Ever since we launched the Do-It-Yourself column earlier this year, I've been on a mission-literally hellbent on learning things that I should have already known how to do by now. While I don't ...

Nixies and VFDs are great displays, but when using them you’ve got to deal with some fairly high voltages, at least for the micro projects we see on Hack a Day. Luckily, there’s another ancient ...