Collaborate Disseminate
We’ve just begun to receive entries to the One Hertz Challenge, but we already have an entry by [Mike Coats] that explicitly demands to be awarded last place: the Metronalmost, …read more Continue reading 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Metronalmost is Gunning for Last Place
Among this crowd, it’s safe to say that the original 68000 Macintosh computers need no introduction, but it’s possible some of you aren’t familiar with Chip8. It was an interpreted …read more Continue reading A Chip8 Emulator for 68000-based Macs
A man named [Jim Valvano] once said “There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.” — while we couldn’t tell …read more Continue reading 2025 One Hertz Challenge: Valvano Clock Makes the Seconds Count
Sure, Apple’s Lisa wasn’t the first computer released with a graphical user interface — Xerox was years ahead with the Alto and the Star workstation — but Lisa was the …read more Continue reading Explore the Granddaddy of all Macs with LisaGUI
The Hurdy-Gurdy continues to worm its way into pole position as the hacker’s instrument. How else could you explain a medieval wheel fiddle being turned into a synthesizer? Move over, …read more Continue reading Hurdy-posting Continues with the Balfolk Boombox, a Synth Gurdy
Sometimes, all you need to make something work is to come at it from a different angle from anyone else — flip the problem on its head, so to speak. …read more Continue reading The Cantareel is Hurdy-Guitar Turned Inside Out
Magnetic Core memory was the RAM at the heart of many computer systems through the 1970s, and is undergoing something of a resurgence today since it is easiest form of …read more Continue reading Get Roped Into Magnetic Core Memory with this 512 bit Module
[Zac] of Zac Builds has a shameful secret: he, a fully grown man, plays video games. Shocking, we know, but such people do exist in our society. After being rightfully …read more Continue reading PlayStation Case Mod Hides Gamer Shame
If you’re looking for a long journey into the wonderful world of instrument hacking, [Arty Farty Guitars] is six parts into a seven part series on hacking an existing guitar …read more Continue reading Hacking a Guitar into a Hurdy-Gurdy Hybrid with 3D Prints
Immutable distributions are slowly spreading across the Linux world– but should you care? Are they hacker friendly? What does “immutable” mean, anyway? Immutable means “not subject or susceptible to change” …read more Continue reading Personal Reflections on Immutable Linux