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
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Photoshop of the NES game Metroid on a Super Nintendo cartridge.
" data-image-caption="Original photo by Zack
" 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?
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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
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It’s getting into the cold and snowy season for much of the world, and that means it can be slippy when you go walking outside. If you need more traction, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/diy-cleats-give-you-traction-in-ice-and-snow/)

Absorbing Traffic Noise With Bricks Using Helmholtz Resonators
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One inevitable aspect of cities and urban life in general is that it is noisy, with traffic being one of the main sources of noise pollution. Finding a way to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/absorbing-traffic-noise-with-bricks-using-helmholtz-resonators/)

Hackaday Links: December 24, 2023
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Back near the beginning of the current Solar Cycle 25, we penned an article on what the whole deal is with solar cycles, and what could potentially lie in store …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/12/24/hackaday-links-december-24-2023/)

Hidden Wall-Mount Table Looks Like Hanging Art
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