Recently, there was a Mastodon post from [nixCraft] challenging people to drop their NAT routers for the month of November and use only IPv6. What would it be like to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/a-month-without-ipv4-is-like-a-month-without/)

Fail of the Week: The SMD Crystal Radio That Wasn’t
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/

The crystal radio is a time-honored build that sadly doesn’t get much traction anymore. Once a rite of passage for electronics hobbyists, the classic coil-on-an-oatmeal-carton and cat’s whisker design just …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/03/fail-of-the-week-the-smd-crystal-radio-that-wasnt/)

Fluke Meter Fails with a Simple Problem
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/fluke-meter-fails-with-a-simple-problem/

[TheHWcave] found a Fluke 27 multimeter that looked like it had had quite a rough life. At first, the display flashed an overload indicator until he gave it a good …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/fluke-meter-fails-with-a-simple-problem/)

Sniffing Around Inside a ThinkPad Battery
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/sniffing-around-inside-a-thinkpad-battery/

For most people, a battery pack that’s misbehaving simply means it’s time to get a new battery. But when the battery in their ThinkPad wasn’t able to muster up more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/sniffing-around-inside-a-thinkpad-battery/)

The London Underground Is Too Hot, But It’s Not An Easy Fix
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/the-london-underground-is-too-hot-but-its-not-an-easy-fix/

The London Underground is an iconic piece of Victorian era engineering. What started in 1863 quickly became a core piece of infrastructure that would define the modern character of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/the-london-underground-is-too-hot-but-its-not-an-easy-fix/)

Did You Know YoSys Knows VHDL Too?
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/did-you-know-yosys-knows-vhdl-too/

We’ve been fans of the Yosys / Nextpnr open-source FPGA toolchain for a long while now, and like [Michael] we had no idea that their oss-cad-suite installer sets up everything …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/did-you-know-yosys-knows-vhdl-too/)

Hack On Self: Headphone Friend
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/hack-on-self-headphone-friend/

In the last two articles, I talked about two systems relying on audio notifications. The first one is the Alt-Tab annihilator system – a system making use of my window …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/hack-on-self-headphone-friend/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 812: Firefox and the Future
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/04/floss-weekly-episode-812-firefox-and-the-future/