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Actually Queryable Executables | Farid Zakaria’s Blog

https://fzakaria.com/2026/08/24/actually-queryable-executables
Turns out that when we re-envision what we considered to be simply a byte layout specification was actually better off being a database, a lot of machinery we have been using for decades simply stops being necessary. The program is the database, and the database is the program.
#hacks #sqlite
archive.org #38718

Converting a PS4 Persona 5 Royal NG+ Save to Steam with Adversarial Interoperability

https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/converting-a-ps4-persona-5-royal-ng-save-to-steam-with-adversarial-interoperability/
Persona 5 Royal was 80% off on Steam recently and as I already established, I will repeatedly pay Atlus for their games. Only problem is I don't want to start a full play through yet again. Thankfully we have adversarial interoperability.
#atlus #gaming #hacks #persona
archive.org #38682

2411887 – Slitherer segfaults on hardware with with nvidia card

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2411887
Probably the same issue using Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live-43-1.6.x86_64.iso , using a nvidia card too (not sure if related). slitherer is crashing. I edited /usr/libexec/anaconda/webui-desktop: line 172: to DEFAULT_BROWSER_CMD=firefox and I was able to complete the installation. If there is interest in solving the bug, I can run the installer again to get the exact hardware info and stack/core dump for slitherer.
#apple #fedora #hacks #macbookpro #nvidia
archive.org #38600

Installer crashes in storage editor in all Live environments except Workstation - Fedora Discussion

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/installer-crashes-in-storage-editor-in-all-live-environments-except-workstation/192590
Workarounds Don’t start the installer (or quit it if you started it already). Start terminal (Konsole in KDE) and edit a config file: sudo nano /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf Find this part: # The default browser for the Web UI. webui_web_engine = slitherer and change it to: # The default browser for the Web UI. webui_web_engine = firefox Close the editor (Ctrl+X → Y → Enter), and run the installer, either from a desktop launcher, or from a terminal: liveinst The installer should no longer crash when using drop-down lists.
#apple #fedora #hacks #linux #macbookpro
archive.org #38599

KDE liveinst crash - Fedora Discussion

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/kde-liveinst-crash/177548/11
I had this exact issue attempting to install Fedora 44 KDE live ISO on an older laptop with a GeForce GTX 970 GPU. I resolved it by forcing Anaconda to use Firefox instead of Slitherer. I can confirm that Firefox was the selected default browser, but for some reason the indicated variable doesn’t seem to work Instead of editing /usr/libexec/anaconda/webui-desktop I changed the following line inside /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf: webui_web_engine = slitherer to webui_web_engine = firefox this allowed me to start Anaconda GUI normally and proceed with installing Fedora 44.
#apple #fedora #hacks #linux #macbookpro
archive.org #38598

Banned Book Library | Rick's Blog

https://www.richardosgood.com/posts/banned-book-library/
A long while back I had an idea to hack a WiFi smart light bulb to do something more useful to me. Actually, I had a few different ideas of things to do with them. One of these ideas was to modify the device to have an open WiFi access point and a web server hosting banned books. The idea was that if you lived somewhere that banned books you thought were important, you could theoretically stick a digital copy of the book on one of these light bulbs. Then you could go install it somewhere in your community. As long as the light bulb is switched on, then anyone in the vicinity can still access the banned material assuming they have an electronic device with WiFi. Since the device is a light bulb, it would be difficult to detect and likely to go unnoticed. A cyberpunk digital dead drop. These devices are also fairly inexpensive, so leaving them around town as is hopefully not very cost prohibitive.
#books #cyberpunk #diy #esp32 #hacks #hardware #iot
archive.org #38581

Making The Zelda G&W Into A MODERN Emulation Powerhouse Because Nintendon’t | Zelda 40th Anniversary - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YIHjUM8Qms&t=849s
Zelda turns 40 years old, so for its big anniversary we turned the tiny Zelda Game & Watch into a pocket-sized emulation powerhouse. In this video, I upgrade the Zelda Game & Watch with expanded memory, custom firmware, and a microSD card slot for unlimited storage, unlocking support for tons of classic retro consoles, save states, and a fully customizable UI. All on real Nintendo hardware! It’s open-source, community-driven and absolutely insane.
#diy #emulation #hacks #hardware #nes #nifty #nintendo #zelda
archive.org #38324

Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle – Dmitry Brant

https://dmitrybrant.com/2026/02/01/defeating-a-40-year-old-copy-protection-dongle
That’s right — this little device is what stood between me and the ability to run an even older piece of software that I recently unearthed during an expedition of software archaeology. For a bit more background, I was recently involved in helping a friend’s accounting firm to move away from using an extremely legacy software package that they had locked themselves into using for the last four decades.
#copyprotection #hacks #history #retro #software
archive.org #38273

Can a Commodore 1541 disk drive be used as a general purpose computer? - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6loDwvG4CP8&t=327s
I modified the KIM-1 kernal to run on a bone stock Commodore 1541 disk drive. That's right -- zero hardware modifications. I'll walk you through the theory behind this, and everything I needed to do to make it work, then I'll show you a Hello World example in both BASIC and machine language running on a Commodore 1541 disk drive.
#8bit #commodore #hacks #retro
archive.org #38155

The Unexpected Joys Of Hacking An Old Kindle | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/11/24/the-unexpected-joys-of-hacking-an-old-kindle/
Make no mistake, I’m greatly appreciative of the fact that we now have mature single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi available for a reasonable cost. But taking what’s essentially consumer e-waste and turning it into a useful platform for learning and experimentation is the true hacker way. So whether you’ve got a Kindle collecting dust somewhere at home, or end up grabbing a few off of eBay for a song, I invite you to bust out the USB-serial adapter and start exploring.
#amazon #diy #hacks #kindle #linux
archive.org #38025

Hacking A Pill Camera | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/11/18/hacking-a-pill-camera/
[Aaron’s] first video involves a simple teardown of the camera. The small plastic pill is a marvel of miniaturization. Through the hemispherical transparent lens, we can see a tiny camera and LEDs to provide light in the depths of the human body. Slicing the camera open reveals the hardware inside, however, like the miniature battery, the microcontroller, and the radio hardware that transmits signals outside the body. Unsurprisingly, it’s difficult to get into, since it’s heavily sealed to ensure the human body doesn’t accidentally digest the electronics inside.
#cameras #gadgets #hacks #medicine
archive.org #37993

