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https://hackaday.com/2006/02/05/backtrack-live-cd/ | BackTrack Live CD | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | First Whoppix and Auditor then Whax and now finally everything has come together to form remote-exploit’s latest Live CD project
BackTrack
. The very first beta of the new system was released today. I downloaded it and tested it on my 600m. It had a nice uncluttered feeling right from the beginning by not offering the ... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "16905",
"author": "Cleaner",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T17:39:50",
"content": "The toolkits are cool but se HDD installation is rally buggy.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16904",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2006... | 1,760,377,943.501059 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/04/pov-pendant/ | POV Pendant | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Reader [Franz Gabel] purchased a POV kit from ladyada and started modifying it for his own application. He assembled the POV without a PCB so it could fit inside a small metal pipe and attached a leather lanyard. He’s still in the early stages of the project. It is fully assembled, but he’s working on additions like a ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "16880",
"author": "mat",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T19:34:18",
"content": "super cool have seen alot of these pov projects popping up",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16879",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T23:12... | 1,760,377,943.91151 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/04/shmoocon-2006-wrap-up/ | Shmoocon 2006: Wrap-up | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Well, we’ve come to the end of my
Shmoocon 2006 coverage
. The conference wasn’t all presentations though, there were a lot of other fun activities:
The
Hacker Arcade
featured arcade games that had been modified to generate USB tokens that you could later redeem for prizes. The folks at
757.org modified a skill crane
s... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "16870",
"author": "gurpal singh",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T11:33:39",
"content": "nice site.have u ever hacked a website ?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16869",
"author": "Dr. Gonzo",
"timestamp": "2006-02-05T19:37:54"... | 1,760,377,943.732073 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/03/clientserver-door-opener/ | Client/server Door Opener | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [] | You can thank reader [Alexandre Novello]’s laziness for generating this hack. Actually, as a self-proclaimed “software guy” he would have never approached this project if it wasn’t for the situation he was in: having to walk across the room to open the door for people, a door which has an electric opener right next to ... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "16865",
"author": "Jesse Gunderson",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T20:03:21",
"content": "This just seems about a thousand times more complicated than it should be. Honestly, wouldn’t it be much simpler to have a switch installed behind the button installed to complete the connection (bu... | 1,760,377,943.828471 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/03/shmoocon-2006-cardbus-bus-mastering-0wning-the-laptop/ | Shmoocon 2006: Cardbus Bus-Mastering: 0wning The Laptop | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | David Hulton (h1kari) talked about the implications of cardbus bus-mastering. It goes pretty much hand-in-hand with
David Maynor’s USB direct memory access
work. The idea is using bus-mastering to take over other PCI devices, download passwords and keys from memory, unlock screensavers, and plant memory-based or firmwa... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "16843",
"author": "digitallysick",
"timestamp": "2006-02-04T06:38:26",
"content": "this is to the “first post” guy, that says w00t, well guess what, first post, w00t!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16842",
"author": "winphr... | 1,760,377,943.868713 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/02/usb-interface-for-parallel-lcds/ | USB Interface For Parallel LCDs | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | Pontus Frönder
has put together a really simple
USB interface for any LCD
that uses the HD44780 controller. He used a USB chip from FTDI that creates a virtual COM port on the host computer. This is connected to an Atmel ATtiny2313 which controls the LCD. The AVR has two PWM outputs that are used to control the backlig... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "16839",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T19:19:16",
"content": "I think now some people are getting really happy….– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16840",
"author": "burndup",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02... | 1,760,377,943.436197 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/02/shmoocon-2006-voip-wifi-phone-security-analysis/ | Shmoocon 2006: VoIP WiFi Phone Security Analysis | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Shawn Merdinger gave a presentation on his personal research project covering the security of VoIP WiFi phones. For his initial investigation he is employing a “level one” methodology. These would be attacks from a low to medium skilled hacker, a hacker’s “first look” at the device: looking for open ports, finding deve... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "16828",
"author": "trevor harris",
"timestamp": "2006-02-03T06:12:21",
"content": "dose any one know how to hack past a privacy code on the t-mobile side kick 2. It’s only a 3 digt code. Get back to me atrevor97220@aol.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,943.772719 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/01/shmoocon-2006-anonymos-security-and-privacy-everywhere-you-go/ | Shmoocon 2006: Anonym.OS: Security And Privacy, Everywhere You Go | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | kaos.theory’s
Anonym.OS
was probably the most widely covered project to come out of this year’s
Shmoocon
. This was spurred by
Wired’s article
which was picked up by
Slashdot
,
Ars
, and
others
. Anonym.OS is a live CD based on OpenBSD 3.8 that provides anonymous internet access and aims to be usable by anyone. On the ... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "16825",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-02-02T06:06:17",
"content": "there a firefox extension that will switch proxys that could be included in case you did not want to use the tor network. It would how ever show you out on the net.http://www.roundtwo.com/product/sw... | 1,760,377,943.631384 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/24/playstation-2-serial-port/ | Playstation 2 Serial Port | Eliot | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [] | As odd as it might sound, I never paid attention to the Playstation 2 homebrew scene because I own a
Playstation 2 Linux kit
. The Linux kit hides the hardware behind a software layer while the
PS2Dev
project was an attempt to run code natively on the hardware. So the two projects didn’t really have a lot in common. Of... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "16532",
"author": "peter",
"timestamp": "2006-01-24T20:24:13",
"content": "I hope that when the Playstation 3 comes out, people remember that Sony was the same company that put rootkits on unsuspecting user’s computers. Apparantly, protecting their intellectual property is more impo... | 1,760,377,943.387849 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/23/full-motion-video-on-an-8088/ | Full Motion Video On An 8088 | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | Trixter pulled off this
awesome hack
, proving that the
demoscene
is alive and well. It started as a silly joke “well, I can display video on my XT!” , but Trixter thought about it and came up with a way to do it on his Model 5150. The production needs 10MB of disk space, a Soundblaster Pro, a CGA card and monitor. Tri... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "16524",
"author": "joel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T19:35:46",
"content": "interesting.. quite good mod",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16525",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-23T19:49:28",
"content... | 1,760,377,943.695345 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/22/bluetooth-playstation-controller-for-axim-pda/ | Bluetooth Playstation Controller For Axim PDA | Eliot | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [] | Reader [Jakeh] wanted a Bluetooth based game controller for his Axim. Unfortunately, the only
commercial option
didn’t fit very well. He decided to chop up the Bluetooth controller and wire it into an original Playstation controller. Wiring was slightly annoying because half the buttons in the Bluetooth controller don’... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "16498",
"author": "m00n3r",
"timestamp": "2006-01-22T08:58:50",
"content": "that original bluetooth controller is really ugly and looks uncomfortable. the modded version is very impressive",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16497",... | 1,760,377,944.106424 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/21/motorized-projector-screen/ | Motorized Projector Screen | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [] | [Brad O’Connor] has completed his
motorized projector screen
that we mentioned last month while covering his
Lumenlab projector build
. The screen is driven by a windshield washer motor using the low speed connection. The 126″ screen is supported by a copper pipe and is attached using Velcro. Brad says the wrinkles are... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "16483",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2006-01-21T21:15:32",
