“The brickings will continue until the printer sales improve!” This whole printer-bricking thing seems to be getting out of hand with the news this week that a firmware update caused …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/hackaday-links-march-16-2025/)

Wire Recording Speaks Again
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/wire-recording-speaks-again/

If you think of old recording technology, you probably think of magnetic tape, either in some kind of cassette or, maybe, on reels. But there’s an even older technology that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/wire-recording-speaks-again/)

The Amiga No One Wanted
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/the-amiga-no-one-wanted/

The Amiga has a lot of fans, and rightly so. The machine broke a lot of ground. However, according to [Dave Farquhar], one of the most popular models today — …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/16/the-amiga-no-one-wanted/)

A 6502, In The Shell
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/a-6502-in-the-shell/

Shell scripting is an often forgotten programming environment, relegated to simple automation tasks and little else. In fact, it’s possible to achieve much more complex tasks in the shell. As …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/a-6502-in-the-shell/)

3D Printed Brick Layers for Everyone
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/3d-printed-brick-layers-for-everyone/

Some slicers have introduced brick layers, and more slicers plan to add them. Until that happens, you can use this new script from [Geek Detour] to get brick layer goodness …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/3d-printed-brick-layers-for-everyone/)

Relativity Space Changes Course on Path to Orbit
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/relativity-space-changes-course-on-path-to-orbit/

In 2015, Tim Ellis and Jordan Noone founded Relativity Space around an ambitious goal: to be the first company to put a 3D printed rocket into orbit. While additive manufacturing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/relativity-space-changes-course-on-path-to-orbit/)

Build Your Own Air Mouse, Okay?
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/build-your-own-air-mouse-okay/

Are you using a desk mouse like some kind of… normal computer user? Why, beg the heavens? For you could be using an air mouse, of your very own creation! [Misfit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/build-your-own-air-mouse-okay/)

Ask Hackaday: What Would You Do With the World’s Smallest Microcontroller?
https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/ask-hackaday-what-would-you-do-with-the-worlds-smallest-microcontroller/

It’s generally pretty easy to spot a microcontroller on a PCB. There are clues aplenty: the more-or-less central location, the nearby crystal oscillator, the maze of supporting passives, and perhaps …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/03/17/ask-hackaday-what-would-you-do-with-the-worlds-smallest-microcontroller/)