When using older computers there comes a point at which modern software drops support, as for example is happening with builds for Windows XP. Every now and then though, along …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/a-modern-web-browser-for-classic-mac-os/)

A Special Type of Mower For Rocky Fields
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/a-special-type-of-mower-for-rocky-fields/

Ever since wealthy European landowners started displaying vast, unused swaths of turfgrass as status symbols, regular folk have been chasing that perfectly mown and tended lawn for similar reasons. In …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/a-special-type-of-mower-for-rocky-fields/)

ESP-Osito Eschews Retrocomputing for Modern Code on Modern, Equivalent Hardware
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/esp-osito-eschews-retrocomputing-for-modern-code-on-modern-equivalent-hardware/

If you’re of a certain vintage, you have probably looked at some of the microcomputers on the market these days and thought “that would have been a decent workstation back …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/esp-osito-eschews-retrocomputing-for-modern-code-on-modern-equivalent-hardware/)

Be Your Own Oil Company With Desktop Fischer-Tropsch Process
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/be-your-own-oil-company-with-desktop-fischer-tropsch-process/

Plastics, oil, petrol– the modern world is entirely dependent on hydrocarbons. The good sources are slowly running low and supply is increasingly complicated by geopolitical factors we really don’t want …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/be-your-own-oil-company-with-desktop-fischer-tropsch-process/)

Take the Reins of this Unique Controller
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/take-the-reins-of-this-unique-controller/

Many simulator-style games have their own dedicated controllers, from racing sims with pedals, steering wheels, and shifters to flight sims which have their own joysticks and sometimes entire cockpits. But …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/29/take-the-reins-of-this-unique-controller/)

It’s Another Pi Handheld. But it’s a Really Good One
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/its-another-pi-handheld-but-its-a-really-good-one/

Ever since the first Linux capable single-board computers came out, there have been projects turning them into handhelds. The Raspberry Pi Zero and in particular the Compute Modules are ideally …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/its-another-pi-handheld-but-its-a-really-good-one/)

Cheap Yellow Display with Boosted PSRAM Turned Snazzy Emulator Station
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/cheap-yellow-display-with-boosted-psram-turned-snazzy-emulator-station/

The ‘Cheap Yellow Display’, or CYD, is becoming a staple in these circles, and with good reason: just like the name says, it’s cheap, it has a display, and of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/cheap-yellow-display-with-boosted-psram-turned-snazzy-emulator-station/)

Testing Various Ways to Waterproof FDM Printed Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/30/testing-various-ways-to-waterproof-fdm-printed-parts/