"content": "From the site:Screen material: $35.00 LumenlabBlack Material: $25.00 fabric shopFlock Tape: Free DonationMotor: $19.00 MPJADPDT Switch: $2.00 MPJAWood: $12.00 MenardsCopper pipe: $10.00 Home DepoCopper f... | 1,760,377,944.053752 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/20/e-reader-for-nintendo-ds/ | E-Reader For Nintendo DS | Eliot | [
"Nintendo DS Hacks",
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [] | 7
The
e-Reader
is an add-on product for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It has a simple optical card swipe for loading programs off of specially encoded cards. The location of the link port adapter keeps the device from being used with the Nintendo DS. Reader [Caitsith2] has posted instructions for
modifying the reader ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "16465",
"author": "matt",
"timestamp": "2006-01-20T19:12:17",
"content": "i wasn’t aware of e-reader homebrew, but seeing it and the mod to make it fit my ds makes me want to start modding",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16460",... | 1,760,377,944.577217 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/19/walk-your-robot-dog-with-lego/ | Walk Your Robot Dog With LEGO | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | Since he spends way too much time programming robots, Pavel Petrovic, felt he should
delegate the task of walking his robot dog
… to his other robot. No, that isn’t the real story, but there isn’t a lot of justification for the project besides it being a neat trick. LEGO IR tower support for
WowWee
bots had already bee... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "16449",
"author": "compuforums - friendly computer forums",
"timestamp": "2006-01-19T19:24:32",
"content": "That’d save having to walk those damn robodogs. They make a noise every two minutes if you dare ignore them.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
... | 1,760,377,944.663546 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/18/ipod-integration-for-factory-radios/ | IPod Integration For Factory Radios | Eliot | [
"ipod hacks"
] | [] | Most factory radios in cars don’t include a line in. alfaGato decided he wanted to integrate an iPod into his system, but wanted to maintain the factory functions. His Saab 9-3 came with GM’s OnStar system (not activated) which he thought would make a decent in road into the radio. His instructions should work for most... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "16444",
"author": "fucter",
"timestamp": "2006-01-18T19:11:15",
"content": "I did this over a year ago. But I connected the line level output directly to where the cd fed into the amp, so that if I wasnt playing a cd, i could use the ipod(maily, because I dont like external switches... | 1,760,377,944.623042 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/17/cellphone-controlled-door-opener/ | Cellphone Controlled Door Opener | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [] | Looking for a way to demonstrate his
AutoIt
script that allows Windows control using a cellphone, zerocool60544 put together this
automatic door opener/closer
. It uses two water bottles as counterweights and two LEGO motors to drive the door. The motor control is a parallel port connected relay board. It’s a pretty si... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "16430",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006-01-17T19:10:38",
"content": "Looks interesting got the beginnings of a cool Rube Goldberg machine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16431",
"author": "Alan",
"timestamp": "2006... | 1,760,377,944.82727 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/16/rogue-server-in-a-ups/ | Rogue Server In A UPS | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | InventGeek
‘s newest contributor, Dan Williams, has just posted his first project:
hiding a server in a UPS surge protector
. Dan found himself with a dead UPS surge protector and decided to do something fun. The brick has two built in RJ-45 connectors and power so he figured he could easily hide a server in it. There ... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "16416",
"author": "Steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-16T08:52:05",
"content": "awesome idea! would be nice if it still worked (at least superficially) as a ups with a low battery – you know, to complete the illusion.i have plans in the works for a similar sort of device that hides in a ... | 1,760,377,944.71532 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/15/diy-fig-rig/ | DIY Fig Rig | Eliot | [
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [] | The
Fig Rig
is the brain child of director
Mike Figgis
. The Rig is designed to provide stability while using a handheld camera. If you’ve seen the continuous 90 minute takes in Figgis’s
Timecode
you know what prompted him to come up with this contraption. Like most digital video camera accessories the Rig comes with a... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "16395",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T19:16:25",
"content": "cool, but no pics on the forum post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16396",
"author": "tamzarian",
"timestamp": "2006-01-15T19:51:58",
"... | 1,760,377,944.52676 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/14/amiga-in-an-fpga/ | Amiga In An FPGA | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | Dennis had been working on this project for over a year before recently
releasing it in the Amiga.org forums
(
photos
). The Amiga was notable for its use of unique, dedicated processor chips for tasks like real time video effects. Dennis has recreated these chips in a Xilinx Spartan-3 400K gate FPGA. His development b... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "16384",
"author": "pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-01-14T20:00:28",
"content": "Is this a precursor to an Amiga SOAC? Does one already exist?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16385",
"author": "Speed phreak",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,944.47992 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/13/lightweight-eye-tracker/ | Lightweight Eye Tracker | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks",
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"eye",
"eye track",
"eye tracker",
"pdf"
] | [Jason S. Babcock] and [Jeff B. Pelz] put together this paper on
building a simple, lightweight eyetracker
(PDF) to foster the creation of open source eyetracking software. All of the components are mounted to a cheap pair of safety glasses. The eyetracker uses a technique called “dark-pupil” illumination. An IR LED is... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "16365",
"author": "AllenKll",
"timestamp": "2006-01-13T19:28:27",
"content": "This is really cool, I remember someone asking for this not too long ago, I hoep he/she is still reading.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16366",
... | 1,760,377,944.773233 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/12/8gb-ipod-nano-hack/ | 8GB IPod Nano Hack | Eliot | [
"ipod hacks"
] | [] | 2,000 songs. Impossibly small. Reeks of fish.
There is something very fishy going on with this
conversion of a 4GB iPod nano to an 8GB nano
. To start, the obligatory “new capacity” screenshot isn’t provided. Next, it is almost too simple: just piggyback the flash chips on top of each other. Wait, weren’t the chips in ... | 102 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "16356",
"author": "DCGrendel",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T13:54:56",
"content": "http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/NANDFlash/SLC_LargeBlock/32Gbit/K9NBG08U5M/K9NBG08U5M.htmis the correct link for the 4GB/32Gbit chipthe one linked from the article is wrong (2GB/16Gbit), and... | 1,760,377,944.994359 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/hack-a-day-extra-3/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | ShmooCon
starts in two days and? uh? I’m sure I’ll be caught up with work by then. (
UPDATE:
[Tom] has an
interview with Bruce and Beetle
from the ShmooGroup) On a more important note: Yehoshua’s borg seems to have gotten lost on its way home from a New Year’s party and our
Folding team has taken a hit
. We’ve got
site... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "16251",
"author": "hackmo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-12T16:23:16",
"content": "As always nice list of hacks. Too bad I don’t speak German though, that hacking mcdonalds site would have made an interesting read :)",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,945.050757 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/02/01/robomaid-robot/ | RoboMaid Robot | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | The
RoboMaid
(warning sound) really has nothing robotic about it. The website proclaims “smart sensor technology” and “programmable”. It’s actually just a
Weasel Ball
in a cage. Reader [Perry Cain] decided to keep the cage and
add some real electronic brains
if the form of a Prallax kit. The robot has 5 IR pairs: 2 in ... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "16812",
"author": "Crash2108",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T21:01:38",
"content": "But is it still $19.95(Plus S&H)?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16813",
"author": "Pocketbrain",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T22:02:19",
"c... | 1,760,377,945.161575 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/31/how-to-psp-200-260-homebrew-with-eloader/ | How-to: PSP 2.00-2.60 Homebrew With ELoader | Eliot | [
"Playstation Hacks",
"PSP Hacks"
] | [
"psp"
] | Thanks go to sometimes hacker, C.K. Sample, III, author of
PSP Hacks
for contributing this how-to.