The invalid 68030 instruction that accidentally allowed the Mac Classic II to successfully boot Up

https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/
This is the story of how Apple made a mistake in the ROM of the Macintosh Classic II that probably should have prevented it from booting, but instead, miraculously, its Motorola MC68030 CPU accidentally prevented a crash and saved the day by executing an undefined instruction.
#apple #hacks #mac #retro
archive.org #37989

Running Minecraft on a lightbulb

https://hackaday.com/2025/11/13/running-a-minecraft-server-on-a-wifi-light-bulb/
WiFi-enabled ‘smart’ light bulbs are everywhere these days, and each one of them has a microcontroller inside that’s capable enough to run all sorts of interesting software. For example, [vimpo] decided to get one running a minimal Minecraft server
#diy #electronics #hacks #iot #minecraft
archive.org #37956

Connector-Free Zone: PCB Edge As USB-C Interfaces | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/10/27/connector-free-zone-pcb-edge-as-usb-c-interfaces/
Sometimes when you’re making a PCB that you plan on programming over USB, but you only plan on plugging in a couple of times, it would be nice to make that connection without another BOM item. Over on GitHub [AnasMalas] has released a PCB edge USB-C connection symbol/footprint to do just that!
#hacks #hardware #pcb #usbc
archive.org #37882

Making WiFi Sound Like Dial-Up Internet | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/10/24/making-wifi-sound-like-dial-up-internet/
Dial-up modems had a distinctive sound when connecting, with the glittering, screeching song becoming a familiar melody to those jumping online in the early days of the Internet. Modern digital connections don’t really have an analog to this, by virtue of being entirely digital. And yet, [Nick Bild] decided to make WiFi audible in a pleasing tribute to the modems of yore.
#bbs #hacks #retro #wifi
archive.org #37859

8-input Video Switch

https://www.vwlowen.co.uk/radio/videoswitch2/index.htm
Instead of switching just four inputs, the new unit can switch 8 AV (composite) cameras and uses readily available transistors to do the switching in place of the potentially unreliable electro-mechanical relays. As a bonus, it is, of course, totally silent in use.
#diy #electronics #hacks #hardware #video
archive.org #37803

Playing tricks with web browser tabs - sizeof(cat)

https://sizeof.cat/post/tricks-with-web-browser-tabs/
For the past few months I've been getting several emails and people were asking me about the tomfoolery regarding my website and the web browser tabs. Basically people were wondering how the tab title and favicon change (to Reddit, Instagram, TikTok) when the tab with my website gets deactivated, and when it's reactivated it changes back to the initial text/image. Check it out yourself, click on another web browser tab, and then click back to this one. Interesting, eh? Annoying, eh? Can't decide?
#fun #hacks #webdev
archive.org #37720

Cidco MailStation as a Z80 Development Platform - joshua stein

https://jcs.org/2019/05/03/mailstation
The Cidco MailStation is a series of dedicated e-mail terminals sold in the 2000s as simple, standalone devices for people to use to send and receive e-mail over dialup modem. While their POP3 e-mail functionality is of little use today, the hardware is a neat Z80 development platform that integrates a 320x128 LCD, full QWERTY keyboard, and an internal modem. After purchasing one (ok, four) on eBay some months ago, I've learned enough about the platform to write my own software that allows it to be a terminal for accessing BBSes via its modem or as a terminal for a Unix machine connected over parallel cable.
#diy #hacks #retro #z80
archive.org #29453

Coin Cell Be Gone

https://www.alpenglowindustries.com/products/coin-cell-be-gone-5-pack
Got soldering kits that take side-insert CR2032 holders? Want to get rid of that coin cell holder and convert it to USB? The Coin Cell Be Gone does exactly this! Solder it directly to either a through-hole or surface mount side-insert footprint at the 3 castellations
#diy #electronics #hacks #hardware
archive.org #29563

wrightwriter/Bonzomatic-Compute: Live shader coding tool and Shader Showdown workhorse

https://github.com/wrightwriter/Bonzomatic-Compute
This is a live-coding tool, where you can write a 2D fragment/pixel shader while it is running in the background. It's a fork of Bonzomatic that add network communication (WebSocket Server). The goal is to send a shader as text across a network and receive it somewhere else for display. The shader is send when you ask for compilation (ctrl+r) and also at regular updates (interval can be set in config.json) Bonzomatic can be launched as "sender" or as "grabber" if you want to send your shader or visualize a distant shader.
#coding #demoscene #diy #graphics #hacks #livecoding
archive.org #29570

The Sorbus Computer

https://xayax.net/sorbus/
The Sorbus Computer started with the idea on building a very simple and cheap 65C02 based computer. It was intended to show the operation of the CPU for a talk about historic computers during a talk and workshop (slides blow).
#6502 #diy #hacks #hardware #retro
archive.org #29571

A USB interface to the "Mother of All Demos" keyset

https://www.righto.com/2025/03/mother-of-all-demos-usb-keyset-interface.html
Engelbart's demo also featured an input device known as the keyset, but unlike his other innovations, the keyset failed to catch on. The 5-finger keyset lets you type without moving your hand, entering characters by pressing multiple keys simultaneously as a chord. Christina Englebart, his daughter, loaned one of Engelbart's keysets to me. I constructed an interface to connect the keyset to USB, so that it can be used with a modern computer. The video below shows me typing with the keyset, using the mouse buttons to select upper case and special characters.
#chording #engelbart #hacks #hardware #usb
archive.org #29607

Give Your Animal Crossing Villagers The Gift Of Linux | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/give-your-animal-crossing-villagers-the-gift-of-linux/
thanks to the work of [decrazyo] there’s a piece of furniture that you can add to your Animal Crossing house that will never get old: an x86 emulator that boots Linux. As explained in the video below, this trick leverages the fact that Nintendo had already built a highly accurate Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator into Animal Crossing on the GameCube, which could be used to run a handful of classic games from within the player’s virtual living room. But it turns out that you can get that emulator to load a user-provided ROM from the GameCube’s memory card, which opens the doors to all sorts of mischief.
#animalcrossing #emulation #gaming #hacks #linux #nes
archive.org #29659

