Comments on: Hackaday links

By: Quick online tips

Quick online tips — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:25:05 +0000

If you liked Livemarks, You might also enjoy this huge collection of del.icio.us tools.
http://pchere.blogspot.com/2005/02/absolutely-delicious-complete-tool.html

By: Da beave

Da beave — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:05:44 +0000

About unlocking the Linksys PAP2. A lot of companys, when you buy a ATA (PAP2) from them, they “lock” you into there plan. For example, with the PAP2’s Vonage “locks” the unit so it “cannot” be altered. Lets say you end up not liking Vonage, and decided to carry you business elsewhere. Even though you _own_ the hardware, you cannot modify it to use it with another service provider! What unlocking does is allow you to do anything with the device you want. In this case, you’re unlocking it from being a strictly “Vonag” device to being something you can use anywhere you want (say – with your home Asterisk server). What also made this “hack” attractive was the fact that Staples was giving a $50.00 rebate on the units. You did _not_ need to sign up for Vonage to get the $50.00 rebate! The _unit_ costs $50.00. Basically, free unlock’able PAP2 units. I hope this clears up some of the misunderstandings.

By: jason

jason — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 04:18:50 +0000

I tried to order the PAP2 from staples but it’s blocked on the website from adding to the cart… called the 1-800 number and the rep wouldn’t take my order saying that it was going to be phased out, and they weren’t sure if they would even get enough in to fill the backordered orders already in place. =-( so close

By: CAptSnuffy

CAptSnuffy — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 02:08:37 +0000

“rumble mouse could use pager motors. they run on 1.5v. they are smaller, so may not have as much rumble, but you get the point.”

Exactly what i was thinking, you can buy the motors (with the weight for vibration) online at stores that cater to BEAM robotics. I might try it with those and an old mouse.

The hard drive speakers are kind of lame, you can do the same thing with any relatively strong magnet. And they shouldn’t be compared to Afroman’s (he is god) hd speakers because the heads on his move and look awesome while they work.

a stalker greg hum is

By: gunforhire

gunforhire — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 01:27:23 +0000

You can buy a proper adaptor for the Xbox controller to use on PC for about $8 if you look around.

By: evan frohlich

evan frohlich — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 01:20:11 +0000

I just want to thank hackaday for the great reference.
pixel2life.com

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 00:12:24 +0000

so what exactly is the point of unlocking the pap2? this is new to me does that mean u have voip over ur internet connection with out having to pay vonage?

By: bodiby

bodiby — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 18:33:04 +0000

rumble mouse could use pager motors. they run on 1.5v. they are smaller, so may not have as much rumble, but you get the point.

By: Fnord

Fnord — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 15:41:08 +0000

Here is a Tor Mirror for the pap2 unlocking howto:
http://xrwomtsfodx2jby3.onion/docs/PAP2/

By: Confused Fishcake

Confused Fishcake — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 10:37:36 +0000

I like the ir camera, although wouldn’t it be better if you held an ir “torch” in your hand so you didn’t have to control it manually?

By: jared harley

jared harley — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 06:07:49 +0000

Loved the mouse, because I’m all about pointless projects purely for the “neat!” factor. I agree with #2 though, I would have liked to seen it done with a 5V motor wired into the USB power line – also, an optical mouse. I haven’t seen a ball mouse in a looong time…

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 05:31:00 +0000

Regarding the above comment, I also agree that $175 for a pan/tilt is extortion. I would say for IR control, just take apart a cheap old stereo and use the remote from that… ie. the contacts for “play” could be pan up, etc… sounds like a fun project, now to break my sister’s CD player.

By: mc

mc — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:01:05 +0000

regarding the camera? well yeah. mine was free because i had all the parts lying around. a little creative acrylic cutting and heat gun bending, and i got http://www.macetech.com/cambig.jpg

it runs on the serial port and uses a PIC16F84. the top platform could be rotated 90 degrees and a 1/4-20 screw installed to mount normal cameras. i wrote a little piece of software to remember positional bookmarks and manually pan/tilt etc. someday i will put an actual design document together for you all.

By: noog

noog — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:38:22 +0000

I’m curious, do any of you know if the PAP2 unlocking will work on a Vonage box that was bought in the UK?

By: Bucky

Bucky — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 03:07:01 +0000

I have to say, I like the ingenuity behind the rumble mouse. I really really do. I think I may try that sometime. I would use a 5V DC motor so it could be powered directly from the USB connection, and I’d try to actually fit it in the casing. Props.