I made it home after a long day of travel. Airport security let me through with my new home server – a 1U dual P3 800Mhz Compaq rackmount that I scored from the guys at UNIX surplus. Yes, it was my carry-on personal item.
Somehow I missed the MIDI tesla coil last month. Thanks to [skuhl] for sending it in. It’s a solid state coil that’s modulated to create one bad-ass midi box. The videos are worth checking out.
[martin] tells me that the Pentax k10d firmware has been hacked for polish menus. I’ll let you guys sort through it, I’m honestly too tired to deal with translating it right now.
[Alex] re-cased a macbook power supply to repair a slightly ripped out power cable. Those power supplies aren’t cheap, so it’s worth noting.
By the way, I’ve got one of the midnight research wicrawl CDs, so ask nice if you want me to put up a torrent.
Torrent please! I promise to actually seed this one.
Please torrent that wicrawl cd for me…I’ll check back but feel free to email a link to the torrent file. Thanks
me too, you prolly see my emailaddy from the submission.
always fun to play with new programs
torrent torrent
I’ve got one of those Compaqs. It runs Ubuntu Linux and Xen 3.0.2 nicely.
lul torrent the wicrawl plz!
I, too, would also like the torrent for it.
Tesla coils are always cool.
There like LEDs, except they use a little more power, and can kill you.
I would also love a torrent, please email it to me!
Yes, please torrent that CD. Never know when something like that will come in handy.
A torrent would be great :D
*Asks nicely* :D
I would also like to have the torrent please.
I would appreciate the torrent to the max.
pretty please can I have the torrent?
That telsa coil is pretty awesome, i don’t know too much about that sort of thing but it would be awesome if somehow you could control where the arc ends up when it fires.
the mac book adapter? very handy. I almost threw mine out. I am going to do that this weekend… after the adapter is fixed, I intend to charge the sucker up and use one of those wicrawl cds that will so nicely be posted on the net ;) *wink*wink* :)
and as if that weren’t enough asking nicely, the torrent would be very nice (as if you haven’t done enough for us already…) :) thanks in advance…
That would be awesome if you could torrent the wicrawl CD…
We bow before your mighty torrent.
Hi,
Would like a torrent of the wicrawl cd, pretty please, with whipped cream and with cherries on top :)
(email is in comment submission)
Thanks!
Bringing computers through security can be a fun experience.
Not only can they be really heavy and painful if worn in a backpack, but it was also the first time I ever had any issues checking in.
I just love dumpsters in the close proximity to the mit campus they have the best stuff
Pretty please torrent…
Those tesla coil videos are amazing!
wow a torrent of the new wicrawl would be so amazing. I was there this weekend too, i just wasn’t able to shark on one of the CDs, although i did manage to get a few t-shirts!. Good find! Thanks!
Please put up that torrent, and either send me a link or just put it up on the page. Paweeeeeeseee :)
And, I saw that tesla coil in person, or one like it. That is some scary stuff.
Pleaaaaazzzeee… torrent would be appreciated !!
thank you very much in advance…
You can download wicrawl here: http://midnightresearch.com/local/packages/wicrawl/wicrawl-0.4a.tgz
Post the CD, and i will make cookies
Oh plz, plz send me a torrent. oh plz.
I agree with Ziggit. I drove across the border with my friend who wanted to colocate a server in Seattle. Boy, did we have a hard time explaining to the border guard why anyone would want to leave their computer in another city.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U is a better video of that midi tesla. very cool.
we can has wicrawl torrent pls?
k thx bai
yes, torrent please! after the geeks rushed the stage to snatch up the livecds I tried to find the .iso online (the midnight research guys said it’d be up), but it hasn’t been posted yet.
unix surplus had some good deals. i ended up leaving with an old Gateway Pentium 266 laptop in a nice Targus leather case from the Hacker Foundation auction for $15 ;)
Ups, looks like somebody removed this post about Pentax hacking.
If somebody have it still in he cache I can translate it if you want.
hgo
Man, I don’t Envy you trying to get though McCarran Airport with that thing. As a Vegasian (My word, noone else can use it or I’ll sue ya!) I know the nightmare that is that airport. But to throw my vote in, Torrent Please!
Here’s a 2 channel MIDI controlled Tesla Coil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0YIES3cKo4
pweez (*v*)
Hey, you should post some pictures of your new home server when you get it set up. Perhaps I’ve been perusing the modding websites too much, but I love seeing the guts of boxen.
Best part of the Tesla coil video: flash photography.
Your “new” server looks like a Compaq DL 360 G1. If so, check the power supply date. If it is the same vintage as the server I suggest replacing it. You MIGHT still get Compaq/HP to replace the supply. These had the wrong type grease on the fan bearings and heat/time would cause the grease to evaporate and the fan to seize. This caused overheating and shutdown. Our servers like these wound up going to the scrap metal company as nobody wants them. I believe we have two or three left in service. Mostly these servers were just a pain. G2 and beyond were fine.
another vote for the wicrawl torrent.
and more cowbell!! er… tesla coils.
either way.
Please send me the torrent for the Wicrawl CD.
Much obliged, Dakota C:\>
Torrent? Please? I promise I will only do good things with it, like solving world hunger.
Please for the love of 1’s & 0’s torrent the wicrawl cd.
I would like one of those servers, can I get a model number so I can hunt one down?
Much Abliged -Chrono16
Did the torrent ever get posted?
Solemn article. It make me lost in thoughts.
Oh! but Is it the think that you know earlier??