Advent of Code on the Nintendo DS

https://sailor.li/aocnds.html
The problem with Advent of Code is that it is a waste of time. Most of the puzzles are in the realm of either string processing (somewhat applicable to programming), logic puzzles (not really applicable to most programming), or stupid gotchas in the input format (annoyingly, very applicable to most programming). So to combat this a lot of people use Advent of Code as an excuse to learn a new programming language that they wouldn't otherwise have a reason to use.
#dev #hacks #retro #rust
archive.org #29745

Install Docker natively on Android Phone and use it as a Home Server | CrackOverflow

https://crackoverflow.com/docs/system_administration/containerization/install-docker-natively-on-android-phone-and-use-it-as-a-home-server/
In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Docker on your Android phone, specifically using a OnePlus 6T with postmarketOS. I also wrote another blog post explaining how you can run this phone without a battery, allowing it to run forever as long as it remains connected to a power source. If you’re interested, feel free to check it out! This guide can be adapted only for phones on the postmarketOS device list. Please note that this process will erase all data on your phone, so it’s important to use a device you don’t need.
#android #diy #docker #hacks
archive.org #29767

The NES Expansion Port Is Finally Emerging From The Darkness. Why Now?

https://tedium.co/2024/12/02/nintendo-expansion-port-history/
After 39 years, console modders have begun to develop ways to use the Nintendo Entertainment System’s infamous expansion slot, a key example of vestigial manufacturing. In honor of this amazing feat, which is being used to add Bluetooth and Famicom Disk System support to the console, I thought it might be good to take a look back at this fascinating wrinkle of history. Today’s Tedium ponders the legacy of the NES Expansion Port, and where it’s going next.
#hacks #hardware #nes #nintendo #retro
archive.org #29772

PyMyFlySpy: track your flight using its headrest data | Robert Heaton

https://robertheaton.com/pymyflyspy/
When you connect to an airplane wi-fi network, you’re usually met with a payment page where you can purchase access to the internet. The page also usually gives you the same flight information that you’d find in the back of your headrest, like speed, direction, and estimated flight length. Perhaps it would have a map as well, I thought.
#hacks #planes #travel
archive.org #29778

Introducing Jelly-Load! – TFW8b.com

https://www.tfw8b.com/introducing-jelly-load/
Why load your 8bit things via the convenience of Cassette, Disk or Cartridge when you can load things via YouTube video? Because it’s horribly slow that’s why! But it is rather cool! And if like me you’ve got a million electronic bits and bobs lying around the house, you may have enough electronic purchase left-overs to start making your own Jelly-Load interface right now! 😀
#c64 #hacks #hardware #retro
archive.org #30480

tapDancer Virtual Datasette - Android Apps on Google Play

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.kica.tapdancer
tapDancer converts archives of vintage games and other software into audio waveforms that your classic 1980's-era computer(s) can understand and plays them back, allowing you to once again use these programs on your cherished system(s) using your mobile Android device, and a tape-interface cable or CD-to-cassette adaptor (depending on the computer.)
#c64 #hacks #imported:pinboard #retro
archive.org #26659

Renegade BBS in Ubuntu Linux - Telnet|Multi-Node

http://www.instructables.com/id/Renegade-BBS-in-Ubuntu-Linux-Telnet-Multi-Node/
There are many open source BBS resources out there for Linux, but I came up short in finding anything even remotely mentioning renegade and Linux in the same sentence. This left me feeling nostalgically challenged so I set out to find a way to run a telnet multi-node Renegade BBS from my Ubuntu system. In this instructable, I will show you how I achieved this and hopefully inspire some much needed creative improvements as well.
#bbs #dos #hacks #imported:pinboard #linux #renegade #telnet
archive.org #31724

Renegade BBS in Ubuntu Linux - Telnet|Multi-Node

http://www.instructables.com/id/Renegade-BBS-in-Ubuntu-Linux-Telnet-Multi-Node
There are many open source BBS resources out there for Linux, but I came up short in finding anything even remotely mentioning renegade and Linux in the same sentence. This left me feeling nostalgically challenged so I set out to find a way to run a telnet multi-node Renegade BBS from my Ubuntu system. In this instructable, I will show you how I achieved this and hopefully inspire some much needed creative improvements as well.
#bbs #dos #hacks #linux #renegade #telnet
archive.org #25366

Replacing obsolete video game circuits with Xilinx CPLDs | EE Times

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1274659
In this article, designer In Choi describes a project for his home business in which he replaces a defective part in a 1980s game system to show his full-time employer that they can adopt a methodology using Xilinx programmable devices to replace a range of parts that other semiconductor vendors are no longer producing.
#electronics #hacks #imported:pinboard #vectrex
archive.org #25079

Insentricity :: Making a Raspberry Pi into an unified retro peripheral ::

http://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/207/MakingARaspberryPiIn
If you've been following along here or on Twitter or Google+ you've no doubt seen the experimenting I've been doing with interfacing a Raspberry Pi in various ways with several retro computers like the Atari 800 and Commodore 64. My first project was using the Raspberry Pi to act as a converter for a USB gamepad to turn it into an Atari 2600 style joystick.
#diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #raspberrypi #raspi #retro
archive.org #24841

Cheap, overkill Amiga network adapter - blog.jmp.no

http://jmp.no/blog/cheap-overkill-amiga-network-adapter
Since the Raspberry Pi was just sitting there, and the Amiga lacked (*) a network adapter - why not just connect the dots and get something up and running? I did, and it worked. Here's a quick writeup on what I did - if anyone's interested I can write a more detailed post with all the information I have.
#amiga #diy #hacks #hardware #imported:pinboard #networking #raspberrypi
archive.org #24814

BearDuino: Hacking Teddy Ruxpin with Arduino | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/bearduino-hacking-teddy-ruxpin-with-arduino/
The BearDuino is a hardware-hacked Teddy Ruxpin—the infamous animatronic talking story-time teddy bear unleashed in all its uncanniness on the world in the 1980s—that has been turned into a kit for use with an Arduino microcontroller, ready for would-be makers to use for good or evil.
#arduino #diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #retro #teddyruxpin
archive.org #32167

BearDuino: Hacking Teddy Ruxpin with Arduino | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/bearduino-hacking-teddy-ruxpin-with-arduino
The BearDuino is a hardware-hacked Teddy Ruxpin—the infamous animatronic talking story-time teddy bear unleashed in all its uncanniness on the world in the 1980s—that has been turned into a kit for use with an Arduino microcontroller, ready for would-be makers to use for good or evil.
#arduino #diy #hacks #retro #teddyruxpin
archive.org #24122

