If you think of a 1960s mainframe computer, it’s likely that your mental image includes alongside the cabinets with the ...

There comes a moment in the life of any operating system when an unforeseen event will tragically cut its uptime short.

The advent of affordable computing over the last few decades has certainly been a boon for many people with disabilities, ...

It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules.

What could happen when you open-source a hardware project? No, seriously. I hold a fair few radical opinions – one is that ...

Jonathan and Rob chat with Nate Graham about KDE! Why did Nate walk away from Apple, and how did he find Linux and KDE? And ...

Distortion pedals and overdrive effects usually have a bunch of lovely transistors or op-amps inside and lots of knobs and dials to tweak the sound to your personal taste. However, it’s ...

For some people (e.g. this author) solder wick is a tool of last resort. Unfortunately, solder suckers and vacuum pumps lose most of their utility when you move from through-hole to SMD ...