LockerGnome: Hacks & BuildsDaily tech news worth retelling: the drama, the hackery, the odd builds and the people behind them.https://lockergnome.com/This homebuilt 3D printer works at a scale you need a microscope to seehttps://lockergnome.com/microscopic-3d-printer-homebuilt/https://lockergnome.com/microscopic-3d-printer-homebuilt/Vik Olliver's RepRapMicron project is trying to bring home workshop fabrication down to the micron scale.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:01:00 GMTHacks & Builds3d-printingSomeone built a Linux desktop where windows are paper on a walnut desk and the dock is a drawerhttps://lockergnome.com/linux-desktop-walnut-desk/https://lockergnome.com/linux-desktop-walnut-desk/A developer who goes by fyzugx on GitHub released DEsk, a Wayland desktop for Linux where the desktop is an actual desk.Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMTHacks & BuildslinuxdesignSuper Mario 64 moved onto the dining tablehttps://lockergnome.com/super-mario-64-dining-table/https://lockergnome.com/super-mario-64-dining-table/Michael Steil has turned Super Mario 64 into a living diorama for Apple Vision Pro.Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTHacks & BuildsgamingapplevrLukas Werner's VGA project makes room for the pixels you never seehttps://lockergnome.com/vga-pixels-you-never-see/https://lockergnome.com/vga-pixels-you-never-see/Lukas Werner's VGA tutorial describes counting beyond a 640-by-480 picture to account for the time outside the visible image.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMTHacks & BuildsretrofpgaA maker turned discarded drink bottles into printer filamenthttps://lockergnome.com/drink-bottles-printer-filament/https://lockergnome.com/drink-bottles-printer-filament/It took 17 plastic bottles to make one kilogram of 3D printer filament.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 03:40:00 GMTHacks & Builds3d-printingrecyclingSomeone ran an unmodified Linux graphics driver on an iPadhttps://lockergnome.com/linux-amdgpu-driver-on-ipad/https://lockergnome.com/linux-amdgpu-driver-on-ipad/An iPad is running Linux's own graphics driver, unmodified, to drive an AMD GPU in a Thunderbolt enclosure.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMTHacks & BuildslinuxapplegpuaiA YouTuber 3D printed a working mechanical calculator out of 109 pieces, and it only adds and multiplieshttps://lockergnome.com/3d-printed-mechanical-calculator/https://lockergnome.com/3d-printed-mechanical-calculator/The maker behind the YouTube channel 3D all Workshop spent two months building a pocket calculator with no metal springs, no screws and nothing he couldn't make on his 3D printer.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 01:01:00 GMTHacks & Builds3d-printingretroHe hired an illustrator to draw his house, then turned the drawing into his Home Assistant dashboardhttps://lockergnome.com/illustrated-house-home-assistant-dashboard/https://lockergnome.com/illustrated-house-home-assistant-dashboard/Anton Frolov's fireplace flickers, his garden lights glow and the bedroom air conditioner blows, in a hand-drawn picture of his house that doubles as his Home Assistant dashboard.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 GMTHacks & Buildssmart-homehome-assistant