Yet Another Arduino 110v Power Controller

http://www.instructables.com/id/Yet-Another-Arduino-110v-Power-Controller?ALLSTEPS=
This Instructable shows you how to build a four-gang outlet box in which each outlet is controlled via an Arduino (or any other TTL level signals). It differs from the other relay boxes in that it uses no circuit boards and has very few parts (one chip and 4 relays).
#arduino #diy #electronics #hacks
archive.org #24055

Loper OS » MicroWriter Redux.

http://www.loper-os.org/?p=1066
I have decided to publish some of my “archaeological” work from last year on Cy Endfield’s MicroWriter. The original objective was to produce a cycle-accurate emulator. I do not currently have the free time to complete this project, so I will post my results here for anyone who might care to pick up the torch. Click on some of the images to see the full-resolution version.
#hacks #hardware #imported:pinboard #keyboards #microwriter
archive.org #24053

Paper ROM

http://hackaday.com/2013/07/11/paper-rom
This low-resolution memory device packs in just a few bytes of data. But it’s enough to spell out [Michael Kohn's] name. He’s been experimenting with using paper discs for data storage.
#diy #hacks #nifty #tech
archive.org #23920

Tuning your Synology NAS for speed | Jeffrey Costa

http://blog.jeffcosta.com/2012/12/29/tuning-your-synology-nas-for-speed/
If you own a Synology NAS device at home, you know its an incredible machine for the money. However, it likely has a small amount of RAM (mine has 256MB) and that poses a problem. I have found that if you are not using many of the programs (Disk Station, iTunes server, File Station, etc…), you can free up a great deal of RAM by disabling unused services. This gives precious RAM back to processes that can actually use it, and frees up CPU power.
#hacks #imported:pinboard #nas #synology
archive.org #32368

Tuning your Synology NAS for speed | Jeffrey Costa

http://blog.jeffcosta.com/2012/12/29/tuning-your-synology-nas-for-speed
If you own a Synology NAS device at home, you know its an incredible machine for the money. However, it likely has a small amount of RAM (mine has 256MB) and that poses a problem. I have found that if you are not using many of the programs (Disk Station, iTunes server, File Station, etc…), you can free up a great deal of RAM by disabling unused services. This gives precious RAM back to processes that can actually use it, and frees up CPU power.
#hacks #nas #synology
archive.org #23573

MAKE | Arduino Uno vs BeagleBone vs Raspberry Pi

http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/15/arduino-uno-vs-beaglebone-vs-raspberry-pi/
The three models (all of which we use here at Digital Diner) are the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. We chose these three because they are all readily available, affordable, about the same size (just larger than 2″ x 3″) and can all be used for creating wonderful digital gadgets. Before we get to the comparison, here is a brief introduction to each one.
#arduino #diy #hacks #hardware #imported:pinboard #raspberrypi
archive.org #32371

MAKE | Arduino Uno vs BeagleBone vs Raspberry Pi

http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/15/arduino-uno-vs-beaglebone-vs-raspberry-pi
The three models (all of which we use here at Digital Diner) are the Arduino, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone. We chose these three because they are all readily available, affordable, about the same size (just larger than 2″ x 3″) and can all be used for creating wonderful digital gadgets. Before we get to the comparison, here is a brief introduction to each one.
#arduino #diy #hacks #hardware #raspberrypi
archive.org #23567

Laptop to Desktop Conversion

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laptop-to-Desktop-Conversion/?ALLSTEPS
In this instructable, you will learn how to transform an old, broken laptop into a nice desktop. This project involves a total rework of the computer case. With this mod, you can give new life to an old laptop.In order to do this, you do not need any advanced craftmanship or tools (but if you have them, they will come handy).
#diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #laptop
archive.org #32524

Laptop to Desktop Conversion

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laptop-to-Desktop-Conversion?ALLSTEPS=
In this instructable, you will learn how to transform an old, broken laptop into a nice desktop. This project involves a total rework of the computer case. With this mod, you can give new life to an old laptop.In order to do this, you do not need any advanced craftmanship or tools (but if you have them, they will come handy).
#diy #hacks #laptop
archive.org #23172

How to Automatically Download Virtually Anything as Soon as It's Available

http://lifehacker.com/5943163/how-to-automatically-download-virtually-anything-as-soon-as-its-available#viewcomments
The internet really does have everything, and it's all available for download without lifting a finger. A series of helpful scripts, all installable in a few minutes, can transform your computer into an automatic media downloading machine.
#hacks #imported:pinboard #pirates #tips
archive.org #22615

A portable, WiFi-enabled Kinect - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2012/09/16/a-portable-wifi-enabled-kinect/
By making the Kinect portable, [Mike] et al made the Microsoft’s 3D imaging device much more capable than its present task of computing the volumetric space of the inside of a cabinet. The Reconstructme project allows the Kinect to be used as a hand-held 3D scanner and Kintinuous can be used to create a 3D model of entire houses, buildings, or caves.
#diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #kinect
archive.org #32676

A portable, WiFi-enabled Kinect - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2012/09/16/a-portable-wifi-enabled-kinect
By making the Kinect portable, [Mike] et al made the Microsoft’s 3D imaging device much more capable than its present task of computing the volumetric space of the inside of a cabinet. The Reconstructme project allows the Kinect to be used as a hand-held 3D scanner and Kintinuous can be used to create a 3D model of entire houses, buildings, or caves.
#diy #hacks #kinect
archive.org #22589

RandyRants: SharpKeys 2.1.1

http://www.randyrants.com/2006/07/sharpkeys_211.html
SharpKeys is a Registry hack that is used to make certain keys on a keyboard act like other keys. For example, if you accidentally hit Caps Lock often, you could use this utility to map Caps Lock to a Shift key or even turn it off completely. This official release includes support for up to 104 mappings, an extensive list of available keys, and a "Type Key" option to help when managing mappings. As it relies on internal support within Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista you must be running one of these OS's for this Registry hack to work.
#hacks #imported:pinboard #keyboard #keys #registry #windows
archive.org #22462

