Hackaday Links

February 14, 2005 by Jason Striegel No comments

learn more about the ps2 programming scene

high-quality and professional spit ball launchers.
kick start your new spit ball launching career.
spitwads not your bag? how about a diy cruise missile?

this bar stool would go really well with your basic stamp kegerator

here’s a huge compilation of hacks using old computer parts.
it’s in german, but don’t let that stop you.
i’ll have to come back and post some of these individually when i am through reading them all.

this one, in particular, looked pretty incredible.

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Hack Your Pstwo To Support A Hard Disk

February 14, 2005 by Jason Striegel 50 Comments

pstwo hdd
so when sony announced that the pstwo would not support an internal hard disk, a lot of people were rightfully dissapointed. games like final fantasy xi are not playable on the new system. more importantly, owners of the pstwo would never get the chance to drive seamlessly from city to city in grand theft auto by running the game directly from the hard disk. just think of all the people you could be running over instead of waiting for the next city to load.

well, some hacker who goes by the name of automan has rewritten pstwo history. photos of a pstwo with an internal hard disk have been popping up in forums around the net. the job is not for the faint of heart, and you’ll need a 12v power supply to power the hard disk, but to help get you started i’ve included the ide wiring images after the break.

are there any brave souls that want to give this a try and confirm that it’s legit?

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Hackaday Links

February 13, 2005 by Jason Striegel No comments

another bass hack
okay, you asked for it. one more
linux on the mac mini
and why the airport extreme wont work with it
quitting listening now greatly reduces serious risks to your health
howto: tell the future using only random numbers and quack science

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Embedded Linux Billy Bass

February 13, 2005 by Jason Striegel 4 Comments

linux billy bass
if you haven’t seen this project before, it’s well worth a look. the author shows us how to control billy from a pc104 embedded pc running linux. included is an introduction into using open source tools for creating audio transcriptions, which can then be used to make billy lip-sync to custom audio clips.

the software controls the bass via the pc’s parallel port. if you are interested in doing something like this, you might also want to check out the article we recently posted on controlling an r/c car from your parallel port.

toy hacks and controlling devices from your pc are really great topics. i’d love to see more hacks like this. make sure to send in your tips!

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Hackaday Links

February 12, 2005 by Jason Striegel 10 Comments

a reader tells us a trick to make the usb battery work with the ipod shuffle.
apparantly the trick is to ground the data wires. mine still hasn’t arrived so i can’t confirm :(

first nintendo ds homebrew: tetris ds
geocaching for cash — recovering wireless network baloons
realtime digital photo edge detection. anyone know of software to do this?
turing train terminal. the tmrc would be so proud.
cool hack involving an r/c tank and a wireless camera
citibank uk online security measures less secure and less accessable
mit to submit 2 entries to the grand challenge this year
wartuning
george foreman mini-itx