Ladies and Gentlemen the fight is over, it has clearly been lost by those who REQUESTED a forum system.
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I disagree with the argument, but it was well made. I prefer a forum type format to a blog (Usually, the sound of one hand clapping). It encourages discussion and would allow for greater inspiration. However this decision is not my domain (pun intended), and the argument should be laid to rest.
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If your looking for links, try just Goggling for “brunel degree design show”. Try to find the sites that are for each annual show. In order to pass a degree we would have to build a working prototype. So what you see is usuall y realised as a PIC/Electronic/Actuator hybrid.
Nearly every project could be a feature on this site.
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I like this site, and even if I get one interesting hack a week, its better than nothing.
[+2 Arse licking]

hackaday rocks, best site ever. don’t go changin

I love hackaday, and have since the beginning (though I’ve rarely posted). Every hack, no matter how low or high tech, I learn something which could come in handy for my own hacks. This is what is so great about hackaday. Hackaday has definitely greatly improved, with a wide variety of hacks on different subjects, so that almost every day a neat hack is learned. also, the podcasts are awesome.

The only thing I would ask to change about hackaday is the comment system. Unfortunately, I am not much of an e-mail person, and therefor don’t post often because of the fact I need to verify my comment via email. Just a simple username and password would be awesome.

For those who think the quality has changed, i think the number of hacks has just increased, and what may not appeal to you, appeals to others.

The problem with a forums is all the jerks who come in, post once, post again to say that they’re leaving, and how the moderators have changed.

also thanks for _not_ putting forums up, they do tend to bring in the fanboys *cough* and slashdot *cough* readers (which tends to get annoying)

I also like hackaday and find it an interesting and entertaining site (just to see what people are coming up with out there.) As long as the site has a way to search on past hacks, I don’t see that much value in a forum system (cause eventually forum topics get old and get relegated to page 10+ and then people lose interest in it anyways.) It might be useful though to have a “best hacks ever” category where you can put sticky links to the things that have most interested the hackaday readers in the past (so that way new readers can find things that tney missed pretty easily to see what the site’s all about.

Every blog has its good and bad times(yeas, even Hack a day) but still I have found myself to return in here from time to time.

I just have to say this: I like he first and the third wallpaper.

I’m thinking as soon as I get power back I’m gonna make a wallpaper too. Or at least try. That, and read this post more thouroughly.

So for my own sanity, I really am hoping that the hackaday site maintainers will also consider making sure that the hacks make it into the wayback machine. At least that way when the original pages fall off the Internet then the content can be preserved. Other wise I would like to see some of the content (with permission of course) reproduced in blog form for posterity. Many of the hacks of yesteryear (even yester-month) seem to have a bizarre likelihood of magically disappearing. It only takes one good slashdoting (read bandwidth overage bill) and it seems that site owners don’t feel the need to be philanthropic any more.

I do believe that it is important to ask permission, but for the sake of any of what you are recording being relevant in 1 year let alone 6 months pull and save or make sure it gets spidered by wayback.

Case in point I remember a large water-cooling hack posted on Slashdot cannot be but 2 or 3 years ago that I cannot find. If anyone remembers and has the link submit it please that was great, He was cooling all of his systems off of one very large water cooling reservoir.

so, in agreeance of the last several readers, i’ve been readin think that this site ownz. I come here everyday as it kinda soothes the day at work (a boring ass dialup help desk call center) and the tips are good. Yah sometimes there is stuff that I skip over and leave unread, but every site has that, most of them moreso. This site here and engadget are my sources of “weird shit” that keeps me from poisoning fellow employees arp caches for fun. Everybody needs something to concentrate their talents on. Funny, due to hackaday I now own a home built DIY lcd projector and that fog machine is probably on the next todo list after fitting a metal halide lamp. very cool ideas come to me when i read all that people have submitted, and without this site i’d have never found kevin rose’s super cool vids. Mad props go to the guys that keep up this site, and speaking of arp caches, the guy playing a movie all loud in the next cubicle over is gonna get dealt with. Peace yall, and try to be fucking nice to eachother!!

Hackaday is great as is! No forums please as they quickly become little cliques and serve little purpose if not moderated correctly. And if moderated correctly, the moderators will be labeled as fascists and the forum soap opera cycle will begin.

BTW, please don’t ever post any of #5′s links. Thanks! :-)