Great Scott! DeLorean-Inspired Time Circuit Clock with Adafruit gear! « adafruit industries blog

http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/07/02/great-scott-delorean-inspired-time-circuit-clock-with-adafruit-gear/
From the moment these LED displays made an appearance on our weekly Ask an Engineer show, comparisons were being made to the DeLorean time circuit from the Back to the Future films. It was a moral imperative then to make a demo! If you’re handy with Arduino and some shop tools, you should be able to pull off something similar (better, even), or adapt the ideas to other projects. This was quickly built in fun, so please don’t expect the same level of polish as a finished product tutorial.
#arduino #bttf #clocks #diy #electronics #hacks #imported:pinboard
archive.org #32742

Great Scott! DeLorean-Inspired Time Circuit Clock with Adafruit gear! « adafruit industries blog

http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2012/07/02/great-scott-delorean-inspired-time-circuit-clock-with-adafruit-gear
From the moment these LED displays made an appearance on our weekly Ask an Engineer show, comparisons were being made to the DeLorean time circuit from the Back to the Future films. It was a moral imperative then to make a demo! If you’re handy with Arduino and some shop tools, you should be able to pull off something similar (better, even), or adapt the ideas to other projects. This was quickly built in fun, so please don’t expect the same level of polish as a finished product tutorial.
#arduino #bttf #clocks #diy #electronics #hacks
archive.org #22232

MAKE | Updated Power Glove with Bluetooth and Arduino

http://blog.makezine.com/2009/04/03/updated-power-glove-with-bluetooth/
Matt Mechtley is responsible for this maker’s dream project: getting a classic Nintendo Power Glove to work with custom games by replacing it’s brain with an arduino, implanting an accelerometer for motion detection, and using a bluetooth modem for wireless connectivity. He’s outdone himself with downloadable code, schematics, this awesome video, and an Instructable to top it off.
#arduino #bluetooth #gaming #hacks #imported:pinboard #nintendo #powerglove
archive.org #32832

MAKE | Updated Power Glove with Bluetooth and Arduino

http://blog.makezine.com/2009/04/03/updated-power-glove-with-bluetooth
Matt Mechtley is responsible for this maker’s dream project: getting a classic Nintendo Power Glove to work with custom games by replacing it’s brain with an arduino, implanting an accelerometer for motion detection, and using a bluetooth modem for wireless connectivity. He’s outdone himself with downloadable code, schematics, this awesome video, and an Instructable to top it off.
#arduino #bluetooth #gaming #hacks #nintendo #powerglove
archive.org #21812

MAKE | Fun Skill Patches Offered by Adafruit

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/07/beautiful-skill-patches-offered-by-adafruit/
Phil Torrone of Adafruit sent me a bag full of maker skill patches. When my 9-year-old daughter came home from school today, her eyes popped out like a Tex Avery wolf. I told her she could have them all, but she has to earn them! I’ll work with her to help her earn the LED patch first.
#adafruit #badges #diy #hacks #imported:pinboard #nifty
archive.org #32879

MAKE | Fun Skill Patches Offered by Adafruit

http://blog.makezine.com/2012/05/07/beautiful-skill-patches-offered-by-adafruit
Phil Torrone of Adafruit sent me a bag full of maker skill patches. When my 9-year-old daughter came home from school today, her eyes popped out like a Tex Avery wolf. I told her she could have them all, but she has to earn them! I’ll work with her to help her earn the LED patch first.
#adafruit #badges #diy #hacks #nifty
archive.org #21695

Free Geek Vancouver Volunteer Blog: Dymaxion Auto-Matic Buckminster Fuller

http://freegeekvancouver.blogspot.com/2012/02/dymaxion-auto-matic-buckminster-fuller.html
Presenting the Dymaxion Auto-Matic Buckminster Fuller. It's a retro-futuristic black and white screen mounted into a 1950s (or so) radio chassis, which generates and displays text that American luminary R. Buckminster Fuller might have said if he were a piece of software.
#arduino #diy #dymaxion #hacks #imported:pinboard #nifty
archive.org #20937

Practical Arduino: Virtual USB Keyboard

http://www.practicalarduino.com/projects/virtual-usb-keyboard
Communicating with a host computer can allow a simple Arduino-based system to gain access to a wide variety of devices and information. Most people link an Arduino to a host using serial communications across a USB connection with custom code running on the host to send information to the Arduino or receive it in return, but giving your Arduino the ability to pretend to be a keyboard or mouse opens up a whole world of possibilities because it means your Arduino can interact with software that was never intended for external control. That could be desktop software such as a game or a web browser: your Arduino could "type" into a web form and submit it on your behalf, or act as a custom controller for a game!
#arduino #diy #hacks #hardware #howto #usb
archive.org #20664

Arduino ADK TinkerKit

http://www.makershed.com/Arduino_ADK_TinkerKit_p/mksp10.htm?Click=37845
The ADK TinkerKit is a complete pack of 25 TinkerKit Modules, Arduino Mega ADK, Mega Sensor Shield, and necessary wires to kickstart your Android development experience without soldering.
#adk #android #arduino #diy #hacks
archive.org #20292

Microwave hack uses Arduino and TouchPad to play perfectly-timed YouTube videos while you cook | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/20/2574130/microwave-hack-arduino-touchpad-youtube
The μWave is a hack involving an Arduino and a TouchPad taped to a microwave door, which plays YouTube clips perfectly matched to your cooking time. This Frankenstein uses the Arduino to send data from the microwave's seven-segment displays to a web server, which finds a highly-rated YouTube video of the right length. The web client running in the browser treats you to a video clip that ends right when your food is done, then optionally tweets or sends a text message. The hack was created by students at the University of Pennsylvania, where it won first place in the PennApps Hackathon. There are no stated plans for commercialization, but the team will present the project to Google as part of the grand prize. If Mountain View announces a microwave any time soon, we'll know to expect great things.
#arduino #diy #funny #hacks #nifty #touchpad #youtube
archive.org #19837

Using WebSocket with PIC microcontrollers - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2011/11/03/using-websocket-with-pic-microcontrollers
[Blaise Jarrett] has been grinding away to get the WebSocket protocol to play nicely with PIC microcontrollers. Here he’s using the PIC 18F4620 along with a Roving Networks RN-XV WiFi module to get the device on the network. He had started with a smaller processor but ran into some RAM restricti...
#diy #hacks #pic #tech
archive.org #19397

