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Entertaining Hacks
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Entertaining Hacks is a personal blog at entertaininghacks.wordpress.com about hardware and science. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-03-02, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commenters link this blog for hands-on electronics projects, such as a lightning detector circuit built with point-to-point wiring, and the Weston standard cell voltage reference with photos of its use.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Doing more, with less
What Hacker News says?
Its an interesting take on old-school point-to-point wiring using turrets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-point_construction https://entertaininghacks.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/prototypi... I assume the author liked the idea and used the perfbaord/punchboard as a grid.
Comment linking /2020/07/22/prototyping-circuits-easy-cheap-fast-reliable-techniques/
on “Lightning Detector Circuits”more info including photos and how they were used to accurately measure voltages: https://entertaininghacks.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/a-weston-...
Comment linking /2016/12/28/a-weston-standard-cell-an-introduction-to-voltnuttery/
on “The Weston Standard Cell (2011)”https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeNetworking/comments/1ecf9ja/poc... AFAIR it uses Marvell PHY (..Alaska 88E1111 - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-hwZ5mXkAIBAdv?format=jpg&name=... ) - similar to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfz1tJIX-XA - but more like that (v1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0BLqzWLXoY&t=1726s . (for 1 channel coax TDR you could use nanoVNA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrfAv6bXYkA or.. DIY https:…
Comment linking /2015/07/27/poor-mans-homebrew-tdr-with-4cm-resolution-part-1/
on “Pockethernet 2 – Preview Version (cable tester analyzer, RJ45 4channel TDR 249€)”