Reviewing Deluxe Paint, 40 Years On
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/16/reviewing-deluxe-paint-40-years-on/

When Deluxe Paint came out with the original Amiga in 1985, it was the killer app for the platform. [Christopher Drum] starts his recent article on just that note, remembering …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/16/reviewing-deluxe-paint-40-years-on/)

The Practicality Of Solar Powered Meshtastic
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/the-practicality-of-solar-powered-meshtastic/

A Meshtastic node has been one of the toys of the moment over the last year, and since they are popular with radio amateurs there’s a chance you’ll already live …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/the-practicality-of-solar-powered-meshtastic/)

Oil-Based Sprengel Pump Really Sucks
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/oil-based-sprengel-pump-really-sucks/

Have you heard of the Sprengel pump? It’s how they drew hard vacuum back before mechanical pumps were perfected — the first light bulbs had their vacuums drawn with Sprengel …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/oil-based-sprengel-pump-really-sucks/)

Naturally Radioactive Food and Safe Food Radiation Levels
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/naturally-radioactive-food-and-safe-food-radiation-levels/

There was a recent recall of so-called ‘radioactive shrimp’ that were potentially contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137). But contamination isn’t an all-or-nothing affair, so you might wonder exactly how hot the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/naturally-radioactive-food-and-safe-food-radiation-levels/)

American Science and Surplus Ends Online Sales
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/american-science-and-surplus-ends-online-sales/

For nearly 90 years, American Science and Surplus has been shipping out weird and wonderful stuff to customers far and wide. In the pre-Internet days, getting their latest catalog in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/american-science-and-surplus-ends-online-sales/)

Forgotten Internet: The Story of Email
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/forgotten-internet-the-story-of-email/

It is a common occurrence in old movies: Our hero checks in at a hotel in some exotic locale, and the desk clerk says, “Ah, Mr. Barker, there’s a letter …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/forgotten-internet-the-story-of-email/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 847: This is Networking
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/floss-weekly-episode-847-this-is-networking/

This week Jonathan and Rob chat with Tom Herbert about XDP2! It’s the brand new framework for making networking really fast, making parsers really simple, and making hardware network acceleration …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/17/floss-weekly-episode-847-this-is-networking/)