What might a laptop version of the Commodore 64 have looked like if one had been released by the late 1980s? This is the question that [Kevin Noki] tried to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/15/building-a-commodore-64-laptop/)

Why Push a Button When a Machine Can Do It For You
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/why-push-a-button-when-a-machine-can-do-it-for-you/

Remote control is a wonder of the age, we press a button, and something happens as if by magic. But what happens if there is no remote control, and instead …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/why-push-a-button-when-a-machine-can-do-it-for-you/)

After Decades, Linux Finally Gains Stable GPIB Support
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/after-decades-linux-finally-gains-stable-gpib-support/

GPIB cable from AliExpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33040335063.html
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gpib-cable-002-e1643096265975.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/gpib-cable-002-e1643096265975.jpg?w=800">Recently, [Greg Kroah-Hartman] proclaimed the joyous news on the Linux Kernel Mailing List that stable General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) support has finally been merged into the 6.19 Linux kernel. The …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/after-decades-linux-finally-gains-stable-gpib-support/)

Thorium-Metal Alloys and Radioactive Jet Engines
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/thorium-metal-alloys-and-radioactive-jet-engines/

Although metal alloys is not among the most exciting topics for most people, the moment you add the word ‘radioactive’, it does tend to get their attention. So too with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/thorium-metal-alloys-and-radioactive-jet-engines/)

Virtual Pet Responds To WiFi
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/virtual-pet-responds-to-wifi/

When the Tamagotchi first launched all those decades ago, it took the world by storm. It was just a bunch of simple animations on a monochrome LCD, but it had …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/virtual-pet-responds-to-wifi/)

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One with the Curious Keyboards
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curious-keyboards/

I love first builds! They say so much about a person, because you see what’s paramount to them in a keyboard. You can almost feel their frustration at other keyboards …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-curious-keyboards/)

Debugging the AMD GPU
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/debugging-the-amd-gpu/

Although Robert F. Kennedy gets the credit for popularizing it, George Bernard Shaw said: “Some men see things as they are and say, ‘Why?’ I dream of things that never …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/16/debugging-the-amd-gpu/)