So you’ve heard about this homebrew thing that all the cool kids have been doing, but you have already upgraded to version 2.6 of the firmware so that you could play all the latest and greatest games on the PSP. Fortunate... | 149 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "16805",
"author": "Madd_matt",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T18:36:40",
"content": "I don’t have a PSP but I was wondering how the firmware updates are enforced. Do certain PSP games force you to update your firmware?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,945.561976 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/31/shmoocon-2006-a-young-gentlemans-primer-on-the-reading-and-emulation-of-magnetic-cards/ | Shmoocon 2006: A Young Gentleman’s Primer On The Reading And Emulation Of Magnetic Cards | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | If you payed attention to the comments on our story about a
Magnetic stripe card emulator
you would have seen
Abend announce his Shmoocon talk
. It was a pretty interesting talk about the basics of mag cards and some of the tricks employed by companies to obfuscate the data. To get the feel for the talk I suggest you l... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "16658",
"author": "Bigbro69",
"timestamp": "2006-02-01T06:13:19",
"content": "I definately recommend listening to the sploitcast episode(s), those guys are really well informed about this stuff, and they explain it all great.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [... | 1,760,377,945.429176 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/30/rc-paintball-tank-built-from-printer-parts/ | RC Paintball Tank Built From Printer Parts | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | You could spend hours exploring the
R/C Tank Combat
website, so we will highlight one project to get you started. Steve Tyng built this
awesome model based on the Russian T34-85 tank
. The body is all wood an uses stainless steel axles salvaged from a printer. The original drive system used 24-volt DC motors from dot-m... | 16 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "16654",
"author": "KurtRoedeger",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T19:12:24",
"content": "perfect timing. I was just getting ready to play around with some RC paintballing this coming weekend.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16655",
... | 1,760,377,945.480818 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/30/shmoocon-2006-wi-fi-trickery-or-how-to-secure-break-and-have-fun-with-wi-fi/ | Shmoocon 2006: Wi-Fi Trickery Or How To Secure, Break And Have Fun With Wi-Fi | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Franck Veysset and Laurent Butti, both from France Telecom R&D, presented several proof-of-concept tools at
Shmoocon
that use 802.11 raw injection. The first is
Raw Fake AP
. The original
Fake AP
is a script that generates thousands of fake access points. It is easy to spot because of tell-tale signs like the BSSID sho... | 2 | 2 | [
{
"comment_id": "16641",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-31T05:44:34",
"content": "Hmm. That raw glue looks like it would be good for pulling virus infected computers from an access node and then shutting them down.Or if you more evil then simply pull them off and begin attacking ... | 1,760,377,945.392693 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/29/robotic-motion-sensing-using-an-optical-mouse/ | Robotic Motion Sensing Using An Optical Mouse | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | We’ve had fun with the sensors in optical mice
before
, but [Mac Cody] wrote in to tell us about his
legitimate application of the technology
. First, he disassembled the mouse and bypassed the on-board controller. He then wired the clock and data lines to a Harris RTXEB single board computer. It’s based around a Harri... | 19 | 19 | [
{
"comment_id": "16638",
"author": "weirdguy0101",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T19:40:08",
"content": "first post!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16637",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T22:08:19",
"content": "damnit... | 1,760,377,945.614581 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/29/shmoocon-2006-the-church-of-wi-fi-presents-an-evil-bastard-a-rainbow-and-a-great-dane/ | Shmoocon 2006: The Church Of Wi-Fi Presents: An Evil Bastard, A Rainbow And A Great Dane! | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | The
Church of WiFi
gave a presentation on some of their recent projects. The first was
coWPAtty
, a program for brute forcing WPA-PSK. To speed up the process they created a table for pre-hashed WPA-PSK. WPA-PSK is seeded using the SSID of the router, so they grabbed the top 1000 SSIDs from
Wigle.net
and calculated the... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "16621",
"author": "XGM",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T03:33:35",
"content": "w00t first post",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16620",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2006-01-30T09:13:24",
"content": "F***in’ fi... | 1,760,377,945.745886 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/30/simon-christmas-wreath/ | Simon Christmas Wreath | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Alright, one last holiday hack before we finish out the year. Every Christmas Eve [ryan rose]’s family has a contest with a new theme. The challenge this year was to construct a Christmas wreath. Ryan decided to make a
Simon
Christmas wreath. He cut up a string of lights to produce the four separate color regions. He t... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "15850",
"author": "Sheldon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T19:32:33",
"content": "Elegant hack (my g0d, he used a c-c-c-case!) but missing one minor item, did ryan win?!?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15849",
"author": "bird603... | 1,760,377,945.652778 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/29/couch-bike/ | Couch Bike | Eliot | [
"Transportation Hacks"
] | [] | Brent Curry had been planning on taking a trip and with previous adventures testing both his endurance and comfort, he decided to construct a new vehicle to for his travels. The
couch bike
has two independent gear trains and uses a tiller handle to control the front wheels. Brent and his Norwegian cohort Eivind used th... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "15843",
"author": "muhkuh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T19:26:34",
"content": "i want one!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15844",
"author": "Dave",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T20:34:50",
"content": "That brings so much jo... | 1,760,377,945.793415 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/29/hack-a-day-extra-4/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | From the photo above you can see the holidays have been treating me pretty well. [bugloaf] brought a bottle of
pisco
back from Peru for me. My parents mounted the laser-cut logo that [
smouldering-dog
] had sent me. They also gave me a copy of
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The Frightening True Story of a Whiz Kid and His ... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "15835",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2005-12-30T03:25:01",
"content": "Ah, That zen micro fix was a week or two late. My friend just sent her’s back…oh well",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15834",
"author": "cliff mil... | 1,760,377,945.699518 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/22c3-day-00-and-01-round-up/ | 22C3 Day 00 And 01 Round Up | fabienneserriere | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Today and yesterday’s
22C3
included tons of fun hacker stuff. Highlights from day 00 and 01 included a slew of topics from politics to hardcore geekery. We toured the
CCC
‘s annual hackfest to bring you the best of the new hacks.
We commence our tour with
Hack-A-Day’s
friend
Dan
“I Like Big Graphs and I Cannot Lie”
Kam... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "15811",
"author": "ravuya",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T10:20:16",
"content": "Those are neat visualizations, and using SDL to boot. I can only assume that they animate. Hopefully videos of the talk will come out soon.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{... | 1,760,377,945.832586 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/chaos-computer-clubs-22c3-congress/ | Chaos Computer Club’s 22C3 Congress | fabienneserriere | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Hack-A-Day is here at
22C3: Private Investigations
, the
Chaos Computer Club
‘s annual hacker conference in snow covered Berlin, Germany. The CCC’s annual Congress is the European answer to Las Vegas located
DEFCON
. This 22nd annual conference has been lengthened from three days to four to be able to accommodate more ... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "15797",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-12-29T00:34:57",
"content": "how does Fabienne get to go to all these fun events? she must have a hella bankroll to get to travel to Berlin (which is an awesome city, btw).Apologies for the usage of “hella”",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,945.997379 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/28/open-source-motor-controller/ | Open Source Motor Controller | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | The
OSMC project
was started in 1998 to provide a high quality H-bridge speed control to hobbyists and professionals. The original design was intended to be used by people who were building Battle Bots and other competition robots, but the line has expanded since then. The project embraces the open source spirit by mak... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "15796",
"author": "typo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-28T21:01:37",
"content": "typo: “The original design was intended to be used by people who we",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15795",
"author": "Eliot Phillips",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,945.947945 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/27/magellan-explorist-upgrade/ | Magellan EXplorist Upgrade | Eliot | [
"gps hacks"
] | [] | This Russian site has all the details needed to
upload new maps to a Magellan eXplorist
300, 200, or 100. Inside the battery case are four pads that can be used for serial communication. You will have to use a MAX232 to shift the voltage levels. Since this occupies the battery space you’ll need to provide power as well... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "15787",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-27T21:26:22",
"content": "babelfish translationhttp://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Frhamphorinkx.newmail.ru%2Fconnect.htm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,946.161929 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/04/stirling-engine-from-aluminum-cans/ | Stirling Engine From Aluminum Cans | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | The
Stirling engine
seems like an odd-ball design when you’ve only encountered gas and Diesel engines. Even though the Stirling engine is piston based it doesn’t use valves. It has a sealed working fluid and no exhaust gas. Stirling engines aren’t very common, but are being produced commercially as cryocoolers and for ... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "15968",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2006-01-04T20:17:50",
"content": "Looks interesting. I think I’m going to try and build this one.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15967",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2... | 1,760,377,946.411267 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/04/22c3-day-10-and-11-round-up/ | 22C3 Day 10 And 11 Round Up | fabienneserriere | [
"blackberry hacks",
"Cellphone Hacks",
"cons"
] | [
"22c3",
"blackberry",
"ccc",
"con",
"hacker conference",
"hackercon"
] | Now that the
CCC is over
, we finally dug ourselves out of a ginormous pile of cables (Kabelsalat ist gesund!) to bring you this round up post about the best stuff from the last two days of the con.
First up on day 10 was
I See Airplanes!
