hackaday links

posted Jun 11th 2005 12:30am by Vince Veneziani
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hello readers! I hope you are all doing very well. The heat here in Philadelphia has just been absolutely killer. I think that if we’re doing any hacks, it should be a nice way to keep cool!

The next hackaday postcast will be out in June. I can let you guys know that much for sure.
And someone sent me the idea of a hackaday meetup. I like the idea. Leave a comment if you’re in Philadelphia/Near Philadelphia, tomorrow I’ll be asking about other cities of course.

Wake up with some coffee made from a popcorn maker. [mike]
Hated physics? Skip ahead. Like Physics? Read forward my friend. [arnold]
My kind of hack! Old Apple ADB ball mouse into a spankin new optical mouse! [joe]
Make a USB sega saturn pad from scratch. The best system ever too.
Public internet anonymity made easy. This one is really useful and creative. Nice work.

XXL shampoo. Now this is a first. [Simon]
PSP owner? Want to actually use that wi-fi? Make a wi-fi antenna for your psp.

I leave you guys with possibly the best hack ever. Remember Zoolander and how Derek had that tiny phone? Well…now you can make one yourself (MAGNUM!!!!)

Comments [29]

Reader Comments

I don’t know about that PSP antenna hack.

2.4Ghz makes for a pretty short antenna, and he’s got a wire going to another antenna making this one long antenna for 2.4ghz.

Might be pushing the radio SWR wise, but how do you check something like that on a network radio?

Posted at 12:57 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by strider_mt2k

hello from the art museum area – 19130.

Posted at 1:15 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by ram

I’LL BE THE FIRST TO SAY A DAY SPENT WITH OTHER HACKERS WOULD BE GREAT. I’M IN PA ABOUT 2 HRS. FROM PHILLI. I’D BE THERE.

Posted at 1:39 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by ragnar

Hmmm, for the anonymous browsin thing, why not just use Portable Firefox?

Posted at 2:00 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by yuriks

Actually, the link to “anonymous” web surfing… That doesn’t completely work. It says to install firefox to a USB flash drive… There is a distro of firefox called Firefox Portable that is SPECIFICALLY designed to limit writing to the hard drive by the browser. Just use this and you’re in like flint.

Posted at 2:06 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Sean

I’m 20 mins from philadelphia 19454 zip. Make a time during the week and im sure i could be there. I “work” on the weekends yeah but I’d be there. Are we going to have a live hack?

Posted at 2:12 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Brandon

Dangnabit, I know that yuriks’ post wasn’t there when I posted. I know it!

Posted at 2:41 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Sean

I’m in ridley, a few mmiles south of philly. 19094.

Posted at 3:34 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Kyle

haha…I allready do the firefox thing with my usb pen drive, just to get past the school’s stupid filters

Posted at 3:49 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Ben

I think it would be great to have it somewhere in King of prussia: its a focal point between, philadelphia, mont co, chester, and delaware county. just a thought

Posted at 4:18 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Jeff stewart

philly – 19104

Posted at 5:37 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by nate

I’m in the area. 18077. I’m about 50 miles north of philly, but I would be up for a good time spent with other geeks like me ;)

Posted at 5:47 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Nick

http://johnhaller.com/jh/mozilla/portable_firefox/
for Portable Firefox. He also has portable Thunderbird as well. If you feel really brave, you can get Trillian Anyware (http://www.trilliananywhere.com/), and the circle of internet applications will be complete.

Posted at 5:56 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by bemdude

the psp antenna hack works just fine-i did it to mine (tho i did’nt hack such a nasty hole in the case as the guy who came up with it did) bout 3-4 months ago,when this hack first came out-i also submitted it to this site right after that,but of course,no response. ah well,everyone can’t be on the cutting edge it seems….

Posted at 6:12 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by jamima69

I’m a few hours away from Philly (live about an hour from P-burgh), but if I have a reason, I’d be glad to make the trek. Although depending on the duration/time/etc, I may need to find a place to crash on that side of the state.

Posted at 6:24 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Lordkaio

Hey Ben, go to Google. Click “Translation Tools” (unsure of exact wording, you’ll see it). Type in the URL you want to visit in the URL box on the page. Translate it from Chineese (or Japanese) to English. Voila! Also try searching for the URL and then viewing the Google Cache.

Posted at 10:00 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Will

Langhorne :)

Posted at 10:31 pm on Jun 11th, 2005 by Rory

~to Pat’s every Friday night! Fifteen minute drive when I’m drivin’! 08055

Posted at 12:11 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by skab

I live in ridley too. I’d definately love to meet up with hackaday crew. i usually work from 7:00 – 2:30. Post a time and place

Posted at 12:14 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by Quaf

hey i’m here in philly! this heat is insane. i’ve never been in such muggy weather. email me for contact info if you’re in town.

Posted at 12:30 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by dr. apocalypse

http://stashbox.fromtheshadows.tv/box3.0.php

Yoshi performs a similar PSP hack in the from the shadows box 3.0, obviously its not as comprehensive as the article but its good to see a hack in progress thru video. Plus they do some really cool war flying in the same episode, too :)

Posted at 9:24 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by goldfish

Incidentally, if you use the rest of that “anonymous computer use” thing, the part where you copy out the temp folder and copy in your own.. then replace. Yeah, that’ll work to replace files that use the same name, but if your browsing creates new files, there’s nothing to overwrite them with, so they’ll stay.

You’re much better off using the suggestions further up the comments.

BTW: NYC here, but I might be willing to head to Philly.

Posted at 10:29 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by bardicstorm

well, i live near DC, wich is abt. 4 hours to philly

Posted at 11:34 am on Jun 12th, 2005 by calcfreak

I’ve forgotten to stick firefox onto my pendrive. I’ve wanted to use it at school see if i can round the filters as the google trick mention earlier does not work.

Oh and also might be writing up a small project that i’m half working no, only small and dirty but inserting a pedometer into the side of a shoe and then reattaching the parts cut off.

Posted at 12:08 pm on Jun 12th, 2005 by chris

South Jersey here, by Atco Dragstrip!

I’m in. Where and when?
I’ll bring some of my hacks.

Posted at 12:25 pm on Jun 12th, 2005 by strider_mt2k

As to the anonymous browsing link: No. Not Firefox, not Portable Firefox, none of that. Whatever you use, there’s still a risk. If you REALLY want to be untraceable, use Damn Small Linux (http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/) off a pen drive or a CD, either from within Windows or with a reboot, and then when you’re done just walk away and vanish. *laughs maniacally* The perfect crime…

Posted at 12:51 pm on Jun 12th, 2005 by suntiger

19027 – elkins park (septa will easily get me anywhere around philly)… monday ant tuesday are jewish holidays so i wouldn’t make it unless it were afterwards. also, maybe if there’s a cooler day coming up-this heat is ridiculous

Posted at 2:45 pm on Jun 12th, 2005 by Ariel

DSL inside Qemu is dastardly slow, but relatively effective. I don’t know offhand if a keyboard sniffer will intercept a Qemu session, so you still have client trust issues. As far as portable apps are concerned, there’s getting to be a whole subculture. See http://www.no-install.com/ for just one example.

Posted at 2:55 pm on Jun 12th, 2005 by Roy

Okay, Florida hackers unite maybe?
Lakeland, FL!!

hackaday is coming back around.

Posted at 12:48 pm on Jun 13th, 2005 by jared