Smart Ovens Are Doing Dumb Checks For Internet Connectivity
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/smart-ovens-are-doing-dumb-checks-for-internet-connectivity/

If you’ve ever worked in IT support, you’ll be familiar with users calling in to check if the Internet is up every few hours or so. Often a quick refresh …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/smart-ovens-are-doing-dumb-checks-for-internet-connectivity/)

Building a Fake Printer to Grab Screenshots Off the Parallel Port
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/building-a-fake-printer-to-grab-screenshots-off-the-parallel-port/

https://tomverbeure.github.io/2023/01/24/Fake-Parallel-Printer-Capture-Tool-HW.html
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/parallel2usb_v2_3d.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/parallel2usb_v2_3d.png?w=800">[Tom Verbeure] recently found himself lamenting the need to take screen grabs from an Advantest R3273 spectrum analyzer with a phone camera, as the older gear requires you to either …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/building-a-fake-printer-to-grab-screenshots-off-the-parallel-port/)

Dad Builds Frickin’ Tank For His Son
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/dad-builds-frickin-tank-for-his-son/

We gotta love hacker Dads and Moms for being so awesome. Sooner or later, their kids get to play with some amazing toy that every other kid on the block …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/dad-builds-frickin-tank-for-his-son/)

Levitating Banana Is An Excellent Conversation Starter
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/levitating-banana-is-an-excellent-conversation-starter/

“I really like your floating banana.” If that’s something you’ve always wanted your guests to say when visiting your living room, this levitating banana project from [ElectroBing] is for you. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/levitating-banana-is-an-excellent-conversation-starter/)

Scratch Your Itch to Program a Microcontroller
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/scratch-your-itch-to-program-a-microcontroller/

One of the fun things about “old school” computers is that it was fairly easy to get kids into programming them. The old Basic interpreters were pretty forgiving, and you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/scratch-your-itch-to-program-a-microcontroller/)

Candy Blaster Lets You Shoot PEZ At Your Friends
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/candy-blaster-lets-you-shoot-pez-at-your-friends/

Nerf Blasters are great fun to play with, but you really shouldn’t eat the foam darts. Conversely, Pez dispensers are fussy and kind of boring, but the candy is a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/02/03/candy-blaster-lets-you-shoot-pez-at-your-friends/)

Mechanical Keyboard Is Also a Mouse
https://hackaday.com/2023/02/04/mechanical-keyboard-is-also-a-mouse/