The basics of reading data from resistive touchscreens - Hack a Day

http://hackaday.com/2011/10/28/the-basics-of-reading-data-from-resistive-touchscreens
[Chris] just posted his latest tutorial which shows you how to read position data from a resistive touchscreen. These devices are fairly simple, and since they’re used in a lot of consumer electronics you can pick one up for a few bucks. This looks like it is overstock for an old Palm device.
#arduino #hacks #hardware
archive.org #19251

Folded Toad Froth: Linksys WRT54G with bluetooth console access

http://foldedtoadfroth.blogspot.com/2010/03/linksys-wrt54g-with-bluetooth-console.html
My prefered solution for general router console access is via a Bluetooth connection. This Bluetooth connectivity is provided with a Bluetooth module such as the "BlueSMiRF" module sold by SparkFun (see note below). The Bluetooth connection is based on the SPP/RFCOMM profiles which this module supports. Access from Windows, Macs, and Linux systems quite easy. I use hyperterm on Windows-based systems and minicom on Linux-based systems.
#bluetooth #hacks #linksys #routers #wrt54g
archive.org #15697

Ksplice » Hijacking HTTP traffic on your home subnet using ARP and iptables - System administration and software blog

http://blog.ksplice.com/2010/09/hijacking-http-traffic-on-your-home-subnet-using-arp-and-iptables
"Let’s talk about how to hijack HTTP traffic on your home subnet using ARP and iptables. It’s an easy and fun way to harass your friends, family, or flatmates while exploring the networking protocols."
#arp #hacks #hijack #http #iptables #networking #security
archive.org #14383

Ned Batchelder: Global Django requests

http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/201008/global_django_requests.html
"As my Django sites get larger and larger, there inevitably comes a point where I want access to the current request from deep inside some function that doesn't have the request object. The latest reason was that I wanted a model class helper to have access to the session so it could access some debug flags. "
#django #globals #hacks #python #request #webdev
archive.org #14038

:: Commodore C64 Modifications ::

http://www.bigmech.com/misc/c64mods/index.html
"In early June, 2006 Prophet64 made the bold move of releasing its SID music software on C64 cartridges. This completed the transition of the C64 from a computer system dependant on floppy and/or tape drives, to an independent piece of pro audio studio equipment. Could the union of Prophet64 with the C64 as a musical instrument be further improved upon? I thought so. The following pages explain what I have done."
#c64 #circuitbending #commodore64 #hacks #hardware #mods #music #retro #sid
archive.org #12945

Retrode - Home of the world's first USB reader for classic console games.

http://www.retrode.org/wordpress
"This web site is dedicated to my USB reader for 16-bit games, the Retrode (was: snega2usb). Feed your SNES or Mega Drive / Genesis emulator with games from your original cartridges! The project started as a little proof of concept for myself, but eventually turned out way larger (and cooler!) than that."
#gaming #hacks #hardware #nintendo #retro #roms #sega #usb
archive.org #12928

Hackers Don’t Tinker Because They Got Invited | Smarterware

http://smarterware.org/4941/hackers-dont-tinker-because-they-got-invited
"Because while we're all ranting about how closed the iPad will be, the jailbreak community is planning competitions to see who can crack it first. The sun isn't setting on tinkerers; their desire to crack things open intensifies when faced with something that's closed by design. The challenge is part of the appeal."
#apple #hacking #hacks #ipad #mobile #tinkerers #tinkering
archive.org #12770

Carbonating at Home with Improvised Equipment and Soda Fountains

http://www.truetex.com/carbonation.htm
"Carbonating tap water to make seltzer is easy, fast, and absurdly inexpensive with my improvised apparatus. All that is required is to place CO2 (carbon dioxide) gas in agitated contact with chilled water for a few seconds. In this essay, I'll show you how it is done with easy-to-find parts and common PET (polyethylene terephthalate, sometimes called PETE) soda bottles. I'll also explain the kinetic chemistry of why it works so well. And in the second half of this essay, I'll explain how I progressed from this improvised apparatus to installing a complete soda fountain in my home. "
#carbonation #diy #hacks #homebrew #howto #projects #science #soda #water
archive.org #12693

Compubeaver

http://kottke.org/09/09/compubeaver
It's not a dead badger, but it'll do. "Kasey McMahon decided to combine an interest in taxidermy with her PC. Fearing that the natural world is being replaced by technology, the artist installed a working computer inside of an idle beaver."
#hacks #linux #mods #odd #taxidermy #tech
archive.org #12579

"My PSO Hacking Days" | Slashdot Comments | Sega Dreamcast Turns 10

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=29368461&commentsort=0&mode=nested&sid=09/09/09/1540259&threshold=1
"I was actually one of the most well-known cheaters in PSO. A few friends and I disassembled the game and figured out how various parts worked, making GameShark cheat codes in the process. I had a serial cable between my PC and Dreamcast that let me dump memory and target-debug PSO."
#dreamcast #gaming #hacks #pso
archive.org #12536

Precision Hacking « Music Machinery

http://musicmachinery.com/2009/04/13/hacking-recommenders
"Not only has the poll been swamped to promote Moot (the pseudonym of the creator of 4chan, an image board and the birthpace for many internet memes) as the most influential of people, the poll crashers have manipulated the order of all the other nominees so that the first letter of each line spells out ‘marble cake, also the game’ (marble cake is not really a kind of cake btw). This is pretty phenomenal, precision hacking."
#4chan #awesome #hacks #polls #precisionhacking #social #socialsoftware
archive.org #12135

Upgrading Tivo With Your MacBook Pro(intel) and VMware's Fusion! | Winged Power Photography

http://www.wingedpower.com/archive/2008/02/upgrading-tivo-your-macbook-prointel-and-vmwares-fusion
"Okay, it's pretty much as involved as most other howto's, but using this method, you can use any Intel Mac computer with USB ports, to perform an upgrade of the Tivo drives, using the Linux-based tools. This means you will be able to make the most of your Tivo drives as well as being able to still surf the new and perform other tasks, during the hours that the drives are upgrading!"
#hacks #mac #osx #tivo #vmware
archive.org #11910

Tivo HD Hard Drive Upgrade (via Virtual Machine) at The Furrygoat Experience

http://www.furrygoat.com/2009/01/20/tivo-hd-hard-drive-upgrade-via-virtual-machine
"So, after doing some research on Google, I came across this fantastic post about Upgrading TiVo With Your Mac and VMWare Fusion. While the article describes the process for Series 1 and Series 2 boxes, I tried it this afternoon with my Series 3, and am happy to report I’m now humming along with 1TB of storage. All thanks to using virtual machines.Boom. I now can store 142 hours of HD, 1241 hours of SD."
#hacks #mac #tivo #vmware
archive.org #11909

