People have been talking about switching from Windows to Linux since the 1990s, but in the world of open-source operating systems, there is much more variety than just the hundreds …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/29/switching-from-desktop-linux-to-freebsd/)
Preserve your Plants with an Automated Terrarium
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/preserve-your-plants-with-an-automated-terrarium/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/preserve-your-plants-with-an-automated-terrarium/
For those of us who aren’t blessed with a green thumb and who are perhaps a bit forgetful, plants can be surprisingly difficult to keep alive. In those cases, some …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/preserve-your-plants-with-an-automated-terrarium/)
Behind RadioShack’s Cheapest Computer
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/behind-radioshacks-cheapest-computer/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/behind-radioshacks-cheapest-computer/
In the 1980s, there was a truly staggering amount of choice for a consumer looking to purchase a home computer. On the high end, something like an Apple Lisa, a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/behind-radioshacks-cheapest-computer/)
The 2025 Iberian Peninsula Blackout: From Solar Wobbles to Cascade Failures
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/the-2025-iberian-peninsula-blackout-from-solar-wobbles-to-cascade-failures/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/the-2025-iberian-peninsula-blackout-from-solar-wobbles-to-cascade-failures/
Some Mondays are worse than others, but April 28 2025 was particularly bad for millions of people in Spain and Portugal. Starting just after noon, a number of significant grid …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/the-2025-iberian-peninsula-blackout-from-solar-wobbles-to-cascade-failures/)
Chasing A Raspberry Pi Bottleneck
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/chasing-a-raspberry-pi-bottleneck/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/chasing-a-raspberry-pi-bottleneck/
The Raspberry Pi has been used for many things over its lifetime, and we’re guessing that many of you will have one in perhaps its most common configuration, as a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/chasing-a-raspberry-pi-bottleneck/)
Data Visualization and Aggregation: Time Series Databases, Grafana and More
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/data-visualization-and-aggregation-time-series-databases-grafana-and-more/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/data-visualization-and-aggregation-time-series-databases-grafana-and-more/
If there’s one thing that characterizes the Information Age that we find ourselves in today, it is streams of data. However, without proper ways to aggregate and transform this data …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/data-visualization-and-aggregation-time-series-databases-grafana-and-more/)
Sand Drawing Table Inspired By Sisyphus
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/sand-drawing-table-inspired-by-sisyphus/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/sand-drawing-table-inspired-by-sisyphus/
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a figure who was doomed to roll a boulder for eternity as a punishment from the gods. Inspired by this, [Aidan], [Jorge], and [Henry] decided …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/sand-drawing-table-inspired-by-sisyphus/)
Blowtorching Electroplated 3D Prints For Good Reason
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/blowtorching-electroplated-3d-prints-for-good-reason/
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/30/blowtorching-electroplated-3d-prints-for-good-reason/