,
Eric Blossom’s excellent speech
on creating hardware for making homebrew radars... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "15950",
"author": "mewse",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T02:12:29",
"content": "the irc fuzz seemed really interesting (MAN it broke a lot of irc clients!!), the source code is available here:http://ilja.netric.org/files/fuzzers/ircfuzz.c",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"rep... | 1,760,377,946.254015 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/03/snake-robots/ | Snake Robots | Eliot | [
"cnc hacks",
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | Dr. Gavin Miller has been investigating
snake robots
for over ten years. His first models,
S1
and
S2
, use one servo at each joint.
S3
used a pair of servos to create a sidewinding motion along with the more common horizontal undulations.
S4
was an attempt to power the snake with just one motor, but ran into problems b... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "15949",
"author": "Sprite_tm",
"timestamp": "2006-01-03T19:35:08",
"content": "snakebots are cool. i made one with a group at the end of the first year of my ee-study at the university here. it used one engine per joint, and all the segments were the same (one uC, one motor, connect... | 1,760,377,946.213161 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/02/magnetic-stripe-card-emulator/ | Magnetic Stripe Card Emulator | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | This is a proof of concept magnetic stripe card emulator. Adron embedded a thin strip of metal into track 2 of the magnetic stripe. The ends of that strip are wrapped with thin copper wire to create a solenoid. The solenoid is driven by a PIC microprocessor and some transistors to boost the signal. The software provide... | 54 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "15920",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2006-01-02T19:25:48",
"content": "thats dangerous, sounds fun though…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "6522856",
"author": "Edward Hance",
"timestamp": "2022-10-19T05:31... | 1,760,377,946.49559 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/01/colecovision-portable/ | Colecovision Portable | Eliot | [
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [] | Ben Heckendorn has been busy this holiday season. His latest project is cramming the guts of a Colecovision into a portable case. The project was commissioned, otherwise he probably wouldn’t have tackled it. The first bit of weirdness he found was the use of +12V, +5V, -5V lines to power the console. To get the board t... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "15897",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T08:12:56",
"content": "good mod! well done.I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST COMMENT FOR 2006!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15896",
"author": "bumsk",
"timestamp": "2006-0... | 1,760,377,947.085904 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/31/tesla-coil-built-from-trash/ | Tesla Coil Built From Trash | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Greg Miller prides himself on his dumpster-diving ability. To encourage others to take up the terrestrial sport he developed this
Tesla coil built entirely from trash
(Coral cache link). The power supply is from a neon sign he found behind a frat house. The capacitor bank is constructed from high voltage caps found in ... | 21 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "15885",
"author": "ASIMO",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T19:05:20",
"content": "sweet, first post here. i am a robot called asimo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15886",
"author": "alex",
"timestamp": "2005-12-31T19:20:50",
... | 1,760,377,946.5535 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/31/happy-new-year/ | Happy New Year | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | We hope you have a happy and safe holiday. Thanks for reading! | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "15866",
"author": "Orwell84",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T04:40:55",
"content": "Hey Eliot,What’s your new year’s resolution?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15864",
"author": "pretorious",
"timestamp": "2006-01-01T04:45:23... | 1,760,377,946.720587 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/11/laptop-keyboard-conversion/ | Laptop Keyboard Conversion | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | [Leechar] liked the compactness of notebook keyboards and
wanted one for his desktop
. A friend provided a 486 notebook keyboard and Leechar found an old AT keyboard controller in a junk box. Instead of taking the time to decode the key matrix and make sure that every key was generating the proper scancode he just wire... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "16236",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2006-01-11T19:11:11",
"content": "The link is dead, Eliot. Please fix it for us.I’d like to see the opposite of this hack; somebody modding a real keyboard (akin to the IBM Model M) to be used in a laptop. I detest the shallow key... | 1,760,377,946.612174 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/10/video-card-used-as-a-digital-tv-modulator/ | Video Card Used As A Digital TV Modulator | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | DVB
-T is a standard for broadcasting digital television over the air and is found in many countries outside of North America. This hack involves
using a video card to generate the DVB-T signal
. This project was inspired by
Tempest for Eliza
, which we
covered recently
. To pull this off you have to add some custom se... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "16217",
"author": "Arthur",
"timestamp": "2006-01-10T19:12:38",
"content": "Wait, what? you can use a video card to transmit over the air?surely there cant be all that good of a range on it?*shakes head* i must be confused.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
... | 1,760,377,946.666966 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/09/gumbrix-gumstix-lego-controller/ | Gumbrix: Gumstix LEGO Controller | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Derek Anderson enjoys building robot prototypes using the LEGO Mindstorms kit, but he found his progress hampered by the RCX’s minimal processing power and connections. He decided to build a
custom LEGO style housing
for a
Gumstix waysmall computer
. He has experience milling
custom LEGO parts
so this was an easy first... | 3 | 3 | [
{
"comment_id": "16201",
"author": "What",
"timestamp": "2006-01-09T20:14:54",
"content": "i wsh i had that ammount of milling skill!that is a god way of interfacing it would seem.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16199",
"author": "Loquax",
... | 1,760,377,946.756874 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/08/scanner-music/ | Scanner Music | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | Continuing our trend of peripherals modified to perform functions that aren’t actually useful: here’s
how to play music on your scanner
. The HP ScanJet 3c/4c have a variable speed scan head that is driven by a stepper motor. The Play Tune command can be used to move the head at different frequencies. Here’s a
video of... | 37 | 37 | [
{
"comment_id": "16197",
"author": "mrdelayer",
"timestamp": "2006-01-08T19:06:52",
"content": "first post.in all seriousness, however, that’s pretty cool; don’t have a scanner or i’d try it out myself.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16198",
... | 1,760,377,946.830612 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/07/optical-mouse-based-scanner/ | Optical Mouse Based Scanner | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [
"camera",
"CCD",
"mouse",
"sprite_tm"
] | Ever wonder what your desk surface looks like up close? No. No one has. Not even [Sprite_tm], but upon disassembling his optical mouse and discovering its 18×18 CCD
he decided to put it to use
(well, a different use). The optical chip outputs serial information to the USB chip in the mouse. [Sprite_tm] wired the optica... | 41 | 39 | [
{
"comment_id": "16158",
"author": "steve diraddo",
"timestamp": "2006-01-07T19:15:52",
"content": "Very nice.. Very nice. I had always been wondering if this was possible, and now it is. Maybe someone can mod up a little robot that can drive around and scan a whole page.",
"parent_id": null,
... | 1,760,377,947.25042 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/06/5-foot-long-pata-cable-from-cat5e/ | 5 Foot Long PATA Cable From Cat5e | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Not one to be constrained by specifications, Montac decided to construct an ATA cable that was well over the 18 inch maximum length. PATA cables use 80 conductor wire, even though they only have 40 pin connectors. The extra 40 lines are all tied to ground. The cable was constructed from 10 pieces of Cat5e with one lin... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "16111",
"author": "dococ",
"timestamp": "2006-01-06T21:39:38",
"content": "Nice. Here is a link to making high quality speaker wire out of cat5:http://www.venhaus1.com/diycatfivecables.html",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16112... | 1,760,377,947.034979 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/05/xbox-360-atx-power-supply/ | Xbox 360 ATX Power Supply | Eliot | [
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [] | Reader Ran Mokady took a pretty big gamble with this project, but didn’t really have any other choice: his power supply was broken and he couldn’t get a replacement. He ended up replacing it with a standard ATX power supply. Follow along for all of the details.
For anyone who is having problems with their
Xbox 360
powe... | 144 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "16070",
"author": "duffman3030",
"timestamp": "2006-01-05T22:47:58",
"content": "intresting. but you might want to use a different rail for each power connection since power supplys are not designed for or capable of sending all of its power across one rail.",
"parent_id": null,... | 1,760,377,947.174249 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/26/printed-circuit-board-etching/ | Printed Circuit Board Etching | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | This isn’t meant to be the definitive PCB etching post. I don’t have any experience etching boards and was hoping readers could contribute their best/favorite methods for etching boards in the comments.
