Nic Barker Explains ASCII, Unicode, and UTF-8
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/

Over on YouTube [Nic Barker] gives us: UTF-8, Explained Simply. If you’re gonna be a hacker eventually you’re gonna have to write software to process and generate text data. And …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/nic-barker-explains-ascii-unicode-and-utf-8/)

A 1970s Electronic Game
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/a-1970s-electronic-game/

What happens when a traditional board game company decides to break into electronic gaming? Well, if it were a UK gaming company in 1978, the result would be a Waddingtons …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/22/a-1970s-electronic-game/)

Vacuum Fluorescent Displays Explained
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-explained/

After having been sent a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) based clock for a review, [Anthony Francis-Jones] took the opportunity to explain how these types of displays work. Although VFDs are …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/23/vacuum-fluorescent-displays-explained/)