As easy as it is to make a late 1980s-style game console using a modern microcontroller, there’s arguably more fun in doing things the traditional way. This is the challenge …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/making-a-retroish-game-console-from-scratch/)

Spotting Emacs in the Wild
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/spotting-emacs-in-the-wild/

Emacs is one of the big classic text editors, right up there next to vi. It’s famous for its interface and its ubiquity across the *nix world. It’s such a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/spotting-emacs-in-the-wild/)

Get a Remote Terminal With One Binary, One URL, and Zero Config
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/get-a-remote-terminal-with-one-binary-one-url-and-zero-config/

Launch a single static binary executable, send someone a QR code or URL (or failing that, text a numerical code or shout it across a room), and they’ll get an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/get-a-remote-terminal-with-one-binary-one-url-and-zero-config/)

The 16K Display that Ate Las Vegas
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/the-16k-display-that-ate-las-vegas/

You may have a 4K television. Perhaps you have even bought an 8K screen, despite the shortage of things worth watching in 8K. A 16K display is, today, a rarity. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/the-16k-display-that-ate-las-vegas/)

New File Manager is C64’s Answer to Norton Commander
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/new-file-manager-is-c64s-answer-to-norton-commander/

Norton was always a PC company — Norton Commander, the file manager that launched a thousand clones, was only ever available for DOS, like the rest of the company’s offerings …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/new-file-manager-is-c64s-answer-to-norton-commander/)

Congratulations to the Frikkin Laser Winners!
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/congratulations-to-the-frikkin-laser-winners/

Apparently you all love lasers just as much as we do. We put out a challenge to use, build, or otherwise abuse our favorite coherent light sources, and you responded. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/congratulations-to-the-frikkin-laser-winners/)

Child-Friendly Music Player Uses RFID
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/child-friendly-music-player-uses-rfid/

[David] has a young child who is clever enough to use a computer to play music, but he doesn’t quite want to hand over the mouse just yet. Thus, he …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/child-friendly-music-player-uses-rfid/)

Circuit Bending, But Make It MIDI
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/03/circuit-bending-but-make-it-midi/