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" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/punch-feature.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/punch-feature.png?w=800">This repair/tutorial video by the telephone Connections Museum of Seattle features an amazing piece of electro-mechanical technology from the 1950s — the 5XB trouble recorder. Museum volunteer Sarah the “Switch Witch” has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/02/stack-trace-from-the-1950s-punches-again/)

Hanging Christmas Lights With No Ladder and No Fuss
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/hanging-christmas-lights-with-no-ladder-and-no-fuss/

Getting up on a ladder to hang Christmas lights is a great way to hurt yourself if you’re not careful, and winter conditions only add to the peril. One enterprising …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/hanging-christmas-lights-with-no-ladder-and-no-fuss/)

Bring Out the Fine Detail in Small Objects with This Coaxial Lighting Rig
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/bring-out-the-fine-detail-in-small-objects-with-this-coaxial-lighting-rig/

All things considered, modern photography is pretty easy. It’s really just a matter of pointing the camera at the thing you want to take a picture of and letting the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/bring-out-the-fine-detail-in-small-objects-with-this-coaxial-lighting-rig/)

Cargo Culting and Buried Treasure
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/cargo-culting-and-buried-treasure/

I have no idea how true the stories are, but legend has it that when supplies were dropped on some Melanesian islands during WWII, some locals took to replicating runway …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/cargo-culting-and-buried-treasure/)

Nixie Display Module Is Addressable Via SPI
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/nixie-display-module-is-addressable-via-spi/

There are plenty of SPI interface screens on the market, but few of them have the charm of the good old Nixie tube. [Tony] decided to whip up a simple …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/nixie-display-module-is-addressable-via-spi/)

Bit-Banging Bidirectional Ethernet on a Pi Pico
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/bit-banging-bidirectional-ethernet-on-a-pi-pico/

These days, even really cheap microcontroller boards have options that will give you ethernet or wifi access. But what if you have an original Raspberry Pi Pico board and you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/bit-banging-bidirectional-ethernet-on-a-pi-pico/)

Build Your Own Mini Fogging Cauldron
https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/build-your-own-mini-fogging-cauldron/

The best cauldrons are full of bubbling, steamy potions of great magical potential. We don’t have many of those in the real world, though, so sometimes we have to make …read more (https://hackaday.com/2022/12/03/build-your-own-mini-fogging-cauldron/)