Hackaday Newsletter 0x59

Need some time to hack! [HACKADAY]( Start Your Engines: The FPV Contest Begins Now! [Read Article Now»]( I Need a Hackation By [Elliot Williams]( In recent times, the “staycation” became a popular alternative to forays far afield: you could take time off and enjoy your local surroundings without having to get stamps in your passport. But I don’t need to go to a museum or visit an amusement park, much less catch up on Stranger Things. I’ve got a project burning in my brain, and what I need is a few days of good solid time in the basement workshop to make some headway. What I need is a Hackation. Some projects make great after-work distractions, but this one is hard and requires my full brainpower. It’s just not a beer-and-a-project project. So during the week is out. That leaves weekends, but that’s prime time for hanging out with the family. Sure, I can get work in a few hours of good mid-day think/work time in on a Saturday or Sunday when my son is out playing with friends, but there’s something about devoting a whole day or more to cracking a tough nut. Of course, I’m fully aware that I’ll probably not get it finished in just a day, and that I’ll want another day, or yet another. So be it. Isn’t that the way it is when you’re at the beach in the summer as well? Have you ever taken a Hackation? And isn't it time that we treated hacking as a first-class pastime, on par with going to Disneyland? Because that’s what I need. And please tell me there’s a better name for it. From the Blog --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Hacker Walks Into a Trade Show: Electronica 2022]( By [Elliot Williams]( Elliot visits Electronica, and comes with a report of the strange and marvelous. [Read more »]( [Books You Should Read: Why Buildings Fall Down]( By [Dan Maloney]( One of Dan''s favorite books is secretly about how to keep your buildings standing tall. [Read more »]( [Don’t Believe Everything You Read: The Great Electric Toaster Hoax]( By [Al Williams]( A hoaxer claimed to have invented the Electric Toaster for a decade. Al ruminates on what it means for Wikipedia and society. [Read more »]( [Hackaday Podcast]( [Hackaday Podcast 194: FPV Contest, Seven Words, Lots of Coffee, and Edible Drones]( By [Hackaday Editors]( What happened last week on Hackaday? The Podcast will get you up to speed. [Read more »]( If You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [Reverse Engineering “The Seven Words (and More) You Can’t Say on TV”]( [Portable ESP32 RGB Lasershow Has All the Trimmings]( [New Metric Prefixes get Bigger and Smaller]( [How to Build Your Own Analog Phone Network]( [Move Aside Planar, I’m Slicing My Cone Way]( [The Barkhausen Effect: Hearing Magnets Being Born]( [Hackaday]( NEVER MISS A HACK [Share]( [Share]( [Share]( [Terms of Use]( [Privacy Policy]( [Hackaday.io]( [Hackaday.com]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update preferences]( Hackaday.com · 61 S Fair Oaks Ave Ste 200 · Pasadena, CA 91105-2270 · USA