We’re linking to Tom Gootee’s page on
toner transfer etching
. The first step is to print the design on glossy paper ... | 53 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "15757",
"author": "Don",
"timestamp": "2005-12-26T20:32:23",
"content": "I’ve been trying to find some information on building a PCB spray etcher. Although transfers and board preparation are important i’ve found that that only way to get really sharp clean lines is to use a spray e... | 1,760,377,949.55275 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/25/tempest-for-eliza/ | Tempest For Eliza | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | “
Tempest for Eliza
” is a program written by Erik Thiele to demonstrate the RF transmission properties of CRT monitors. The program is capable of transmitting sound over AM frequencies just by the unique way it drives the monitor. The electromagnetic emissions of CRTs can be a security problem as demonstrated by
Van E... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "15705",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-25T19:16:21",
"content": "this is awesome! i wonder what the range on something like this is",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15706",
"author": "Jacob",
"timestamp": "2005-... | 1,760,377,949.276664 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/24/disco-dance-floor-roundup/ | Disco Dance Floor Roundup | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Probably the most popular project this summer was the
MIT Disco Dance Floor
. The build team eventually released the controller schematics and software. Several other projects spun off as a result of this.
We’ll start with the
Disco Bar
(since it has the most pictures). David has been actively building the bar and is n... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "15687",
"author": "Hal Hockersmith",
"timestamp": "2005-12-24T19:23:11",
"content": "RSS Feed is broken. This isnt in it and it is stuck at the GB Synth.In other news ….HELL YEA! I want one for my room that i am building. I dont care which i gonna do it. That way we can save on carp... | 1,760,377,949.319408 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/23/arcade-game-chair/ | Arcade Game Chair | Eliot | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [] | [Chuck Cage] and friends have been building a variety of arcade racing platforms. The third version, pictured above, has a real racing seat and can support a 32″ television. They’ve got advice for navigating the local “you-pull-it” when buying seats. There are material and paint selection tips on the site as well along... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "15678",
"author": "phycon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-23T19:13:05",
"content": "awsome, it would be realllyyyy cool if they could add a little hydrolic or air powered thing that could tilt the whole frame and shake it, example (turning reallyyy fast, bumps, crashing) but well assume the... | 1,760,377,949.373099 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/22/ipod-breakout-dock/ | IPod Breakout Dock | Eliot | [
"ipod hacks"
] | [] | Since the time it was first
featured on MAKE
, Steve Chapman has continued to develop his
iPod breakout dock
. The dock provides all of the possible connections that could be made through the 30-pin connector. Of interest is the iPod’s serial interface. I had seen a break down of the control codes before, but Steve has... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "15660",
"author": "the dentist",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T19:39:25",
"content": "first post alrightthis is very interesting… hope to see more hacking projects soon utilizing this",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15661",
"auth... | 1,760,377,949.422699 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/21/hack-a-day-extra-5/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"cnc hacks",
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | I posted the first part of my
Xbox 360 iPod dock
build on Engadget yesterday. Unfortunately commenting was still off when it went up due to maintenance so I haven’t gotten any feedback yet. Just
three
Digg
stories
that aren’t going anywhere.
The response to my
job posting
has been pretty incredible. I was only expectin... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "15651",
"author": "Spenc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T11:09:29",
"content": "I always enjoy reading the extras, even at 2 in the morning.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15649",
"author": "brad",
"timestamp": "2005-12-22T1... | 1,760,377,949.215582 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/21/gameboy-linked-hardware-sequencer/ | Gameboy Linked Hardware Sequencer | Eliot | [
"Nintendo Game Boy Hacks",
"Nintendo Hacks"
] | [] | Thanks to
Create Digital Music
for pointing me to the awesome work of
Gijs Geikes
. This is his
latest sequencer creation
. It is designed to get its clock signal from
Little Sound Dj running
on a Gameboy. The sequencer controls plugin modules that are attached to a parallel port.
Here’s a great sample of the output
. ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "15642",
"author": "anon",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T19:09:03",
"content": "Dead already.. looks hackalicious though",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15631",
"author": "carpespasm",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T20:23:21",
"... | 1,760,377,948.920785 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/28/shmoocon-2006-covert-crawling-a-wolf-among-lambs/ | Shmoocon 2006: Covert Crawling: A Wolf Among Lambs | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Billy Hoffman has built a site crawler that can hide its activity within normal web traffic. Crawling a website is one of the easiest ways to find exploitable pages, but the systematic nature of the crawl makes it stand out in logs. Billy set out to design a crawler that would behave like a normal web browser. It follo... | 5 | 5 | [
{
"comment_id": "16606",
"author": "jared",
"timestamp": "2006-01-29T02:32:52",
"content": "looks to me like the “most commented on (past 60 days) isn’t working properly. as of today, it’s been 4 months since the psp 2.0 to 1.5 downgrade was posted, and no one has commented on it since Oct 16th, 200... | 1,760,377,949.462778 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/28/windows-95-on-a-gp2x/ | Windows 95 On A GP2X | Eliot | [
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [] | The
GP2X
is a portable game console that runs Linux and was released in November last year. This is a console that encourages you to hack its open platform and has a
dev wiki
to document those projects. Mandleman has recently gotten
Bochs
, the x86 emulator, running on the platform. He then
booted Windows 95
(
Internet... | 14 | 14 | [
{
"comment_id": "16600",
"author": "ihate56k",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T20:46:05",
"content": "This is all a bit theoretical, as the emulator has no mouse support, and key support for cursors, enter and space only.most of the people on gp32x forum can’t get this emulator to actually boot a disk imag... | 1,760,377,949.032203 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/27/using-mologogo-with-google-earth/ | Using Mologogo With Google Earth | Eliot | [
"google hacks"
] | [] | [
yug1taht
] wrote in to tell us about his lastest addition to
Mologogo
. You may remember Mologogo from its launch last fall. It lets you track GPS enabled phones using Google maps. It works with most Nextel phones and the inexpensive pay-as-you-go Boost Mobile phones; which is what our friend PT used
when he tried it... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "16582",
"author": "sean s.",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T21:04:28",
"content": "I think we hackaday’d the server for gogo",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16583",
"author": "gehan g",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T21:14:17",
... | 1,760,377,948.97517 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/27/shmoocon-2006-behavioral-malware-analysis-using-sandnets/ | Shmoocon 2006: Behavioral Malware Analysis Using Sandnets | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | A common approach to analyzing malware is to turn it loose inside of a
VMware
session, but some malware have methods for detecting virtual machines and will refuse to run if they encounters one. Joe Stewart has developed a tool called
Truman
that can be used to construct a sandnet. The sandnet expands on the idea of us... | 6 | 6 | [
{
"comment_id": "16574",
"author": "wraezor",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28T01:37:12",
"content": "One of the coolest security ideas in a while. Very nice.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16572",
"author": "william",
"timestamp": "2006-01-28... | 1,760,377,949.598346 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/26/standalone-microcontroller-based-lua-development-platform/ | Standalone Microcontroller Based LUA Development Platform | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Hack-A-Day reader Bogdan Marinescu does a better job summarizing his project than I ever could. You can get his source code, schematics and more details by following the “read” link.
This project is a truly stand-alone development platform. What does that mean? Well, you plug-in a PS/2 keyboard, a 320×240 LCD, and star... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "16568",
"author": "tim",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T20:51:46",
"content": "reminds me of good ‘ol Timex Sinclair, circa 1982",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16566",
"author": "tiuk",
"timestamp": "2006-01-26T21:03:07",
... | 1,760,377,949.643704 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/26/shmoocon-2006-dan-geer-keynote/ | Shmoocon 2006: Dan Geer Keynote | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | I attended
ShmooCon
2006 Jan. 13-15th. I had been waiting for the video and slides from the con to be posted, but I figured I should start posting before I completely forget what went on. Over the next few days I’ll be posting about the various talks I attended.
