just giving you guys a heads up.
i checked my mail today and found about 50 letters. wicked. so i drank a beer and got them all done and they’ve been mailed out with buttons. expect them by friday at the latest and thanks for reading guys. we appreciate it.
so we got hacked. whatever. ::sips coffee::
stickers and t-shirts have been shipped and they’ll be here before we leave for defcon….so that’s awesome. i’ve also noticed that a ton of you are international readers. i’m trying my best to think of ideas for you guys since you cant get postage and we have to take care of it. we’ll get it done. no worries. defcon should be very interesting after getting hacked. in a good way of course.
today my friend needs bluetooth installed in his computer. you can bet that it won’t be installed without being done in some messed up way with lights and cabaret.
lemme throw you dogs some hot sausage links though.
nigerian scammers are being punished. oh my god yes.
great guitar modding site. tons of content. [ed]
monitor consumption of your home power. pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
yet another cellphone to handset mod. this one is a bit different. [jake]
one could hardly call this impressive feat of mechanics a “case mod”. [azog]
now this i really love. someone scanned an old LP record in and used a “digital needle” to get the sound off it. how insane. [cosmo]
gen x and the clash members have this new band right? and get this: they want you to download their music for free.
as for hackaday t-shirts, this is what we have:
5 small, 20 medium, 20 large, 15 x-large.
i can say off the bat that 5 of those will be given to certain people which include eliot and i and others. that means there are 55 left. after defcon who knows how many will be left. after that, they will be awarded, not given out. t-shirts cost money to make and we can’t take your money. so thus, expect to see some contests popping up very soon. speaking of which.
today is the end of the contest for a sub-$100 laptop. who has done it? if you have, e-mail (a link to if possible) pics, an about page, and a price list of parts used. we want to see what’s up. the winner will get hackaday fame, some good prizes which will include a t-shirt, stickers, and buttons, and other stuff. you have until 11:59pm to submit submissions. good luck.
i don’t know about you guys, but insomnia can be a deadly thing at times. other times, it’s interesting.
anyways, I’m glad you guys have questions to ask! the stickers and t-shirts have been shipped today! so rock! i can’t wait to give them out.
as for international readers who can’t send a SASE to us, just contact me about the merch. we’ll figure out something. maybe you can hook us up with some pictures of your surroundings or something interesting.
potatoes power the internet. scary huh? [leandro]
the ultimate mods for your car. very nicely done. [xytec]
i’m also feeling this pink lego flash drive. pink is like, so hot. [joe]
going to disneyworld? i wish i was, but your fingers won’t anymore.
spreadfirefox got 0wned. bout time. konqueror rules man!!!!111one
“redneck” xbox live……so sad. really. [tom]
another nice guide to lockpicking. we like seeing these. [jaw]
disgusting lifehacking like this is gross…not to mention insanely creepy.
anddddd make a couch. chia pet style. weirdo.
i hope to see some SASEs come next week. these buttons won’t just mail themselves! they’re like
i should change the logo since these have become official now. anyways, looks like you guys are dying for some buttons! they are not for sale though.
they are for free! this is how you can score a few before defcon (maybe):
send a SASE (self addressed, stamped envelope) to the following address. this means send me a paid and addressed envelope so i dont have to pay any money or do any work. i throw buttons in the envelope, you guys get some! include a note if you want.
send your SASEs to:
Vince Veneziani
attn: HACKADAY
3514 Spring Garden St. APT A24
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA
If you wanna pick some up in person, I’ll be throwing a mini-hackaday meeting tonight in Philadelphia probably. In center city. if you’re interested, e-mail me directly. you can score yours easier than a blind chick with no hands (ouch).
as for today’s lazy afternoon, it’s gonna be different. we’d like to try out a thing we’re ripping off from every other WIN site called “Ask Hackaday”
here’s how it works:
leave your questions in the comments, we’ll answer them in podcast form every week. so go for it. ask us anything from questions about hacking, to opinions on things, to our favorite food.
enjoy. now start licking stamps. if you luck out, you may get the stickers too if they come in time!
hackaday buttons…have arrived.
stickers are on their way soon.
t-shirts as well.
yay!
to get yours:
go to defcon. otherwise, wait until after defcon or come visit in philadelphia.
i just got a blackberry 7290 for t-mobile and i’m slowly loving it. if you’re a blackberry user and you wanna chat, send me your PIN # via the tips form. i’d love to plus it’ll be handy for defcon.
so lets hop on some links shall we? this first one is great for webmasters like thyself.
spice up checkboxes with just html (and…some css). no graphics at all. so sweet. [steve]
our main man striegel sent me this link about a dude who has “weighed the internet.” kind of in response to our talk about alexa on the last podcast.
i’m suprised this is from a tv station….but they want you to build your own snow gun. so gopher it by all means (dandruff doesn’t count). [benhou]
interesting. windows and linux are “neck and neck” when it comes to security. who agrees/disagrees? what about mac os x? :)
you know how i feel about australia, so why was a man there found guilty for hyperlinking?
900% rediculous. absolutely friggin rediculous.
build your own bush (and kerry too…shush shush). one of those fun dumb things thats cool for 5 minutes.
aw how cute. a wifi magic bike. [papak]
this guy has made tons of crap. good crap that is, but lots of it. thanks for showing us his stuff [theringmasta]
everyone else on WIN is reporting this so we will too. this “optimus” keyboard changes for certain specifications. not real yet…but if it is ever real, i will get it. the quake feature is boss.
huzzah! what a muggy afternoon. it totally sucks. but we’ll make it better with links, chatter, banter, and fodder. not in that order of cou-wait yes.
make your own ionic breeze type thing. not really. kind of. [fucter]
this is just odd so check it. people’s ideas for the perfect world. psh. [jaw]
free tv shows via the webnetinter! stuff like simpsons, futurama, looney toons, etc. awesome. [chris]
and if you obviously uh, wanna be a hacker, read this. hahahahahha.
ditch the msn adverts. seriously. [idb4]
autosentry!!! half-life-esque even. everyone needs one of these suckers.
the electric unicycle. too bad you’ll look like a douchebag. [ben]
the floppy is dead! hear hear!
the nes dvd player looks pretty cool. i love the paint job. [the locust 516]
Now you guys the other week were supposed to complete this here contest. i hope you’ve been working on it. the winner will be announced and rewarded at the philadelphia hackaday meetup on august 4th. ya know, the huge one in a hotel conference room where jolt is giving us free soda.
so have you made your sub-$100 laptop yet? how’s it going? july 18th is really soooooon.
