Kristen Bell returns to host the Actor Awards, starting with a song
https://misryoum.com/us/lifestyle/kristen-bell-returns-to-host-the-actor-awards/
The Actor Awards — formerly the SAG Awards — got a facelift this year, one host Kristen Bell made sure to poke fun of as she kicked off the 32nd annual ceremony. “New name, same girl,” Bell said as...
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![<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="450" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sqrtodddddut.png?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>As far as punctuation goes, the exclamation mark is perhaps the most eye-catching of the bunch. That’s why [Conrad Farnsworth] thought this form would be perfect <a href="https://farnsworth.engineering/index.php/2026/02/17/notifier/" target="_blank">for his Home Assistant notifier build. </a></p>
<p>The key to this build is the large bi-color printed housing in the shape of an exclamation mark. It makes for an attractive wall-hanging, but it also perfectly serves the purpose [Conrad] had in mind. Inside the enclosure is an ESP32, hooked up to a string of 16×8 LED matrixes which are commanded over I2C. These sit behind a white panel in the enclosure to nicely diffuse the light and make their output more readable. The ESP32 displays notifications on the LEDs that are fed from Home Assistant, such as when the mailbox sensor is triggered or if a vehicle is detected in the driveway. There’s also a bell on the unit to provide audible notifications, which us dinged with a solenoid fired via a 2N2222 transistor switching a 12-volt supply from a boost converter.</p>
<p>It’s a neat build that fits nicely into [Conrad]’s daily life and appears to have some genuine utility. If you’re looking for other ways to neatly display notifica](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/116/113/669/014/128/364/small/ea0fe12f61cd7f53.png)


![<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="578" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/wiz.png?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>You may not remember [Mr. Wizard], but he was a staple of nerd kids over a few decades, teaching science to kids via the magic of television. The Computer History Archives Project has <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l381_ho8KR8" target="_blank">a partially restored film</a> of [Mr. Wizard] showing off sounds and noise on a state-of-the-art (for 1963) Tektronix 504 oscilloscope. He talks about noise and also shows the famous IBM mainframe rendition of the song “Daisy Bell.” You can see the video along with some extras below.</p>
<p>You might recall that the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” paid homage to the IBM computer’s singing debut by having HAL 9000 sing the same song as it is being deactivated. The idea that HAL was IBM “minus one” has been repeatedly denied, but we still remain convinced.</p>
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<p>Can you imagine a TV show these days that would teach kids about signal-to-noise ratio or even show them an actual oscilloscope? We suppose that’s what YouTube is for.</p>
<p>At about the 17-minute mark, you can see some enormous walkie-talkies. A far cry from today’s cell phones. At the 27-minute mark, another film shows how engineers at Bell created the song using a m](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/116/082/552/226/858/923/small/a052ec8daf040d8c.png)