Dan Geer
‘s keynote was one of my favorite talks from the... | 4 | 4 | [
{
"comment_id": "16557",
"author": "Isajeep",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T06:34:00",
"content": "Plz hang me",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "16556",
"author": "Xeonon",
"timestamp": "2006-01-27T07:06:39",
"content": "I for one, really w... | 1,760,377,949.687264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2006/01/25/interfacing-the-isa-bus/ | Interfacing The ISA Bus | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Sometimes you need a lot more data lines than are available in a parallel port. Hack-A-Day reader [abhishek dutta] has written a guide for
building projects connected to the ISA bus
. The guide gives you 32 general purpose I/O lines that you can use for complex project like a digital oscilloscope. To make things easier... | 22 | 21 | [
{
"comment_id": "16553",
"author": "Drew",
"timestamp": "2006-01-25T19:05:52",
"content": "hmm, I may actually try this. I was thinking of setting up some various sensors to an old computer (temp, both air and computer, fan speeds, etc.)luckily i have an old 400 mhz machine with two ISA slots!",
... | 1,760,377,950.44381 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/14/hack-a-day-extra-6/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | I’ve been having some serious static build up in my office so dad suggested dragging a chain? nah, I’ll just turn up the humidifier. It has been really bad though; one lightning bolt from a mislaid finger forced me to reset my iPod. It got so bad that I actually bought a static strap before assembling my latest machine... | 24 | 24 | [
{
"comment_id": "15532",
"author": "Jeff",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T12:07:03",
"content": "My PVR 500 and Mythtv work awesome. Although, i did have to do a bunch of forum crawling at the time, cause the PVR 500 wasn’t supported very well. Don’t you love having PiP from it? its great",
"parent_... | 1,760,377,950.000114 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/14/line-following-robot/ | Line Following Robot | Eliot | [
"Robots Hacks"
] | [] | [Greg] has been doing a great job updating
DIY Live
. The latest entry details a
line following robot
. These bots are quite common, but Greg provides really thorough coverage of all of the details involved. His particular design features two separate sensors and when the robot reaches the end of the line it will rever... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "15507",
"author": "digitalmaddog",
"timestamp": "2005-12-14T19:21:53",
"content": "great find alway wanted to build this type of bot!!!dm",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15508",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-... | 1,760,377,950.052004 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/13/micro-railgun/ | Micro Railgun | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | While some railgun projects are attempting to be the biggest and baddest, this one just wants to be functional. It’s not efficient or powerful, but it is really easy to put together. The barrel is constructed from two 3″ long pieces of aluminum weld bar with heavy duty Lucite sandwiched in between. The gap is only 1/16... | 48 | 48 | [
{
"comment_id": "15492",
"author": "spaceout",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:01:19",
"content": "my cat better be hiding from this one",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15490",
"author": "Jonathan de beir",
"timestamp": "2005-12-13T19:08:06"... | 1,760,377,950.190226 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/12/fast-serial-lcd-interface/ | Fast Serial LCD Interface | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | This is a serial interface for any LCD using the incredibly common 44780 controller. There are a couple different serial interfaces like this on the market, but this project aims to be a superior version. It can use 5 – 30V with an included regulator. It has ESD protection. True RS232 levels mean you can use really lon... | 13 | 13 | [
{
"comment_id": "15444",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T19:20:11",
"content": "I just love LCD hacks.–Kurt Roedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15441",
"author": "jaguarrrr",
"timestamp": "2005-12-12T19:38:13",
... | 1,760,377,950.103219 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/11/24ghz-field-strength-meter/ | 2.4Ghz Field Strength Meter | Eliot | [
"Wireless Hacks"
] | [] | This is a really simple way to measure WiFi strength. Actually, it will measure anything in the 2.4Ghz range, like your microwave. The device consists of a two element quad antenna, a Ghz sensitive diode and a variable capacitor for tuning. The sensor is plugged into a voltmeter for measurement. The page has links for ... | 20 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "15431",
"author": "joelanders",
"timestamp": "2005-12-11T19:25:21",
"content": "this thing is cool. i wonder if he could build three of them and pinpoint the source of the emr. like if they were spaced out enough and he had some software that interprets the differences in strength... | 1,760,377,950.387407 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/10/powerbook-compact-flash-drive/ | Powerbook Compact Flash Drive | Eliot | [
"Mac Hacks"
] | [] | This Powerbook 150 was purchased as a simple media reader. Once the hard drive failed the owner decided to replace it with a compact flash card since IDE adapters were available. There was a problem: the ATA device driver would probe the device and then immediately shutdown because the “identify device” bit wasn’t the ... | 27 | 27 | [
{
"comment_id": "15414",
"author": "CYRIX",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T20:42:15",
"content": "how many people are going to use this????",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15413",
"author": "BitSlash",
"timestamp": "2005-12-10T20:47:43",
"... | 1,760,377,950.257013 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/09/lumenlab-projector-build/ | Lumenlab Projector Build | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [] | A couple days ago we mentioned that Lumenlab had released their top secret plans for building an LCD based projector. Hack-A-Day reader [Brad O’Connor] sent along his experiences
using the Lumenlab plans
. Like most people, he says that the $20 price of admission is worth it. The system uses a 400Watt metal halide lamp... | 38 | 35 | [
{
"comment_id": "15367",
"author": "billytheimpaler",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T19:14:00",
"content": "I wanted to do this wicked bad until it occurred to me that I don’t have an LCD to tear apart. Rats. Maybe I can do it in 10 years when LCDs with busted backlights are getting chucked in the dumps... | 1,760,377,950.52097 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/27/xbox-360-first-impressions/ | Xbox 360 First Impressions | Eliot | [
"Reviews",
"Xbox Hacks"
] | [
"review",
"xbox",
"xbox 360"
] | I feel the need to include a disclaimer before getting into this: I don’t own an original Xbox, I own a Playstation 2, I consider myself a casual gamer, I’m a fan of Open Source and not Microsoft.
I purchased this box on the first day because early versions of consoles are generally easier to modify. With the PSP ver. ... | 110 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "15057",
"author": "hunter",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T10:38:41",
"content": "xbox 360 sounds good but i acree it is very cripled and for no reson",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15056",
"author": "justin wong",
"timestamp... | 1,760,377,950.610554 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/26/cooking-with-processors/ | Cooking With Processors | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | While contemplating how to turn my new heat pumping Xbox into a foot cozy, I remembered some links that [h-tech] had sent in.
