Some people like their homelabs to be as big and fancy as possible, with racks of new or surplus server hardware sucking down power. [Hardware Haven] evidently has the opposite …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/from-smartphone-to-a-home-server/)

A Second Chance for the Single Wheel Monorail?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/a-second-chance-for-the-single-wheel-monorail/

Lately, this peculiar little single wheel monorail came to our attention. Built by [extraglide1976], all from Meccano. His build started with modest tests: one gyro obviously flopped. Two gyros geared …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/16/a-second-chance-for-the-single-wheel-monorail/)

Commodore is Back Selling New C64s, but Should You Buy them?
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/commodore-is-back-selling-new-c64s-but-should-you-buy-them/

It’s hard to argue with nostalgia, but you can toss a bucket of cold facts over it. In the case of the recent rescuing of the Commodore brand from the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/commodore-is-back-selling-new-c64s-but-should-you-buy-them/)

It’s a Pi, But it’s not Quite a Raspberry Pi
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/its-a-pi-but-its-not-quite-a-raspberry-pi/

When is a Raspberry Pi not a Raspberry Pi? Perhaps when it’s a Pi Zero-shaped board with an RP3A0 SoC from a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, made by [jonny12375]. Back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/its-a-pi-but-its-not-quite-a-raspberry-pi/)

Llama Habitat Continues to Expand, Now Includes the PSP
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/llama-habitat-continues-to-expand-now-includes-the-psp/

Sony PSP, Evan-Amos, Public Domain.
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" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Psp-1000.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Psp-1000.jpg?w=800">Organic Llamas have a rather restricted range, in nature: the Andes Mountains, and that’s it. Humans weren’t content to let the fluffy, friend-shaped creatures stay in their natural habitat, however, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/llama-habitat-continues-to-expand-now-includes-the-psp/)

Recto: In Case Programming isn’t Hard Enough
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/recto-in-case-programming-isnt-hard-enough/

There’s long been a push to stop writing code as a sequence of lines and go to something graphical, which has been very successful in some areas and less so …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/recto-in-case-programming-isnt-hard-enough/)

2025 One Hertz Challenge: A Flaming Oscillator and a New Take on the Candle Clock
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-flaming-oscillator-and-a-new-take-on-the-candle-clock/

Candle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-flaming-oscillator-and-a-new-take-on-the-candle-clock/)