This week Jonathan chats with Kevin, Colin, and Curtis about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead! It’s a rogue-like post-apocalyptic survival game that you can play in the terminal, over SSH if …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/floss-weekly-episode-855-get-in-the-minecart-loser/)

Build a Stranger Things Wall You Can Freak Out At In Your Own Home
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/build-a-stranger-things-wall-you-can-freak-out-at-in-your-own-home/

When Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it was a cultural force. Foreign DJs gushed over the lush 80s soundtrack, fashionistas loved the clothing, and the world became obsessed with the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/build-a-stranger-things-wall-you-can-freak-out-at-in-your-own-home/)

Possibly-Smallest ESP32 Board Uses Smallest-Footprint Parts
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/possibly-smallest-esp32-board-uses-smallest-footprint-parts/

Whenever there’s a superlative involved, you know that degree of optimization has to leave something else on the table. In the case of [PegorK]’s f32, the smallest ESP32 dev board …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/possibly-smallest-esp32-board-uses-smallest-footprint-parts/)

Pong Gets the Boot
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/pong-gets-the-boot/

You might be surprised to find out that [Akshat Joshi’s] Pong game that fits in a 512-byte boot sector isn’t the first of its kind. But that doesn’t mean it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/pong-gets-the-boot/)

Amiga? Arduino? AMeagerBall Gets the Uno Bouncing
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/amiga-ardunio-amegerball-gets-the-uno-bouncing/

When the iconic “Boing Ball” first debuted 40 years ago, it was a wonder to behold. There was nothing like it in the home compuing world upto that time, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/amiga-ardunio-amegerball-gets-the-uno-bouncing/)

Browser Fingerprinting and Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/browser-fingerprinting-and-why-vpns-wont-make-you-anonymous/

Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/browser-fingerprinting-and-why-vpns-wont-make-you-anonymous/)

Diskette Game Floppy Flopper is Certainly no Flop
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/diskette-game-floppy-flopper-is-certainly-no-flop/

There’s a tactile joy to the humble 3.5″ floppy that no USB stick will ever match. It’s not just the way they thunk into place in a well-made drive, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/diskette-game-floppy-flopper-is-certainly-no-flop/)