DIY: How To Hack a Nerf Vulcan to Fire 500 Rounds a Minute

http://gizmodo.com/5115844/how-to-hack-a-nerf-vulcan-to-fire-500-rounds-a-minute
"In order to accomplish this feat, the guys from Manapotions increased the voltage to the firing motor using 2 x 9.6v battery packs. More juice equals a faster spinning motor. A faster spinning motor means that toy darts will come down on your enemies like rain. As an added bonus, they equipped the gun with a sweet LED round counter and a slick paint job. Seriously folks, this thing is like the A-bomb of office warfare. And the best part is that it is a cheap upgrade. Hit the link for complete instructions on how to do it yourself. "
#chaingun #hacks #nerf #toys #vulcan
archive.org #11798

Bad Hacks

http://www.badhacks.net
"If you came here hoping to find a well executed difficulty hack for Super Mario World, a lovingly crafted graphics hack of Zelda 3 or maybe an accurate translation of a Japanese RPG, prepare to be disappointed. This site solely caters for crass mutilations that nobody else wants to deal with. Expect foul language, warped logic, and crude 8-bit nudity. Prepare to journey into worlds crafted by the mentally disturbed and chronically lazy. You have been warned."
#emulation #funny #gaming #hacks #nes #nintendo #pr0n #retro #roms
archive.org #11701

Moka Pot Stove (INeedCoffee.com)

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/08/moka-pot-stove
"I found a solution at ZENSTOVES.COM which describes a number of options for making alcohol stoves yourself out of recyclable and readily available materials. ... The small stove has been modified slightly make it specific for brewing. A stove made for boiling water will heat up the mokka pot too quickly and the brew just won't be what it should be. ... I made a stand out of an empty coffee can and some coat-hanger wire. Light the stove, place the stand over top, and put the mokka pot on top. In the magical three minutes, I have a fresh pot of mokka pot espresso to enjoy! With practise, I have found just the right ammount of fuel so that it extinguishes itself shortly after the coffee is ready."
#alcohol #camping #coffee #hacks #stove
archive.org #11685

MAKE: Blog: The Visible Hand

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/the_visible_hand.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
"The DIY mindset celebrated in this magazine must again become an essential life skill, rooted once again in necessity and practicality. Our future security lies in knowing what we’re capable of creating, and how we can adapt to change by being resourceful."
#creation #diy #hacking #hacks #make
archive.org #11654

The diskette that blew Trixter’s mind « Oldskooler Ramblings

http://trixter.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/the-diskette-that-blew-trixters-mind
"The manual for Mental Blocks claims that, for both C64 and IBM, you put the diskette in label-side up. I thought that had to be a typo, since every single mixed C64/IBM or Apple/IBM diskette I have ever seen is a “flippy” disk where one side is IBM and the other side is C64 or Apple — until I looked at the FAT12 for the disk and saw that tons of sectors in an interleaved pattern were marked as BAD — very strange usage."
#badsectors #c64 #commodore #disks #filesystems #gaming #geek #hacks #ibm #pc #retro #vintage
archive.org #11624

Step By Step: Set Up Universal Ad Blocking Through Your Router

http://lifehacker.com/5060053/set-up-universal-ad-blocking-through-your-router
"If you've turned your $60 router into a user-friendly super-router with open-source firmware Tomato, you already know that Tomato can boost your Wi-Fi signal, track bandwidth usage, and set Quality of Service rules with ease. But if you're a big fan of Adblock Plus—the most popular Firefox extension among Lifehacker readers—you can save yourself an extension installation and universally block ads across your entire home network by adding a custom script to your Tomato firmware."
#adblocking #hacks #howto #linksys #networking #router
archive.org #11519

Hidden USB Storage

http://www.instructables.com/id/Hidden_USB_Storage
"If you're like me, you may or may not have secret files plotting world domination and other devious deeds. These files obviously need to be hidden from the prying eyes of sisters, FBI agents, grandparents, etc. We are going to convert a phone jack in the wall into a secret USB memory device."
#electronics #hacks #hardware #nifty #usb
archive.org #11495

Core77.com :: View topic - corrugate iPhone document scanner - free template!

http://boards.core77.com/viewtopic.php?t=16370
"When I got my iPhone last year I loved having everything important in one place, and the ability to get rid of unneccesary devices, documents and information i kept with me. I would frequently snap photos of class assignments printed on copy paper so I wouldn’t have to worry about losing them. The documents normally came out pretty clear, but it was tough to keep still while taking the pictures. I set out to make something that would ensure clean, consistent pictures of documents taken with the iPhone that would be free and easy to make on your own. And so, here you will find pictures of and a link to a template to make your own iPhone document scanner. "
#documents #hacks #iphone #nifty #papercraft
archive.org #11349

DOOM for Intellivision

http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/doom
"I finally got around to porting the freely available DOOM source code to the Intellivision. I will be posting the source code for the Intellivision version soon. The ROM image, weighing in at 32K words, is probably the largest cartridge ROM image out there. So for now, enjoy these screen shots and the game binary below! "
#doom #gaming #hacks #intellivision #nifty
archive.org #11317

Netcat Tar Pipe

http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/~djw/tarpipe.html
"So you have gigs of data to transfer between two machines over ethernet. A nice quick and dirty method is to use netcat and tar. This is by no means secure, but if you haven't got the time or desire to setup NFS, FTPd, Samba. Or wait hours for scp to do its job then this can save you a lot of time. "
#hacks #howto #netcat #sysadmin #tips #unix
archive.org #11216

pagetable.com » Blog Archive » How MOS 6502 Illegal Opcodes really work

http://www.pagetable.com/?p=39
"The original NMOS version of the MOS 6502, used in computers like the Commodore 64, the Apple II and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), is well-known for its illegal opcodes: Out of 256 possible opcodes, 151 are defined by the architecture, but many of the remaining 105 undefined opcodes do useful things."
#6502 #c64 #hacks #hardware #oldschool #opcodes #programming
archive.org #11145