The first is
cooking an egg on a processor
in a functional PC. The proc in question is an AMD Athlon XP1500+. The tray is supported by a stack of 1p and 2p sterling coins. After approx. 4 minute... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "14953",
"author": "flaunt_dzx",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:03:46",
"content": "EZ-Bake 360!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14954",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-26T19:49:13",
"content": "woha! Didn’t ... | 1,760,377,950.677198 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/25/gamecube-linux/ | GameCube Linux | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [] | I know this week belongs to the Xbox 360, but sometimes you need a break from all of the hype. Once the
Xbox Linux
team got a mature system established they decided to move on to
GameCube Linux
. They’ve made a lot of progress:
The GameCube Linux kernel has working drivers for PAL and NTSC framebuffers, the Broadband A... | 17 | 17 | [
{
"comment_id": "14923",
"author": "matt pist",
"timestamp": "2005-11-25T19:55:02",
"content": "first post? :Pthis looks kinda cool. maybe people will make something more useful out of the gamecube now…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14922",
... | 1,760,377,950.732529 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/24/total-christmas-light-control/ | Total Christmas Light Control | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Now that Thanksgiving is in full swing, I think I can safely mention Christmas without receiving the beat down. In this project, Christmas is just an excuse to build a parallel port connected
control box capable of switching 320 individual circuits
. The interface is constructed out of two types of chips: the 138 deco... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "14906",
"author": "steve",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T19:14:07",
"content": "reminds me of this [http://metacafe.com/watch/45390/wizards_of_winter/] ridiculously fun movie clip.direct link:http://content-mixed.metacafe.com/tmp670073258530.708/%5BFrom%20www.metacafe.com%5D%2045390.1539... | 1,760,377,950.779094 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/23/hack-a-day-extra-9/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | Yes, I was able to get an Xbox 360 on launch day. No, it wasn’t actually hard for me to get one either so I’ll spare you my story. I’ll probably sell it for a Playstation 3 when that is released, but I felt it was necessary to buy one on the first day since I’ve been missing out on all of the PSP homebrew fun. I’ll be ... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "14896",
"author": "hermit",
"timestamp": "2005-11-24T10:46:01",
"content": "Jesus, I’d say “extra.” This is the biggest list I have seen yet.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14895",
"author": "ad",
"timestamp": "2005-11-... | 1,760,377,950.846416 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/23/thermal-keypad-combo-snooping/ | Thermal Keypad Combo Snooping | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | This is interesting demo of how residual heat in a safe keypad could expose the key sequence. Using a hand-held thermal imaging device (not cheap) you can read which buttons on a keypad were pressed 5 to 10 minutes after the event from up to 10 meters away. Even though each key press is momentary there is enough heat t... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "14873",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:03:09",
"content": "splinter cell!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14872",
"author": "Mojo Jojo",
"timestamp": "2005-11-23T19:17:49",
"content": "So just heat... | 1,760,377,950.912016 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/22/bluetooth-stereo-bridge/ | Bluetooth Stereo Bridge | Eliot | [
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [] | [Chris] had made a sturdy mount in his car for his iPAQ. He uses the iPAQ for directions and playing mp3s. After nearly ripping apart his line-in cable every time he took the iPAQ out of its cradle he decided to create a wireless solution. He chopped up a pair of HP FA303A Bluetooth headphones to extract the receiver p... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "14842",
"author": "KuRTROedeger",
"timestamp": "2005-11-22T19:08:31",
"content": "This has some usefullness to me. Thank yoU!–KurtRoedeger",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "14841",
"author": "Singularis",
"timestamp": "20... | 1,760,377,951.513467 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/20/nes-controller-for-pocket-pc/ | NES Controller For Pocket PC | Eliot | [
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | As an emulator enthusiast Oscar was frustrated by the button placement on his Pocket PC. He decided to
adapt an NES controller to the PDA
. The iPAQ had four buttons plus a D-pad like the controller so he just needed to find a way to translate between the two. The answer came from a Belkin IR keyboard. In addition to t... | 9 | 9 | [
{
"comment_id": "15625",
"author": "colin brown",
"timestamp": "2005-12-20T19:06:10",
"content": "Nice, I have two of these plus the old console. I’m inspired by some of the things you can do with them, I’ll maybe give it a go!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,951.257098 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/20/want-to-write-how-tos-for-engadget/ | Want To Write How-tos For Engadget? | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | I’m hiring a new ‘How-to’ editor for
Engadget
. We’re looking for someone who can contribute at least 2 how-tos a month. Original how-tos can cover hardware, software, and anything in between. We’ve covered software how-tos like
streaming with VLC
and
setting up Synergy
. We definitely want someone who isn’t afraid of ... | 7 | 7 | [
{
"comment_id": "15616",
"author": "tns",
"timestamp": "2005-12-21T02:09:09",
"content": "#13: And it’s also clearly unrelated to the fact that he has yet to master the complexities of adding a comment.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15617",
... | 1,760,377,951.351298 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/19/rfid-based-spatial-address-book/ | RFID Based Spatial Address Book | Eliot | [
"Cellphone Hacks"
] | [] | The march of reader hacks continues and I couldn’t be happier. [Timo] has been experimenting with a prototype
Nokia 3220 Near Field Communication
phone. The phone features an RFID reader/writer (and an odd logo that seems to combine a Dreamcast with RSS). The phone’s Service Discovery application reads RFID tags that i... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "15610",
"author": "steel maverick",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T19:19:00",
"content": "w00t!!! f1rs7 p0s7!!!Nice. Might try this hack,",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15601",
"author": "mr dan",
"timestamp": "2005-12-19T20:... | 1,760,377,951.63417 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/18/playstation-2-controller-adc/ | Playstation 2 Controller ADC | Eliot | [
"Playstation Hacks"
] | [] | [Paul Skinner] sent in an interesting project that he has been working on. The goal is to use biofeedback (heart rate, skin temperature) for sound control. The Playstation controller offers multiple analog inputs so Paul decided to modify one to use as an analog to digital converter. Before tearing the controller down ... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "15599",
"author": "chris",
"timestamp": "2005-12-18T19:14:04",
"content": "very cool and intresting. It’s funny too because at my nasa bioengineering mentorship last year i prototyped somthing very similar to this and then adapted it to optimize pilot aircraft interface. We ended up... | 1,760,377,951.307328 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/17/count-accumulator-for-radiation-levels/ | Count Accumulator For Radiation Levels | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | This hack was put together by reader [Forrest Cook]. He was wondering if there were any radioactive materials in his rock collection. This is an add-on box for a 60s era Victoreen CDV700 Geiger counter. Vintage gieger counters don’t actually count; they use an analog meter with an integrator circuit to do short term av... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "15588",
"author": "colonel_panic",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17T19:10:02",
"content": "Wow…That could be useful for my physical science class…",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15587",
"author": "Rob",
"timestamp": "2005-12-17... | 1,760,377,951.210232 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/16/linux-running-on-palmones-lifedrive/ | Linux Running On PalmOne’s LifeDrive | Eliot | [
"handhelds hacks"
] | [] | I am amazed at how quickly Alex from
hackndev
was able to get
Linux running on the LifeDrive
. It looks like the majority of the work only spanned 2 weeks. The Linux system is started using
Garux
a bootloader that you run in the Palm OS. Garux unloads Palm OS from memory and boots the Linux kernel in its place. Alex ha... | 25 | 25 | [
{
"comment_id": "15576",
"author": "kURTROEDEGER",
"timestamp": "2005-12-16T19:04:59",
"content": "i WISH I KNEW LINUX, SO MANY HACKS OUT THERE AND CUSTOMIZATION.–kURTROEDEGER",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15577",
"author": "cantsleepcatsw... | 1,760,377,951.470552 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/15/drunk-animatronic-santa/ | Drunk Animatronic Santa | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Reader [Josh McCormick] hacked this
awesomely drunk animatronic Santa
.
