Trace Line Clock Does It With Magnets We love a good clock project, and [byeh_ in] has one with a design concept we don’t believe we have seen before. The Trace Line Clock has smooth lines and …read more #hacking #projects

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Trace Line Clock Does It With Magnets

We love a good clock project, and [byeh_ in] has one with a design concept we don’t believe we have seen before. The Trace Line Clock has smo...

Linux Fu: The SSD Super Cache NVMe solid state disk drives have become inexpensive unless you want the very largest sizes. But how do you get the most out of one? There are two basic strategies: …read more #hacking #projects

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Linux Fu: The SSD Super Cache

NVMe solid state disk drives have become inexpensive unless you want the very largest sizes. But how do you get the most out of one? There are two ...

Cheap And Aggressive DRAM Chip Tester People enjoy retrocomputing for a wide variety of reasons – sometimes it’s about having a computer you could fully learn, or nostalgia for chips that played a part in your …read more #hacking #projects

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Cheap And Aggressive DRAM Chip Tester

People enjoy retrocomputing for a wide variety of reasons – sometimes it’s about having a computer you could fully learn, or nostalgia ...

Belting out the Audio Today, it is hard to imagine a world without recorded audio, and for the most part that started with Edison’s invention of the phonograph. However, for most of its history, …read more #hacking #projects

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Belting Out The Audio

Today, it is hard to imagine a world without recorded audio, and for the most part that started with Edison’s invention of the phonograph. Ho...

How Big is Your Video Again? Square vs Rectangular Pixels [Alexwlchan] noticed something funny. He knew that not putting a size for a video embedded in a web page would cause his page to jump around after the video loaded. …read more #hacking #projects

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How Big Is Your Video Again? Square Vs Rectangular Pixels

[Alexwlchan] noticed something funny. He knew that not putting a size for a video embedded in a web page would cause his page to jump around after ...

Off-Axis Rotation For Amiga-Themed Levitating Lamp Do you remember those levitating lamps that were all the rage some years ago? Floating light bulbs, globes, you name it. After the initial craze of expensive desk toys, a …read more #hacking #projects

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Off-Axis Rotation For Amiga-Themed Levitating Lamp

Do you remember those levitating lamps that were all the rage some years ago? Floating light bulbs, globes, you name it. After the initial craze of...

A Touchscreen MIDI Controller For The DIY Set MIDI controllers are easy to come by these days. Many modern keyboards have USB functionality in this regard, and there are all kinds of pads and gadgets that will spit …read more #hacking #projects

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A Touchscreen MIDI Controller For The DIY Set

MIDI controllers are easy to come by these days. Many modern keyboards have USB functionality in this regard, and there are all kinds of pads and g...

Wavebird Controller Soars Once More with Open Source Adapter After scouring the second-hand shops and the endless pages of eBay for original video game hardware, a pattern emerges. The size of the accessory matters. If a relatively big controller …read more #hacking #projects

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Wavebird Controller Soars Once More With Open Source Adapter

After scouring the second-hand shops and the endless pages of eBay for original video game hardware, a pattern emerges. The size of the accessory m...

Hackaday Links: December 7, 2025 We stumbled upon a story this week that really raised our eyebrows and made us wonder if we were missing something. The gist of the story is that U.S. Secretary …read more #hacking #projects

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Hackaday Links: December 7, 2025

We stumbled upon a story this week that really raised our eyebrows and made us wonder if we were missing something. The gist of the story is that U...

USB Video Capture Devices: Wow! They’re All Bad!! [VWestlife] purchased all kinds of USB video capture devices — many of them from the early 2000s — and put them through their paces in trying to digitize VHS classics …read more #hacking #projects

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USB Video Capture Devices: Wow! They’re All Bad!!

[VWestlife] purchased all kinds of USB video capture devices — many of them from the early 2000s — and put them through their paces in ...