Ben Heck gets sloppy and we love it

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[Ben Heck] is a name synonymous with game system hacking. His projects have been seen and praised by people all over the world for both their quality and their ingenuity. He’s so good, in fact, that many of his projects have gone far beyond what we typically think of as hacking. They look and feel like commercial products. While that is a fantastic accomplishment, we have a soft spot for seeing stuff that is truly hacked. This lasted job he did is a great example. The controller needed to work using a single hand, so he hacked it. He was in a hurry, so it didn’t get his usual professional finish. We kind of like it that way. This one handed controller mod can be seen in action after the break.

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tagged: ben heck, xbox

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Haha! He is wearing socks and loafers!…
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Ouch! You certainly put me in my spot.

Nice hack.

Posted at 12:17 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by Odin84gk

nice mod. nice talking heads reference:)

Posted at 12:44 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by mario

The Legend continues…

Posted at 12:56 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by strider_mt2k

What’s the thing with you Americans using shoes inside the house?! :P

Posted at 1:03 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by Entropia

@entropia: we don’t all have radiant heating in our houses, so we wear shoes to deal with cold floors.

@ben heck: Very nice controller. Well done. Too bad about the broken switch, but it looks good anyway. You’ve inspired me to make two of these – one for my left hand and one for my right. Now I can finally play head to head (yes, I need friends :-P).

Posted at 1:36 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by daryl

@entropia I dont like wearing my shoes in the house.

this is pretty cool for a quick hack

Posted at 2:36 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by napalm

Same as it ever was!

I sang that in my head right after you said it, then you started saying it. Thats great, thanks :)

Posted at 2:46 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by Kevin

I have slippers or sandals for inside the house.

It was a hard habit to break, but my floors are cleaner now and it’s way more comfortable.

Posted at 3:13 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by strider_mt2k

This article makes it sound like Hack-a-Day settles for second-best… Oh… wait… Nevermind…

Not to detract from Ben Heck’s amazing work. I’ve always been amazed at the things he can do and has made. And this hack is certainly not second-best.

Posted at 4:19 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by Sloppy

@Sloppy,
This is HACK a day, not professionally designed and fabricated project -a-day.

Posted at 6:23 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by captain obvious

@Entropia: True hackers have so many loose screws, snipped leads and those ever so sharp DIP chips scattered about the floor like calthrops. Not wearing shoes is an invitation to adding blood to the floor.

Posted at 6:43 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by DoScythes

blah blah blah

go fellate ben heck somewhere else

Posted at 7:07 pm on Sep 23rd, 2009 by anon

please continue to fellate ben heck here.

the guy above is a cookie

Posted at 4:30 am on Sep 24th, 2009 by mig

@daryl Cold floors really isn’t an excuse for the dirty habit of indoor shoe wearing… we Canadians don’t wear shoes in the house…and other than alaska, I’d bet its a lot colder here than wherever you may be…

Posted at 5:37 am on Sep 24th, 2009 by Chris

@daryl, Don’t you mean hand-to-hand?

Posted at 8:34 am on Sep 24th, 2009 by JD

I’m surprised no one has realized this means juvenile fellows can fap while teabagging their friends!

Posted at 11:03 am on Sep 24th, 2009 by srilyk

@Chris
We may have the dirty habit of wearing shoes in our homes, but at least we have sense enough not to put gravy on our fries.

Posted at 2:19 pm on Sep 24th, 2009 by daler

Ben Heck gets sloppy and we love it

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