[Rick] had a problem. His garage refrigerator was tasked with a critical duty—keeping refreshing beverages at low temperature. Unfortunately, it had failed—the condenser was forever running, or not running at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/garage-fridge-gets-new-diy-controller/)

Magic Magikarp Makes Moves
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/magic-magikarp-makes-moves/

One of the most influential inventions of the 20th century was Big Mouth Billy Bass. A celebrity bigger than the biggest politicians or richest movie stars, there’s almost nothing that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/magic-magikarp-makes-moves/)

Adding Electronics to a Classic Game
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/adding-electronics-to-a-classic-game/

Like many classic board games, Ludo offers its players numerous opportunities to inflict frustration on other players. Despite this, [Viktor Takacs] apparently enjoys it, which motivated him to build a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/adding-electronics-to-a-classic-game/)

Blue Hedgehog, Meet Boing Ball: Can Sonic Run on Amiga?
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/blue-hedgehog-meet-boing-ball-can-sonic-run-on-amiga/

The Amiga was a great game system in its day, but there were some titles it was just never going to get. Sonic the Hedgehog was one of them– SEGA …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/blue-hedgehog-meet-boing-ball-can-sonic-run-on-amiga/)

Sudo Clean Up My Workbench
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/sudo-clean-up-my-workbench/

[Engineezy] might have been watching a 3D printer move when inspiration struck: Why not build a robot arm to clean up his workbench? Why not, indeed? Well, all you need …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/sudo-clean-up-my-workbench/)

Electronic Dice Built The Old Fashioned Way
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/electronic-dice-built-the-old-fashioned-way/

If you wanted to build an electronic dice, you might grab an Arduino and a nice OLED display to whip up something fancy. You could even choose an ESP32 and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/electronic-dice-built-the-old-fashioned-way/)

Something New Every Day, Something Relevant Every Week?
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/something-new-every-day-something-relevant-every-week/

The site is called Hackaday, and has been for 21 years. But it was only for maybe the first half-year that it was literally a hack a day. By the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/something-new-every-day-something-relevant-every-week/)