Hack a Day Fail Whale Contest (1)
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We’re back! There may be a bit of oddness for the next few days. Our Fail Whale contest is still running and we’ve received over 100 entries so far. Here’s how you can participate: While we’re adding more hamsters to our server power plant we thought we’d hold a little art contest. Whenever Twitter goes down, they post the iconic Fail Whale. The Fail Whale has become so popular that it has spawned a dedicated ...
Google Chrome webcast starts now (5)
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Filed under: google hacks, newsThe webcast for Google's new Chrome browser starts at 11PDT. The browser is supposed to feature better memory management. Right now they're opening with Led Zeppelin and Queen, so I guess it's supposed to be rockin' as well. Download it for Windows here. Chromium source available here.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Apollo Guidance Computer clone (8)
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Filed under: misc hacks, daily[Cliff Miller] pointed out this incredible project from 2004. [John Pultorak]'s journey began in late 2000 when he decided to build a 60's or 70's era minicomputer. While gathering technical documentation, he found some interesting information on the Apollo Guidance Computer and felt that was the way to go. The AGC was the first integrated circuit computer ever built. Designed by MIT in 1964 it was constructed from ~5000 ICs, almost ...
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Eater said:
Fuck yeah! I wanna do this after I'm done working through the TECS book (http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/) -- which is awesome, by the way.
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joco said:
Amikor a férfiak még férfiak voltak, a nők még nők és a számítógépeket még NOR kapukból építették.
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dknowles said:
I want one of these. ksw: 20% project?
HTC Dream Android phone (13)
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Filed under: cellphones hacks, newsEngadget has a full gallery of the new HTC Dream, the first production phone running Android. It will be available on T-Mobile some time this Fall (missing features notwithstanding).Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
1100 barrel paintball gun (20)
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Filed under: misc hacks, news[Adam] and [Jamie] from Mythbusters built a paintball gun with 1100 barrels as some graphics card marketing gimmick. It's a formidable beast, but we're sure it takes forever to prep.[via Laughing Squid]Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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Corris said:
impressive! adam and jamie are my heroes
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booyaa said:
worth watching, you may end up fast forwarding but watch it.
Comcast announces 250GB bandwidth cap (5)
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Filed under: newsToday, Comcast updated their Acceptable Use Policy to cover exactly what they feel is "excessive use". When the Comcast cap starts October 1st, they will contact people breaking the 250GB per month transfer limit and ask them to curb their usage. While it'll be hard for most people to hit this limit, we still wonder if policing 0.1% of the customer base is worth the effort. At least Comcast has bothered to state ...
16 circuit bent toys (1)
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OObject compiled a list of 16 circuit bent kids’ toys found on YouTube. There’s a broad range here: from Speak & Spells, to Pikachus, to Game Boys, and even the odd vinyl based toy. It’s an interesting list, but you won’t find a single soothing sound in the group. [via Gizmodo]
Ubiquity, a browser command line (15)
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Filed under: downloads hacks During the last day the web has been abuzz about Mozilla Labs' Ubiquity. It's an addon for Firefox that can help you streamline how you get things done on the web. In the example above, they show constructing an email with a map and reviews using mostly keyboard driven input. The addon is quick to install and we think you'll find it saving you a lot of time on tasks you'd ...
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eric stimmel said:
this looks awesome... i guess i will be trying this out at work tomorrow :)
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Adam said:
very cool, kinda like quicksilver for the mac
RC plane sequence caller (1)
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Filed under: daily, digital audio hacksReader [Kelly Regan] flies large scale RC planes, but would often need someone call out flight sequences while rehearsing. Not wanting to impose on fellow club members, [Kelly] built a sequencer caller from a cheap MP3 player. It just required extending the FWD key to a pin header. Those pins are connected to a custom switch on the back of the controller. Each maneuver is recorded with 30 seconds of ...
