DIY Pneumatic Actuator Does Great In Action
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/diy-pneumatic-actuator-does-great-in-action/

Pneumatic actuators can be powerful and fast, making them very useful for all kinds of mechanical jobs. [Michael Rechtin] decided that while he could buy them off-the-shelf, he preferred to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/diy-pneumatic-actuator-does-great-in-action/)

Dial up Over Discord
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/dial-up-over-discord/

Some hacks are useful and some are just… well… for the fun of it, and we can appreciate that. Take, for example, [Cool Blog’s] recent experiments with dialup networking. If …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/dial-up-over-discord/)

Mailblocks Makes Your Phone Work More Like The Post, Kinda?
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/mailblocks-makes-your-phone-work-more-like-the-post-kinda/

Phones can be distracting, with notifications popping up all the time to snare our attention and maybe even ruin our lives. [Guy Dupont] wishes to be no slave to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/23/mailblocks-makes-your-phone-work-more-like-the-post-kinda/)

NES Classic Metroid Ported to Equally Classic Super Nintendo
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/nes-classic-metroid-ported-to-equally-classic-super-nintendo/

Photoshop of the NES game Metroid on a Super Nintendo cartridge.
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Metroid-SNES-port-Header.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Metroid-SNES-port-Header.png?w=800">There was a time early in the development of the Super Nintendo (SNES) where the new console was to feature backwards compatibility with NES games. The solution would have required …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/nes-classic-metroid-ported-to-equally-classic-super-nintendo/)

Talking Ohmmeter Also Spits Out Color Bands For You
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If you’ve got a resistor and you can’t read the color bands (or they’re not present), you can always just grab a multimeter and figure out its value that way. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/talking-ohmmeter-also-spits-out-color-bands-for-you/)

How Does a Sewing Machine Sew?
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/how-does-a-sewing-machine-sew/

Like all Hackaday readers, we pride ourselves on having at least a passing acquaintance with how most things work. But we suspect to a lot of people, things we take …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/how-does-a-sewing-machine-sew/)

DIY Cleats Give You Traction In Ice And Snow
https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/diy-cleats-give-you-traction-in-ice-and-snow/