Here’s a cached video link
. He purchased the 5 foot tall singing and dancing Santa Claus at Walmart for $50 with the intention of modifying it for an art show. Once he got it home he began tearing it down. He found the brains of the device in the ... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "15553",
"author": "Unomi",
"timestamp": "2005-12-15T13:56:26",
"content": "And? Did he also put Rudolf’s nose on Santa? I mean, you’re drunk or totally wasted/trashed. The difference is the nose or is that only a myth just like the whole Santa story?– Unomi –",
"parent_id": null... | 1,760,377,951.410667 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/08/rotary-pinhole-camera/ | Rotary Pinhole Camera | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | Pinhole cameras use a tiny pinhole as their aperture instead of a lens. Fran?s Besson designed this camera to take a 240 degree panoramic picture. The camera aperture slot rotates on one axis while the film rotates on a separate axis. The 8×20″ film is attached to a large drum mounted to the second spindle. The exposur... | 10 | 10 | [
{
"comment_id": "15351",
"author": ".:prophecy:.",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T03:17:20",
"content": "French – Booooo.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15352",
"author": "Midna",
"timestamp": "2005-12-09T03:43:37",
"content": "FIRST POST... | 1,760,377,951.681035 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/07/hack-a-day-extra-7/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | I’ve got my new box up and running. I assembled it on Monday afternoon and started looking into
OSx86
since I wanted to triple boot the box with XP MCE and Linux. After walking into several dead ends I decided to quit for the day. Tuesday came and I decided instead of messing with OSx86 and getting a MCE bootleg I woul... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "15341",
"author": "Mojo Jojo",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T11:34:58",
"content": "I live for these Hack a Day Extras thanks Elliot",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15342",
"author": "geeker",
"timestamp": "2005-12-08T12:31:2... | 1,760,377,951.731619 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/07/excel-based-drum-machine/ | Excel Based Drum Machine | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | [Thomas] just wanted a simple, free drum machine to play with. He decided to build one himself using MS Excel. To get it up and running you need to download a .zip file that contains the .xls and .dll files. Grab some drum samples and you are ready to go. Each drum is mapped to a key and can be used with a game pad. Do... | 22 | 22 | [
{
"comment_id": "15331",
"author": "F13Nd",
"timestamp": "2005-12-07T19:05:49",
"content": "this is a lot like the ijam widget. rockout in your lunch break.http://www.widgetgallery.com/view.php?widget=37305/F13ND",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "... | 1,760,377,951.895292 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/06/supercap-9v-battery/ | SuperCap 9V Battery | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | 9V batteries are often found in devices that aren’t used very often. If you use a NiCd rechargeable battery you may find it completely discharged by the time you need it. Capacitors on the other hand can maintain their charge for years. This circuit uses a 10F cap with a switching voltage regulator to increase the volt... | 97 | 50 | [
{
"comment_id": "15304",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-06T19:50:20",
"content": "interesting… i might try this!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": [
{
"comment_id": "1049740",
"author": "sfdf",
"timestamp": "2013-08-29T21:56:18",
"... | 1,760,377,951.984296 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/05/6502-driven-nixie-tube-clock/ | 6502 Driven Nixie Tube Clock | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | I love Cold War chic like [ryan brooks]’s great looking nixie tube clock. There have been other microcontroller based nixie tube clocks so Ryan decided to base his on the venerable MOS Technology 6502. The 6502 is the same 8-bit processor used in the Apple II and Commodore 64. He’s got a couple interesting notes from t... | 20 | 20 | [
{
"comment_id": "15240",
"author": "The Tech Department",
"timestamp": "2005-12-05T19:26:19",
"content": "Sorry, couldn’t help myself. That’s sorta cool. Very retro. Makes me want to pull my 1970’s EE Desk reference and build something out of it. If only they would have built a giant retro bell(I’m ... | 1,760,377,952.093264 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/04/electrostatic-headphones/ | Electrostatic Headphones | Eliot | [
"Portable Audio Hacks"
] | [] | Most headphones and speakers use electromagnetic force to drive speaker coils. Electrostatic speakers use electrostatic force to modulate a diaphragm. Mylar is used as the diaphragm in these headphones. Two insulating rings sandwich the mylar and a perforated stator is placed on either side. Ideally these stators would... | 18 | 18 | [
{
"comment_id": "15220",
"author": "Joel",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T20:09:13",
"content": "quite well done there!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15221",
"author": "winphreak",
"timestamp": "2005-12-04T20:41:43",
"content": "Wow. I w... | 1,760,377,952.040335 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/03/depth-of-field-machine-for-dv/ | Depth Of Field Machine For DV | Eliot | [
"Portable Video Hacks"
] | [] | The small footprint of a CCD makes it hard for digital video cameras to emulate the short depth of field of film cameras. You’ll notice depth of field in movies when they have one actor close to the camera and you see the second actor over the shoulder; the actors will alternate being in focus because of the short dept... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "15203",
"author": "josh",
"timestamp": "2005-12-03T20:07:54",
"content": "first post!!!i never even noticed that with DV cams. Will look and see if i can do that for mine.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15202",
"author": "b... | 1,760,377,952.147732 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/02/build-your-own-computer-rack/ | Build Your Own Computer Rack | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | Most geeks dream of rackmounting their gear. The fact that most rack equipment is purchased by companies means it’s way too overpriced. Seriously, $60 for a drawer? The best solution for us is to build our own. Here’s a build from the ground up. It starts with the basic 19″ rack. Then adds fileservers and other compone... | 32 | 32 | [
{
"comment_id": "15188",
"author": "mc",
"timestamp": "2005-12-02T19:18:21",
"content": "i don’t dream of rackmounting anything, for now a regular utility shelf in a closet serves my needs. however if i ever acquire enough 19″ equipment, i’ve seen “racks” made from two 2×4’s with appropriately space... | 1,760,377,952.216364 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/12/01/snes-super-fx-overclocking/ | SNES Super FX Overclocking | Eliot | [
"home entertainment hacks"
] | [] | marshallh from the benheck.com forums has managed to overclock a Super FX chip. The Super FX was an extra graphics processor included in some Super Nintendo games. Using this chip, games like Star Fox were able to handle polygons and intensive sprite scaling. marshallh removed the 21.4Mhz ceramic resonator from a Vorte... | 12 | 12 | [
{
"comment_id": "15160",
"author": "genome",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T19:12:14",
"content": "This is neat, just wish someone figured this out a decade or so ago!Extra cool points for solving a 8 year old problem!!!",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id":... | 1,760,377,952.265475 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/30/hack-a-day-extra-8/ | Hack-A-Day Extra | Eliot | [
"Uncategorized"
] | [] | We’re a Top 100 Folding@HOME team
! Take that Tom’s Hardware Community! No, seriously, we are that
freakin
‘ huge now. I celebrated by buying some more hardware to fold with. You can find out more at the
Team Hack-A-Day Forum
. If you don’t know what this folding thing is all about, check the
team
wiki
. You could alw... | 30 | 30 | [
{
"comment_id": "15148",
"author": "jeanphe",
"timestamp": "2005-12-01T09:52:33",
"content": "on that article about the scientist who claimed aliens could hack seti:how can this guy be a physicist and claim that this is remotely possible.section ‘.dataseg’ data writeable readablesection ‘.codeseg’ c... | 1,760,377,952.340605 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/30/homemade-heat-pipes/ | Homemade Heat Pipes | Eliot | [
"computer hacks"
] | [] | Heat pipes are used to passively transfer heat from one area to another. On pcs they’re usually found moving heat from the processor to large heatsinks on the case exterior. Heat pipes contain liquids that vaporize when heated. The vapor moves up the pipe and is cooled by the external heatsink. This transfer of heat co... | 23 | 23 | [
{
"comment_id": "15110",
"author": "grayskies",
"timestamp": "2005-11-30T19:24:53",
"content": "In other news, Team Hack-a-Day broke into the top 100 Folding @ Home teams yesterday. Come check us out athttp://www.teamhackaday.com",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
... | 1,760,377,952.449176 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/29/floppy-drive-heliostat/ | Floppy Drive Heliostat | Eliot | [
"Misc Hacks"
] | [] | This is an ongoing project to build a heliostat from a floppy drive. Heliostats are used by solar arrays to track the sun. This mod uses the main logic board to control the head stepper motor. The board will power up with 5V and consumes 1Watt when the motor is running. There are a couple quirks to the motor operation ... | 16 | 16 | [
{
"comment_id": "15098",
"author": "Simon",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T20:02:19",
"content": "W00t! First post!Cool hack, btw.",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15097",
"author": "Tired2",
"timestamp": "2005-11-29T20:08:12",
"content": "... | 1,760,377,952.390256 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/28/manual-focus-screen-for-a-digital-slr/ | Manual Focus Screen For A Digital SLR | Eliot | [
"digital cameras hacks"
] | [] | Most modern digital SLR cameras use matte focus screens with their autofocus systems instead of the split circle manual focus screens found in non-digital SLR cameras. Although not factory endorsed, there are replacement manual focus screens which can be very expensive. Reader [Jan-Erik Skata] decided to save some mone... | 11 | 11 | [
{
"comment_id": "15082",
"author": "furtim",
"timestamp": "2005-11-28T19:18:35",
"content": "Actually, my (film) N65 also leaves out the split-circle focus ring in favour of showing the AF sensor zones. I might try this hack, except that I couldn’t afford to replace my Nikon if I screwed it up.",
... | 1,760,377,952.499708 | ||
https://hackaday.com/2005/11/27/optical-adb-mouse/ | Optical ADB Mouse | Eliot | [
"Mac Hacks",
"Peripherals Hacks"
] | [] | Here’s an easy hack compared to our usual craziness. Reader [Alex Dawson] was having issues with his Apple Pro Optical mouse. The new mouse had broken its USB cable connection internally due to insufficient strain relief. Cases for these mice are epoxied together and working on them is a one-way trip, never to return t... | 15 | 15 | [
{
"comment_id": "15074",
"author": "weirdguy",
"timestamp": "2005-11-27T19:38:47",
"content": "off-topic but: di anyone notice that psp linux site is down?",
"parent_id": null,
"depth": 1,
"replies": []
},
{
"comment_id": "15073",
"author": "Wafermouse",
"timestamp": "200... | 1,760,377,952.551174 |
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