Coyote-1 guitar pedal available now (4)
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Filed under: peripherals hacks, digital audio hacksOpenStomp's Coyote-1 is now available for $349. The guitar effects pedal lets users design and upload their own effects to the device. It has two stomp switches with LEDs, an LCD display, and four user assignable knobs. The back has 1/4" in/out and one selectable 1/4". It also features NTSC composite out, a headphone jack, mini-USB for uploading, and an RJ11 I2C bus for expansion. The processor is a ...
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blogan said:
Looks like fun. I think I want to build an analog pedal first, though. And probably a tube amp...
Subway hacker speaks (4)
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Filed under: cons, security hacksPopular Mechanics has an interview with [Zach Anderson], one of the MIT hackers that was temporarily gagged by the MBTA. The interview is essentially a timeline of the events that led up to the Defcon talk cancellation. [Zach] pointed out a great article by The Tech that covers the vulnerabilities. The mag stripe cards can be easily cloned. The students we're also able to increase the value of the card by ...
Monster truck lawn mower (2)
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Filed under: transportation hacksIt's no secret that we're gear heads at heart. Our transportation hacks category is full of unfortunate machinery like [Steven Laurie]'s motor art, weed whacker bikes, and electric motorcycles of all types. Even we have trouble justifying the existence of this monster truck style lawn tractor though. We haven't found a project site for it and can't help but wonder what kind of person would build such a thing? It's obviously the ...
Dan Kaminsky's DNS Black Hat video (6)
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Filed under: downloads hacks, security hacksBlack Hat has published the media from Dan Kaminsky's infamous DNS vulnerability talk. You can get the full video (101MB) or just the audio.The full archive of slides and white papers from this year has been posted too.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Rebooting the magic SysRq way (8)
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Filed under: downloads hacks, misc hacks[Cory Wright] shares a tip on how to reboot a system with a failed hard drive remotely. The magic SysRq key is a linux kernel feature that lets you perform a number of interesting operations. If you're working on a remote system where the disk has failed, you won't have access to the reboot or shutdown commands. You can issue keystrokes to the magic SysRq device in /proc though, so ...
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Daniel said:
well it was news to me!
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booyaa said:
very useful to know...
Autonomous paintball sentry gun (15)
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Filed under: robots hacks[Alan] pointed out this great commercial paintball sentry gun. The gun has a low power motherboard running Ubuntu connected to a firewire camera. Two high torque motors control the pan and tilt of a Tippman 98 custom. The control box allows for easy setup. You can change the sensitivity, color tracking, and firing modes. It also has a remote kill switch. All around a nice looking machine, but at $3K we doubt ...
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Josean said:
Gil, tienes que comprarte esto.
Best Firefox 3 extensions (5)
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Filed under: downloads hacks, misc hacksWe generally try to limit the number of extensions we install for security, performance, and because we use a lot of different systems. That's not to say there aren't a lot of interesting addons out there and Mozilla has recently announced the winners of their Extend Firefox 3 Contest. Lifehacker has a full rundown of each of the winners. Nothing really stands out in our eyes (although we might try ...
mySQLgame, playing with database queries (35)
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Filed under: misc hacksmySQLgame is a quirky App Engine game that has decided to forgo flashy UIs and just stick with the core of the system: a database. You start the game by creating your own row in the shared game database. Game time increments your fuel and money resources every ten seconds. Fuel is spent on scanning other rows and for attacking. Money is used for upgrades and building units. Build up resources and ...
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GG said:
'Build up resources and attack your neighbors using database queries, just like any other game.'oh, so true
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Eater said:
We use queries to attack each other at work in a similar fashion, except not on purpose :(
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joco said:
Na ez majdnem olyan beteg, mint a core wars
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px said:
w00t
Waterproof iPod Touch video boombox (1)
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Filed under: portable video hacks, dailyPopular Mechanics contributor [Anthony Veducci] wanted a virtually indestructible video player that he could use anywhere. Not finding a commercial solution, he decided to build his own. He already had a large waterproof case and another for the iPod Touch. The 8" display came from an iPod accessory. Unfortunately it was developed before Apple implemented their stupid accessory locking, so he had to use an Apple approved video cable through ...
