Tech in Plain Sight: Incandescent Bulbs
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/tech-in-plain-sight-incandescent-bulbs/

While they are dying out, you can still find incandescent bulbs. While these were once totally common, they’ve been largely replaced by LEDs and other lighting technology. However, you still …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/tech-in-plain-sight-incandescent-bulbs/)

Stream Deck Plus Reverse Engineered
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/stream-deck-plus-reverse-engineered/

[Den Delimarsky] had a Stream Deck and wanted to be free of the proprietary software, so he reverse-engineered it. Now, he has a Stream Deck Plus, and with the same …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/stream-deck-plus-reverse-engineered/)

Blast Away the Flux — With Brake Cleaner?
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/blast-away-the-flux-with-brake-cleaner/

Can you use brake cleaner for flux removal on PCBs? According to [Half Burnt Toast], yes you can. But should you? Well, that’s another matter. In our experience, flux removal …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/26/blast-away-the-flux-with-brake-cleaner/)

Uncanny Valley of Clean Conquered by Clever Chair
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/uncanny-valley-of-clean-conquered-by-clever-chair/

Do you ever have clothes that you only wore for a few hours, so you don’t want to wash them, but it still seems icky to put them back in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/uncanny-valley-of-clean-conquered-by-clever-chair/)

Minecraft in…COBOL?
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/minecraft-in-cobol/

When you think of languages you might read about on Hackaday, COBOL probably isn’t one of them. The language is often considered mostly for business applications and legacy ones, at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/minecraft-in-cobol/)

This Week in Security: License Plates, TP-Link, and Attacking Devs
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/this-week-in-security-license-plates-tp-link-and-attacking-devs/

We’re covering two weeks of news today, which is handy, because the week between Christmas and New Years is always a bit slow. And up first is the inevitable problem …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/this-week-in-security-license-plates-tp-link-and-attacking-devs/)

LDU Decoded: The Untold Tale of LEGO Dimensions
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/27/ldu-decoded-the-untold-tale-of-lego-dimensions/