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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you ever hung out at your local power station?

Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A little forethought never goes astray. Are you still measuring twice and cutting once, or are you 3D printing endless revisions to dial things in? 😄

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

right at this very moment, somebody is plotting a plotter, somebody is plotting with a plotter, and somebody is plotting to write about their plotter and send it in to the Hackaday tips line... ...look, we write about a lot of plotters.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Does the Windows 11 taskbar calendar often crash for you? We'd love to hear your experiences.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Pour one out for your friends cursed with keyboards that *don't* have CTRL at the bottom left corner of the layout.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Do you ever wonder if there's someone out there still using Windows 8?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

As computers grew more powerful and gained colorful displays, somehow they felt less arcane...

A Compaq Portable III with amber display.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

One of Iomega's last gasps - the handsome 750MB Zip drive. Notably, it could read - but not write - the original 100MB Zip disk format.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Worth remembering—Iomega had some sleek peripherals on the market well before Apple ended the Reign of Beige in the late 1990s.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The headphone jack still has its diehards to this day.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In the early days of Hackaday, Nokia 3310 screens were a popular part to include in projects. The world has since moved on...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Argument: Commodore is the company, the computer is just called "64"

A Commodore 64 computer showing the badge

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Nintendo wisely realised that certain action buttons are used more than others.

A photo of the Gamecube controller showing the action buttons.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

How does one go about getting a SCSI interface on a modern machine?

the long forgotten Adaptec SCSI to USB adapter

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Despite our best efforts, Chrome's spell check still doesn't understand that maneuverability is a valid word.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Does a donut machine count as a 3D printer if it can only print donuts?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The Dreamcast controller would have made life very difficult for any developer porting over multi-platform titles. It was the only console of its generation that didn't come with dual sticks. These became critical for camera control in a wide variety of 3D games.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Hackaday's Bluesky account: now verified for your satisfaction.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Inexplicably, we do have an entire category for the Palm Pre.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Fun fact: Hackaday does not have a Sega Hacks category. We may never have a Sega hacks category...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

One wonders how many neighborhood secrets were leaked by unsophisticated eavesdroppers in the 1980s.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Moon bounce and cloud scatter is the parkour of the radio world.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Prior to its buyout and shutdown, Netscape established the Mozilla Foundation to handle the development and maintenance of future browsers.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

In 1999, Netscape Communications Corporation had 2,500 employees. By 2008, the company was defunct.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Fun fact: Microsoft only put the Xbox 360 into series production 69 days before the September 14, 2005 launch date. This, combined with the high initial failure rate due to the red ring of death (RROD), was a major cause of initial supply shortages in the console's first year on sale.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Did anyone touch type or do word processing on the Amiga 500? It didn't exactly have the best key feel...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

If you're in the US, have you considered making tea in your laundry or garage?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

When it comes to the Pocket386, you're paying a lot for very little muscle. A few dollars per MHz, at least. The key market is perhaps for those maintaining old industrial systems and other stuff that still runs on DOS. In that context, it's a bargain—a modern reliable 386 that you can buy today.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A small change to a product can totally alter your manufacturing process. Let's say you're putting a MEMS microphone on a PCB. Easy to assemble, but it affects the process—because you can no longer simply wash the boards without risking damage to the component. Everything has an impact!

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thankfully, airliners are not actually out there bombing civilian areas with frozen human waste on the regular. hackaday.com/2025/11/21/h...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Ironically, the design of the C64 made it really rather unsuitable to holding a beer. A bit like the US-market SNES.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Back in the old days, you connected to the Internet via a fine piece of wooden furniture.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Weird fact: Old modems looked more futuristic than newer modems.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Hypothetical: People would appreciate Wi-Fi and Bluetooth more if devices made a characteristic screeching sound on connection. Imagine being able to diagnose why your headphones weren't pairing just through the tone of a failed connection... Dial-up modems had the right idea.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

AOL has now ceased dial-up service as of September 30. Let us play the forgotten music...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

What's the best soldering tip you ever learned?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The first Raspberry Pi was released back in 2012. It looks comparatively raw compared to later models. Note the lack of mounting holes and the pointed edges on the PCB. The Raspberry Pi Model B+, still a member of the first generation, will be made until at least 2030 to support long-term users.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Us: Let's publish a piece about the safe and useful process of food irradiation. The news cycle: Hold my beer

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

We've seen "brick layer" slicers promise to improve strength and reduce layer separation issues in the Z-axis.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

That feeling when you mess up your locale settings and terminal interfaces start looking a little funky...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

In the 90s, the Internet used to feel like this:

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

US Robotics Corporation, aka USR, had its name inspired by Issac Asimov. Specifically, it's a reference to US Robots and Mechanical Men, a fictional company from various Asimov stories. The company always made modems, and never developed anything the broader public would consider to be a robot.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

US Robotics built no robots. Instead, it would come to define what a modem was supposed to look like.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

What technology came back that you never expected to live again?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Remember when PCs used to have big mains power buttons that you could thumb off in anger when the machine misbehaved? "Kick it in the guts!" you'd say, as you executed a hard off with vigor.

A 90s computer case with a turbo, reset, and power button.

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

What are you wiring this up to do in your workshop? What danger do you need to halt at a moment's notice?

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

The world needs more PCBs with lovely curved traces...

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Do you still avoid 90-degree traces like the plague or are you comfortable with right angles these days?

A picture of a PCB with 90-degree traces.

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