Collaborate Disseminate
Go back a couple of generations, and rather than a laptop or a luggable, the office accessory of choice was a portable typewriter. As the 20th century wore on, the …read more Continue reading Crouching Typewriter, Hidden PC
The PiStorm is nothing new; if you’re familiar with the retrocomputer scene, you’ve probably heard of it. By replacing the 68k processor in an old Amiga (or some models of …read more Continue reading Lazarustorm Lets a PiStorm Live Outside Your Old Amiga
You’ve likely seen an X-cube, a dichoric prism used to split light into its constituent colours–you know, those fun little cubes you get when tearing apart a broken projector. Have …read more Continue reading X-Cube Prism Becomes Dichoric Disco Ball
When you can buy something at a low price in one location, and sell it at a higher price somewhere else, you’re engaged in what economists call “arbitrage”. We’re not …read more Continue reading Post-rampocalyptic Chip-Swap Provides Desktop Memory at Laptop Prices
If you’re reading this, you probably have some fondness for human-crafted language. After all, you’ve taken the time to navigate to Hackaday and read this, rather than ask your favoured …read more Continue reading LLM-Generated Newspaper Provides Ultimate in Niche Publications
![[Denny] removing a plaster bust from a microwave-softened mold](https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/pla-mold-feat.jpg?w=800)
3D printing is wonderful, but sometimes you just don’t want to look at a plastic peice. Beethoven’s bust wouldn’t look quite right in front of your secret door if it …read more Continue reading PLA Mold To Plaster Bust, No Silicone Needed
There’s been a lot of virtual ink spilled about LLMs and their coding ability. Some people swear by the vibes, while others, like the FreeBSD devs have sworn them off …read more Continue reading Can Skynet Be a Statesman?
DDR3 seemed plenty fast when it first showed up 19 years ago. Who could say no to 6400 Mb/s transfer speeds? Of course compared to the modern DDR5 that’s glacially …read more Continue reading RAM Prices Got You Down? Try DDR3. Seriously!
There’s a famous book that starts: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good e-ink display, must be in want of a weather station.” …read more Continue reading The Cutest Weather Forecast on E-Ink and ESP32
A lot of retrocomputer enthusiasts have a favourite system, to the point of keeping up 40 year old flame wars over which system was “best”. In spite of the serious, …read more Continue reading Jam like It’s the 1980s With A Mini-IBM PC