For those of you who haven’t spent time in North America around this time of year, you may be unaware of two things: one, the obligatory non-stop loop of “All …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/wiring-up-the-railway-all-the-live-long-day/)

Making Actually Useful Schematics in KiCad
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/making-actually-useful-schematics-in-kicad/

[Andrew Greenberg] has some specific ideas for how open-source hardware hackers could do a better job with their KiCad schematics. In his work with students at Portland State University, [Andrew] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/making-actually-useful-schematics-in-kicad/)

How to Use That Slide Rule
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/how-to-use-that-slide-rule/

You have that slide rule in the back of the closet. Maybe it was from your college days. Maybe it was your Dad’s. Honestly. Do you know how to use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/how-to-use-that-slide-rule/)

Microsoft Open Sources Zork I, II and III
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/microsoft-open-sources-zork-i-ii-and-iii/

The history of the game Zork is a long and winding one, starting with MUDs and kin on university mainframes – where students entertained themselves in between their studies – …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/microsoft-open-sources-zork-i-ii-and-iii/)

It’s Hard to Make a (Good) Oscillator
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/its-hard-to-make-a-good-oscillator/

There’s more to making an oscillator than meets the eye, and [lcamtuf] is here with a good primer on the subject. It starts with the old joke that if you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/its-hard-to-make-a-good-oscillator/)

Baby’s First Synth was Daddy’s First Project
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/babys-first-synth-was-daddys-first-project/

We absolutely adore inspired labor-of-love tales such as this one. [Alastair] wanted to build a synth for his daughter’s third birthday in spite of having no prior hardware knowledge. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/babys-first-synth-was-daddys-first-project/)

Why Do We Love Weird Old Tech?
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/why-do-we-love-weird-old-tech/

One of our newer writers, [Tyler August], recently wrote a love letter to plasma TV technology. Sitting between the ubiquitous LCD and the vanishing CRT, the plasma TV had its …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/22/why-do-we-love-weird-old-tech/)