Sound Chaser

http://www.yurisuzuki.com/soundchaser.html
"A train-style record player. Users connect the chipped pieces of records together to make new tracks. The records pieces are from cheap records bought at jumble sales or used record shops. This record player revives forgotten, old records."
#gadgets #hacks #hardware #music #sound #trains
archive.org #11016

Wait, How Old Is My Kid Again?

http://www.pirnat.com/2008/04/22/wait-how-old-is-my-kid-again
"Then all that’s left is to cron it to run daily, and point your favorite RSS reader at the feed. Voila! You’re on top of exactly how old your kid is, and quickly on your way to becoming Parent of the Year."
#funny #hacks #kids #rss
archive.org #10685

Ben Heck outdoes himself (again) with the Apple IIGS laptop - Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/14/ben-heck-outdoes-himself-again-with-the-iigs-laptop
"Based off an original IIGS motherboard, the one-of-a-kind laptop features a 15-inch color screen, custom acrylic keyboard, a CompactFlash-based hard drive, and -- most importantly -- a glowing blue IIGS logo that flashes yellow during disk access."
#apple #appleiigs #benheck #for:stlhood #gadgets #gs #hacks #hardware #laptops
archive.org #10649

Text + Image + CSS3 = Crazy Delicious

http://metaatem.net/highlite?colors=128&image=http://images.slashdot.org/topics/topiced.gif&text=start+coming+up+with+overregularizations+like+%22goed%22+instead+of+%22went%22+or+%22playses%22+in+place+of+%22plays,%22+that+kind+of+attempt+at+applying+regular+morphological+rules+to+irregular+items,+is+when+you+might+say+they+are+acquiring+language+via+data+mining.+I.e.,+they+hear+a+form+used+often+enough+that+it+becomes+part+of+their+knowledge+about+words,+to+the+extent+that+that+form+is+unconsciously+applied+even+to+make+words+they+have+certainly+never+heard+in+adult+speech+before.+&width=120
"Hide an image in html"
#css #css3 #hacks #html #images
archive.org #10360

hpsetdisp.pl (INSERT COIN)

http://kovaya.com/perl/show.cgi?program=hpsetdisp.pl
"Connects to a JetDirect equipped HP printer and uses HP's control language to set the ready message on the LCD display. Takes an IP address and message on the command line. My favorite message is "INSERT COIN"."
#funny #hacks #hp #perl #printers
archive.org #9836

Waterhobo

http://www.waterhobo.com
"for the sake of this discussion we are talking about rabbits, however I must make a disclaimer that in motion detection and autofire if an unwitting person is tresspassing on my property and happens to walk into the field of fire... well we will refer to
#funny #hacks #hardware #robots #water
archive.org #9803

YBOX

http://www.uncommonprojects.com/ybox/index.html?more=
"YBox is a prototype/proof-of-concept for an ultra-cheap, always on, internet appliance that attaches to a standard TV set. The YBox is like Konfabulator for TV, turning TV into a platform for helpful, easy-to-read, live internet "channels"."
#gadgets #hacks #hardware #ybox
archive.org #9073

instructables : Tv-B-Gone Hat

http://www.instructables.com/id/EPPWR0XGYFEP287YQW
"This is a hat with integrated Tv-B-Gone and a couple added features such as rapid fire mode which will turn off (and on) the most common tvs more frequently and constant on mode which will repeat the off codes for all tvs indefinately. "
#clothing #hacks #hardware #nifty
archive.org #8040

La Chose - Process Wizard

http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/en/products/processwizard
"Process Wizard is a menu hack that allows you to access to all the processes of your system (applications, background applications, user processes, non user processes) and to change their priority (Unix nice value)."
#hacks #menu #osx #software #tools
archive.org #7751

throbber

http://sandbox.sourcelabs.com/wikiality/throbber
"The browser throbbing can be a subtle expected queue, and it’s the only thing visible across tabs, so it can be nice to be able to toggle it on and off. This method uses a hidden iframe, which increases load across the server but achieves the desired
#ajax #browser #dhtml #hacks #webdev
archive.org #7744

Video Game Blog & Video Game Forums @ Destructoid ‽ Blog Archive ‽ Zelda: The Lost Found beta Wind Waker levels - Video Games PC Games PlayStation 3 GameCube PSP DS GBA PS2 PS2 Xbox 360 PlayStation 2

http://www.destructoid.com/beta-maps-in-zelda-lost-worlds-in-wink-waker-wind-waker-cheat-codes-unlock-maps.htm
"coders discovered ActionReplay codes that ulock trippy MonkeyBall-looking worlds that look completely like any Zelda experience you’ve ever played."
#gaming #hacks #nintendo #zelda
archive.org #7440

iB::Topic::XBMC feature-freeze and bug-bash!

http://www.xboxmediaplayer.de/cgi-bin/forums/ikonboard.pl?act=ST;f=1;t=19350
"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. We are happy to announce that we have once again put the official XBMC CVS into a feature freeze and thus our third official public bug-bash has begun. This is the first step in the process of getting ready for anoth
#hacks #software #xbmc #xbox
archive.org #6665

TechFreaks v2

http://www.techfreaks.org/articles/modxbox.shtml
"Using code exploits in certain games, a user is able to load a phony gamesave that will boot into a Linux based operating system and allow a user to mod his Xbox... in under ten minutes."
#hacking #hacks #xbox
archive.org #5548

TextExtras

http://www.lorax.com/FreeStuff/TextExtras.html
"TextExtras is a bundle that gets loaded into all Cocoa applications. It adds cool features to the text handling of all Cocoa applications."
#hacks #nifty #osx
archive.org #4923

VoIP over Phone Wiring

http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/20050206_voip_over_phone_wiring.html
"The phone wiring in the house could be terminated at my Linksys Phone Adapter the same way the phone company brings their lines to the house and ties in to all the internal wiring of the house."
#hacks #hardware #voip
archive.org #4123

Proximity Cards

http://cryolite.ath.cx/perl/skin/prox
"The software can currently read a card, store a single id, transmit that id over the air to a reader, blink out that id on the LEDs, and accept a new id on the tact switches."
#gadgets #hacks
archive.org #3385

Googledorks!

http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/index.php?module=prodreviews
"googleDork (gOO gôl'Dôrk) noun 1. Slang. An inept or foolish person as revealed by Google.Entries by Category"
#funny #hacks
archive.org #2956