Reverse Engineering LEGO Island
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/reverse-engineering-lego-island/

While LEGO themed video games have become something of a staple, in 1997 they were something of an odity. LEGO Island became the first LEGO video game released outside of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/reverse-engineering-lego-island/)

AI Art Installation Swaps Diffusion for Reflection
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/ai-art-installation-swaps-diffusion-for-reflection/

AI art is controversial, to say the least, but usually when talking about “AI Art”, one is talking about diffusion models. This unsettling artpeice called “Latent Reflection” by [Rootkid] (video …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/ai-art-installation-swaps-diffusion-for-reflection/)

Making a Backyard Observatory Replete With Retractable Roof
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/making-a-backyard-observatory-replete-with-retractable-roof/

Here’s one for our astronomy geeks. Our hacker [arrow] has made their own observatory! This particular video is a bit over ten minutes long and is basically a montage; there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/24/making-a-backyard-observatory-replete-with-retractable-roof/)

2025 Pet Hacks Contest: Feline Facial Recognition Foils Food Filching
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/2025-pet-hacks-contest-feline-facial-recognition-foils-food-filching/

Cats are no respecters of personal property, as [Joe Mattioni] learned when one of his cats, [Layla] needed a special prescription diet. Kitty didn’t care for it, and since the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/2025-pet-hacks-contest-feline-facial-recognition-foils-food-filching/)

A Quick Introduction to TCP Congestion Control
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/a-quick-introduction-to-tcp-congestion-control/

It’s hard to imagine now, but in the mid-1980s, the Internet came close to collapsing due to the number of users congesting its networks. Computers would request packets as quickly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/a-quick-introduction-to-tcp-congestion-control/)

The Commodore 64 Gets An HDMI Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/the-commodore-64-gets-an-hdmi-upgrade/

The Commodore 64 may remain the best selling computer of all time, but it has one major flaw. It doesn’t have HDMI! That makes it a total pain to use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/the-commodore-64-gets-an-hdmi-upgrade/)

NES Zapper Becomes Telephone
https://hackaday.com/2025/05/25/nes-zapper-becomes-telephone/