Hacking a Brother Label Maker: Is your CUPS half empty or half full?
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hacking-a-brother-label-maker-is-your-cups-half-empty-or-half-full/

On the one hand, we were impressed that a tiny Brother label maker actually uses CUPS to support printing. Like [Sdomi], we were less than impressed at how old a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hacking-a-brother-label-maker-is-your-cups-half-empty-or-half-full/)

2024 Business Card Challenge: Magnetic Fidget Card
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/2024-business-card-challenge-magnetic-fidget-card/

If you want someone to keep your business card around, you should probably make it really cool-looking, or have it do something useful. It’s kind of the whole point of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/2024-business-card-challenge-magnetic-fidget-card/)

Custom Microcode Compiler, Made in Google Sheets
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/custom-microcode-compiler-made-in-google-sheets/

When homebrewing a CPU, one has to deal with microcode. Microcode is the low-level nuts and bolts of how, precisely, a CPU executes instructions (like opcodes) and performs functions such …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/custom-microcode-compiler-made-in-google-sheets/)

C Compiler Exists Entirely in Vim
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/c-compiler-exists-entirely-in-vim/

8cc.vim is a C compiler that exists as pure Vimscript. Is it small? It sure is! How about fast? Absolutely not! Efficient? Also no. But does it work and is …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/c-compiler-exists-entirely-in-vim/)

New Battery Has no Anode
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/new-battery-has-no-anode/

Conventional batteries have anodes and cathodes, but a new design from the University of Chicago and the University of California San Diego lacks an anode. While this has been done …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/new-battery-has-no-anode/)

Hackaday Links: July 7, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hackaday-links-july-7-2024/

Begun, the Spectrum Wars have. First, it was AM radio getting the shaft (last item) and being yanked out of cars for the supposed impossibility of peaceful coexistence with rolling …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/hackaday-links-july-7-2024/)

Korean Multifunction Counter Teardown
https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/korean-multifunction-counter-teardown/

[Thomas Scherrer] likes to tear down old test equipment, and often, we remember the devices he opens up or — at least — we’ve heard of them. However, this time, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/07/07/korean-multifunction-counter-teardown/)