Hackaday3d ago

Sliderule Simulator Teaches You How To Do Calculations The Old Fashioned Way

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/18/sliderule-simulator-teaches-you-how-to-do-calculations-the-old-fashioned-way/

133d ago
Sliderule Simulator Teaches You How To Do Calculations The Old Fashioned Way https://hackaday.com/2026/02/18/sliderule-simulator-teaches-you-how-to-do-calculations-the-old-fashioned-way/
#Classichacks #SoftwareHacks #Browserbasedtool #Javascript #Simulator #Sliderule
Sliderule Simulator Teaches You How To Do Calculations The Old Fashioned Way

Ever wanted to know how engineers made their calculations before digital calculators were on every workbench? [Richard Carpenter] and [Robert Wolf] have just the thing—a sliderule simulator that ca…

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HackadayFeb 7

180 Shots on a Roll with the Little Stupid Camera

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/

13Feb 7
180 Shots on a Roll with the Little Stupid Camera https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/180-shots-on-a-roll-with-the-little-stupid-camera/
#Classichacks #35mmfilm #Camerahacking #Filmcamera
180 Shots On A Roll With The Little Stupid Camera

If you want to play with the coolest kids on the block when it comes to photography, you have to shoot film. Or so say the people who shoot film, anyway. It is very true though that the chemical me…

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HackadayFeb 7

He’s a Wrapper (Wire Wrapper, That Is)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/hes-a-wrapper-wire-wrapper-that-is/

13Feb 7
He’s a Wrapper (Wire Wrapper, That Is) https://hackaday.com/2026/02/07/hes-a-wrapper-wire-wrapper-that-is/
#Classichacks #ToolHacks #Wirewrapping
He’s A Wrapper (Wire Wrapper, That Is)

Before PCBs, wiring electronic circuits was a major challenge in electronics production. A skilled person could make beautiful wire connections between terminal strips and components with a solderi…

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HackadayFeb 6

It’s Not a Lomo Smena 8M, But it’s Not Far Off

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/its-not-a-lomo-smena-8m-but-its-not-far-off/

13Feb 6
It’s Not a Lomo Smena 8M, But it’s Not Far Off https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/its-not-a-lomo-smena-8m-but-its-not-far-off/
#Classichacks #3dprintedcamera #Camera #Filmcamera #Lomo
It’s Not A Lomo Smena 8M, But It’s Not Far Off

The joy of camera hacking lies for many at the low end of the market. Not working with many-thousand-dollar Leicas, but in cheap snapshot cameras that can be had for next to nothing at a thrift sto…

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13Feb 2
Fixing Sony and Philips’ Doomed CD-i Console https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/fixing-sony-and-philips-doomed-cd-i-console/
#Classichacks #RepairHacks #Cdplayer #CDi #Hardware #Repair
Fixing Sony And Philips’ Doomed CD-i Console

Although not intended to be a game console, the CD-i would see a a couple of games released for it that would cement its position in gaming history as the butt of countless jokes, some of which sti…

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HackadayFeb 2

Fixing Sony and Philips’ Doomed CD-i Console

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/02/01/fixing-sony-and-philips-doomed-cd-i-console/