sorry for no links yesterday folks, jet lag was still kickin in. but thankfully, eliot put up an article on how to finally use that damn cvs camcorder! bout time right? so before i throw you lotsa links, let me say this: i am out of all merch aside from a few shirts. i came back from, vegas to over 300 envelopes bulging out of my mailbox. i still havent even gotten to them yet.  so stop … [Read more...]

it's monday again. another new week! but wow, we have some serious recapping to do. defcon 13 has come and gone and boy has it been a blast. we saw a lot of great and horrible talks, met tons of cool people, gave out tons of stickers and t-shirts and pins, and also got hacked! w00t! we still have a few shirts (and tons of stickers) left though. we'll let you know how you can get your hands on … [Read more...]

this is one of the most insane things i've seen in a long time. this guy obviously had a very formal event (read: prom) to go to at one point. chances are he was desperate for attention which resulted in his coke can tux. that's right. he ran a can drive with his readers and friends to get the cans to make this monstrosity. he then went and mashed, molded, melted, and sewed a series of coke cans … [Read more...]

The ATM machines here at Defcon all now have Defcon logos and stuff on the screens. There's also a talk on hacking ATM machines. So therefore, we're guessing the ATM machines have been compromised so for every dope using them and getting hit with the $2.00 fee: Pshhhh....go fsck yourself. … [Read more...]

This ball was being shown from DC*480. It's a remote control ball that has a camera and processor. It can throw itself anywhere and only took the team 3 days to build...with 6 months of planning of course. I got a turn to try it out and you rotate the X and Y axis to make it move. It takes random screenshots too of what it sees. I love it. Great project. … [Read more...]

Yours truely. (Sexy) beast of burden, Eliot See you there. We'll have some shirts today and some more tomorrow. … [Read more...]

our heads hurt. we're not gonna lie. but then the nasty sound of the doorbell came at about 8am this morning. who was it? ups. they had a nice box for us. t-shirts! check em out! we'll be selling them today and tomorrow of course at defcon. $100 a piece. not. they'll be free, just come find us and find out how you can get one. to find us, just look for us with the hackaday t-shirts. … [Read more...]