As any cat owner will tell you, a cat’s ears are great indicators of its state of mind: pointed forward if they want your attention, turned backwards if they’re angry, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/these-mind-controlled-cat-ears-move-with-your-mood/)

Reliving Second-Hand Nostalgia with the PDP-11
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/reliving-second-hand-nostalgia-with-the-pdp-11/

Levy’s Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution is something like required reading for the hacker subculture, and Hackaday by extension. The first section of that book is all about early …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/reliving-second-hand-nostalgia-with-the-pdp-11/)

World’s Smallest Hair Straightener For Fixing Old LCD Ribbons
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/worlds-smallest-hair-straightener-for-fixing-old-lcd-ribbons/

[Stephen] writes to us about an LCD repair tool he has created. We’ve all seen old devices with monochrome LCDs connected by thin film, where connections between the PCB and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/worlds-smallest-hair-straightener-for-fixing-old-lcd-ribbons/)

Learn All About Writing a Published Technical Book, From Idea to Print
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/learn-all-about-writing-a-published-technical-book-from-idea-to-print/

Ever wondered what, exactly, goes into creating a technical book? If you’d like to know the steps that bring a book from idea to publication, [Sara Robinson] tells all about …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/learn-all-about-writing-a-published-technical-book-from-idea-to-print/)

Clockwork DevTerm R-01 Takes RISC-V Out For a Spin
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/clockwork-devterm-r-01-takes-risc-v-out-for-a-spin/

If you’re anything like us you’ve been keeping a close eye on the development of RISC-V: an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) that’s been threatening to change the computing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/19/clockwork-devterm-r-01-takes-risc-v-out-for-a-spin/)

Minicomputer Restoration Hanging In The Balance
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/20/minicomputer-restoration-hanging-in-the-balance/

[David Lovett] aka Usagi Electric has spent the last several months dissecting a Centurion minicomputer from 1980. His latest update reveals that the restoration has hit several snags, and bootstrapping …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/20/minicomputer-restoration-hanging-in-the-balance/)

Hacker Challenges MemoryStick To A Fight And Wins
https://hackaday.com/2022/03/20/hacker-challenges-memorystick-to-a-fight-and-wins/

It’s amazing when a skilled hacker reverse-engineers a proprietary format and shares the nitty-gritty with everyone. Today is a day when we get one such write-up – about MemoryStick. It …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/03/20/hacker-challenges-memorystick-to-a-fight-and-wins/)