A Hacker’s Christmas Story
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/a-hackers-christmas-story/

Twas the night before Christmas, and because I decided to make everyone’s presents myself this year, I’m still working like mad to get everything done before the big deadline. Why …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/a-hackers-christmas-story/)

Blinky Project Is 6502s All The Way Down
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/blinky-project-is-6502s-all-the-way-down/

Virtually any platform you might find yourself programming on has some simple method of running a delay. [Joey Shepard] got rather creative on a recent project, though, relying on a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/blinky-project-is-6502s-all-the-way-down/)

Spotify Player Brings Back Physical Media
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/spotify-player-brings-back-physical-media/

Digital music has made keeping all your tunes with you a lot more convenient, but have we lost something with dematerialization? [Jordi Parra] felt that there was something lacking with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/spotify-player-brings-back-physical-media/)

Drone Rescue Uses VHS Tape and Careful Planning
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/drone-rescue-uses-vhs-tape-and-careful-planning/

If you regularly fly your drones outdoors, you’ve probably worried about getting your pride and joy stuck in a big tree at some point. But flying indoors doesn’t guarantee you’ll …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/drone-rescue-uses-vhs-tape-and-careful-planning/)

A Dungeon Master with a Thermal Printer
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/a-dungeon-master-with-a-thermal-printer/

The thermal printer is ubiquitous in today’s world, mostly found whenever we have to get a receipt from somewhere. They’re cheap, fast, and easy to use. Not only that, though, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/a-dungeon-master-with-a-thermal-printer/)

Non-Replaceable Battery? Not If This Proposed EU Law Passes!
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/non-replaceable-battery-not-if-this-proposed-eu-law-passes/

A disturbing trend in consumer electronics has been a steady disappearance of replaceable batteries on our devices. Finding a mobile phone with a swapable battery is a struggle, and many …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/24/non-replaceable-battery-not-if-this-proposed-eu-law-passes/)

The Spit-Detecting USB Flash Drive is Nearly Here
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/the-spit-detecting-usb-flash-drive-is-nearly-here/

Regular readers may recall that security researcher and general open source hardware fanatic [Walker] has been planning a rather unusual flash drive for some time — one that will only …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/25/the-spit-detecting-usb-flash-drive-is-nearly-here/)