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halo hacking – vince interviews redbluefire from trickingit.com
hackback – stories from your hackaday peers
podcasting on your mac – itunes 4.9 support and why
after having problems with my old dsl router, i finally ordered and received the actiontec gt701-wg from qwest. i believe this is what they are starting to distribute by default in my area, and i wouldn’t be surprised if these were to be found elsewhere as well.
the interesting thing about these new actiontec routers is that they run linux. … Read the rest
just think about how much energy you waste when you pound your heels into the ground while walking or jogging. you exert a lot of effort fighting gravity to lift your foot and body from the ground, only to let gravity take over, allowing your body to fall forward onto your heel again and wear another layer from the sole … Read the rest
for today’s links, i thought it would be a kick to round up all hacks portable gaming related. several of these you may have seen before, several of them you may not have, but they are all worth investigating and may serve as some inspiration and technical instruction for your own portable gaming project.
benheck’s portables:
atari 2600 vagabond 2000… Read the rest
benjamin heckendorn of portable playstation 2 fame has been working on a prototype for a mass produced portable atari 2600, code named ‘phoenix’.
it has a 3.5″ screen, takes 6 aa batteries, uses standard atari game cartridges, and will someday allow me to play hours and hours of joust and moon patrol on international flights.
ben recently started a phoenix … Read the rest
the ‘mars rover‘ is a telepresence robot made by robo-hobbiest kerwin lumpkins. he created it as a mock up of the real mars rover, but on a more down-to-earth scale.
controlling the tank is a general purpose robotics development board, also designed by kerwin. the darc board takes input from infrared and sonar sensors, controls locomotion and camera … Read the rest
wow, such heated debate! the fox blocker is what’s called a band-stop filter. you can make your own and block whichever cable frequency you wish.
sidenote: in the old days, cable companies would screw a few of these on your line to block premium channels that you hadn’t paid for. good samaritans would occasionally crack open the cable box … Read the rest
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