History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/on-egyptian-pyramids-and-why-its-definitely-aliens/)

Philadelphia Maker Faire Returns This Weekend
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/philadelphia-maker-faire-returns-this-weekend/

While there’s still a vaguely robot-shaped hole in our heart from the loss of the New York World Maker Faire, we do take comfort in the fact that smaller Maker …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/philadelphia-maker-faire-returns-this-weekend/)

The Everlasting Hunt For The Loch Ness Monster
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/the-everlasting-hunt-for-the-loch-ness-monster/

When a Loch Ness Monster story appears at the start of April, it pays to check the date on the article just to avoid red faces. But there should be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/the-everlasting-hunt-for-the-loch-ness-monster/)

Shrinking Blinky As Far As Possible
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/shrinking-blinky-as-far-as-possible/

Many of us know the basic Blink Arduino sketch, or have coded similar routines on other microcontrollers. Flashing an LED on and off—it doesn’t get much simpler than that. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/shrinking-blinky-as-far-as-possible/)

Malfunctional Timekeeping With The Vetinari Clock
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/malfunctional-timekeeping-with-the-vetinari-clock/

Lord Vetinari from the Discworld series is known for many things, but perhaps most of all a clock that doesn’t quite keep continuous time. Instead, it ticks away at random …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/malfunctional-timekeeping-with-the-vetinari-clock/)

A Forgotten Photographic Process Characterised
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/a-forgotten-photographic-process-characterised/

Early photography lacked the convenience of the stable roll film we all know, and instead relied on a set of processes which the photographer would have to master from film …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/a-forgotten-photographic-process-characterised/)

An Elegant Writer for a More Civilized Age
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/an-elegant-writer-for-a-more-civilized-age/

One of the most exciting trends we’ve seen over the last few years is the rise of truly personal computers — that is, bespoke computing devices that are built by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/an-elegant-writer-for-a-more-civilized-age/)

Why the LM741 Sucks
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/why-the-lm741-sucks/

First of all, we’d like to give a big shout-out to [Afrotechmods]! After a long hiatus, he has returned to YouTube with an awesome new video all about op-amp characteristics, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/why-the-lm741-sucks/)