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Quinn Dunki
Personal blog · quinndunki.com/blondihackshardwareprogramming
Quinn Dunki writes Blondihacks, a personal blog at quinndunki.com about hardware and programming. Since 2013, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 16 times, most often “Cat-proofing a cat feeding machine”. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (11) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Quinn Dunki's blog on homebrew electronics and computers. HN readers link its multi-part Veronica series, which covers building a 6502 computer and VGA graphics card, plus cat-feeder hacks and home PCB making.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 11 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Cat-proofing a cat feeding machine6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2016-12-21
- /blondihacks/?page_id=17612 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-11-07
- /blondihacks/?p=8352 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-04
What Hacker News says?
On the topic of cats vs automation, I'd recommend reading this post [1] describing the arms race created by the writer's cat attempting to break into an automated feeding machine. HN discussion here [2] [1] http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=3023 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13230904
Comment linking /blondihacks/?p=3023
on “My Favourite Git Commit”Submitted Cat-proofing a cat feeding machine as a story · 1107 points
HN discussionIf you're patient you can use vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, and salt. You still create a copper salt that you need to dispose of properly. http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=835
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on “I made my own PCBs with a 3D printer”Submitted Furiosa's Cat Feeder (2016) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttp://www.quinndunki.com/OGOL/GATE.html
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on “The hardest computer game of all time”Submitted Floppy Emu: A new entry into the Apple II solid state scene as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI can only recommend the "Veronica"-Series of Quinn Dunki, where she builds a complete graphics card for her 8-Bit-computer, as well as the computer itself http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?page_id=1761
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on “Let's build a circuit that displays an image on a VGA monitor [video]”Submitted Cat Proof a Cat Feeder as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYou can get PCBs made very cheaply these days (dirtypcbs are an example of how cheap), and for $20-$30 you can have a sheetful of stencils lasered for you so this is mostly academic, but: PCBs: You can make PCBs by toner transfer, phototransfer, or milling, just like you'd make PCBs for through hole designs, except you don't need the precision drilling you'd need for through hole parts. The transfer methods need an…
Comment linking /blondihacks/?p=835
on “Circuit building: stop using antique parts (2014)”You might also want to check out someone building a computer based off a 6502, very fun to see someone going through the steps to design and build something out of older hardware. http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=680
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on “The 6502 CPU's overflow flag explained at the silicon level”Reminds me of this recent HN post on cat-proofing a cat feeding machine: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13230904 http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=3023 And the older one on making Monkey the cat hunt for his dinner: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10021268 http://benjaminmillam.com/cat-geek/monkey-the-cat-hunts-for-...
Comment linking /blondihacks/?p=3023
on “Build your own hackable automated cat feeder for $20”A 6502 backplane homebrew: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=680 . Especially impressive because Quinn etched the PCBs at home. Fast-forward to the finished (and resurrected) project so you can see the backplane: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=2644
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on “The RC2014 Retro Computer”If you're interested in homemade computers blondihacks has a whole series of articles on making one from design straight through to completion: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?page_id=1761
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on “Building a simple VGA-adapter for an 8-bit self made computer”I really like reading about projects like this. If I had the means, the patience and the time, I'd do a similar project myself. Here's Quinn Dunki's Veronica, another 6502 homebrew computer project: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=1937
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on “A homebuilt MOS 6502 based microcomputer system”Reminds me of this guy who tried to build a cat-proof automatic feeder: http://quinndunki.com/blondihacks/?p=3023
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on “Raccoons Pass Aesop's Fable Test By Upending It”
