks, and he made a video to support it, embedded below. In the same way that …read more Continue reading Improve Your KiCad Productivity With These Considered Shortcut Keys→

Posted in keyboard shortcuts, keymaps, KiCAD, PCB Hacks, pcb layout, Schematic Capture, software hacks

Building a Stirling Engine Bike

Posted on July 17, 2025 by John Elliot V
A photo of a Stirling Engine attached to a bike

Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and …read more Continue reading Building a Stirling Engine Bike→

Posted in 3d Printer hacks, cnc hacks, Engine Hacks, Hardware, stirling engine, transportation hacks | Tagged Bicycle

ProtoWeb: Browsing the Information Superhighway Like It’s 1995

Posted on July 17, 2025 by John Elliot V
An old PC with CRT monitor

Feeling nostalgic? Weren’t around in the 90s but wonder what it was like? ProtoWeb has you covered! Over on his YouTube channel [RetroTech Chris] shows you how to browse the …read more Continue reading ProtoWeb: Browsing the Information Superhighway Like It’s 1995→

Posted in FTP Proxy, http-proxy, Information Superhighway, internet hacks, ProtoWeb, retrocomputing

Blu-ray Won, But At What Cost?

Posted on July 16, 2025 by John Elliot V
Front panel of Sony Blu-ray player

Over on their substack [ObsoleteSony] has a new article: The Last Disc: How Blu-ray Won the War but Lost the Future. In this article the author takes us through the …read more Continue reading Blu-ray Won, But At What Cost?→

Posted in Blu-ray, laser hacks, Masanobu Yamamoto, personal media, Physical Media, video hacks | Tagged Sony

2025 One Hertz Challenge: Ham Radio Foxhunt Transmitter

Posted on July 13, 2025 by John Elliot V
A hand holding the foxhunt transmitter

[Jim Matthews] submitted their Ham Radio foxhunt transmitter project for the 2025 One Hertz Challenge. This is a clever Spartan build. In order to create a radio beacon for use …read more Continue reading 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Ham Radio Foxhunt Transmitter→

Posted in 2025 One Hertz Contest, contests, foxhunting, ham radio, radio hacks

Jcorp Nomad: ESP32-S3 Offline Media Server in a Thumbdrive

Posted on July 13, 2025 by John Elliot V
Picture of front and back of thumb drive enclosure

[Jackson Studner] wrote in to let us know about his ESP32-based media server: Jcorp Nomad. This project uses a ESP32-S3 to create a WiFi hotspot you can connect to from …read more Continue reading Jcorp Nomad: ESP32-S3 Offline Media Server in a Thumbdrive→

Posted in captive portal, ESP32-S3, Hardware, media center, Network Hacks, thumb drive

An Induction Lamp Made on the Same Principle as Ordinary Fluorescent Lamp

Posted on July 11, 2025 by John Elliot V
Presenter holds an induction lamp bulb

Over on YouTube, [Technology Connections] has a new video: Induction lamps: fluorescent lighting’s final form. This video is about a wireless fluorescent light which uses induction to transfer power from …read more Continue reading An Induction Lamp Made on the Same Principle as Ordinary Fluorescent Lamp→

Posted in fluorescent lamp, Hardware, induction lamp | Tagged Lighting

This Homebrew CPU Got Its Start in the 1990s

Posted on July 11, 2025 by John Elliot V
Photo showing the wire-wrapped version and PCB version of MyCPU side-by-side.

[Sylvain Fortin] recently wrote in to tell us about his Homebrew CPU Project, and the story behind this one is truly remarkable. He began working on this toy CPU back …read more Continue reading This Homebrew CPU Got Its Start in the 1990s→

Posted in 1-bit ALU, 74181, computer hacks, Hardware, homebrew cpu

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