ahhh, good morning readers! new week, new stuff! get out your venti latte from starbucks, you’re gonna need it for what i have planned. so brace yourself fools.
the big news: very first hackaday meetup(s) in philadelphia, pa
where: rittenhouse square. 18th and walnut sts. middle of the park, just look for me with gizmos and hacking stuff.
when: thursday, june 16th –  7:30pm EST. probably until 9pm or so. don’t be tardy because after awhile we might move it into a place for dinner/liquor/discussions. but not anytime before 8pm at least.
what to expect: me going over the cvs digital camcorder hack, talking about hackaday, plans, the next podcast, we’ll be recording stuff for the next podcast too and taking pics (bring your cameras!). also, any hacks you want to talk about, just come along with them and we’ll open the floor to you to speak about it. we’ll all be discussing hacker lifestyle, culture, findings, and news. also the movie hackers. bring your laptops too since rittenhouse has tons of open wi-fi.
rules: not many except i expect all of you who show up to be polite, kind, friendly, and to introduce yourselves. i will not tolerate any kind of rudeness/offensiveness/hate. we’ll tie you down and make you become the next goatse.

any questions, e-mail me personally.

speaking of goatse, eliot is having a meeting too! here’s the details for his:
where: Bison Witches in Lincoln, NE. look for him wearing a goatse t-shirt. yes, you read right.
when: thursday, june 16th – 7:00 CST until whenever eliot says. again, tardiness is frowned upon.
what to expect: eliot looking for feedback, discussions on hacks, you can bring a hack you’ve done to talk about it and showcase it. a demonstration of the 10-minute WEP cracking demo. bring your ideas, discussions, laptops, and hacks he says.
rules: same stuff. we expect all of you who show up to be polite, kind, friendly, and to introduce yourselves. i will not tolerate any kind of rudeness/offensiveness/hate.

any questions about this meetup, e-mail eliot personally.

now, the big question is: “well i don’t live near those places! can’t i have a hackaday meeting?!!”
answer: of course you can. however, until the next batch of meetings, we can’t post them in a post (use the comments for now) and they will not be official so we can’t condone them at all. but i highly reccomend having one in a city near you in a very public spot so people can join up! unite!

so get giddy and excited. im busy this week, but i know i’ll be very excited come thursday night when i see all of you show up. i also expect tons of feedback and comments so let’s see this post become filled to the top with comments!

aside from the meetings, some other cool stuff to check out while you finish that donut:
great hack for the sony-ericsson k750i on a great cellphone forum! [kevinN]
make yourself a bitchin white-LED flashlight. [boomBOX]
more can cooling action for your pc and soda/booze [joe]
tiger for x86 was said to be floating around

i say it’ll be another 3 or 4 days until my teeth become somewhat normal again. i’m so sick of ice cream and biting things like a gopher. but yes! this morning after a long binge of donuts, madonna, and photography, i’m on a mission to find some public hacking to do today. it should be an interesting endeavor.

now before these tasty links that smell like chicken, there is apparently an interest in meeting up. therefore, for the philadelphians/peoplenearphilly, check tomorrow’s monday sipping for the final word. a live hack will be done, stories told, hacks exchanged, and other fun stuff. so, stay tuned or else. as for people in other cities, leave where you’re at in the comments. we’ll see what the deal is with that!

pretty nifty usb-drive in a cellphone. that nokia wasn’t a bad phone though! nooo! [kyle]
(warning, above is geocities. get there while you can)
another great wallpaper! matrix-style! [ryan]
yet another pocket amplifier. i like it a lot. penguin pride! [rob]
apparently you can fix dead psp pixels. worth a shot i suppose. [jon]
some guy on IRC keeps hacking himself. hilarious. [hackadayrdr99]

from the creator of XXL shampoo, we have goth torches. [chewie]

and wowee. apparently, the x86 version of tiger has already been leaked. gimme gimme.

i can’t resist an aussie hack! someone sent this in:
on the foxtell didital settop boxes in australia, go to the system setings
screen, hiltght picture setings. then type the code 0611on the remote, then
press select. this gives you modem setings and other stuff.

sounds cool. always good to get a workaround on a box of some sort. keep hacking!

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hello readers! I hope you are all doing very well. The heat here in Philadelphia has just been absolutely killer. I think that if we’re doing any hacks, it should be a nice way to keep cool!

The next hackaday postcast will be out in June. I can let you guys know that much for sure.
And someone sent me the idea of a hackaday meetup. I like the idea. Leave a comment if you’re in Philadelphia/Near Philadelphia, tomorrow I’ll be asking about other cities of course.

Wake up with some coffee made from a popcorn maker. [mike]
Hated physics? Skip ahead. Like Physics? Read forward my friend. [arnold]
My kind of hack! Old Apple ADB ball mouse into a spankin new optical mouse! [joe]
Make a USB sega saturn pad from scratch. The best system ever too.
Public internet anonymity made easy. This one is really useful and creative. Nice work.

XXL shampoo. Now this is a first. [Simon]
PSP owner? Want to actually use that wi-fi? Make a wi-fi antenna for your psp.

I leave you guys with possibly the best hack ever. Remember Zoolander and how Derek had that tiny phone? Well…now you can make one yourself (MAGNUM!!!!)

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hey guys, hope all is well in this wicked heat! eliot did a very nice week in review and it should be checked out. also, thanks for everyone wishing me to get better with my teeth. i got them pulled out yesterday morning and 90% of the pain is gone already and i’m even able to eat french fries and stuff like that. i am still a bit out of it though so i’m giving you guys 5 awesome links that you should enjoy. tomorrow i should be back to normal enough and i’ll be working on the next howto. so thanks again for your concern eliot, jason, and all you readers out there. i really appreciate it.

make yourself a usb cigarette lighter! [joe]

barstool racing. forget boxcars, this is whats up. [prozack]

iChat on your television, if your monitor goes i suppose.

this is awesome! make your own fog machine!

NES controller now on usb! stylin! [brad604]

Thanks for bearing with the short links people, keep reading and next week be on the lookout for the CVS camcorder!

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hello readers! right now i’m probably passed out on a couch missing four teeth, which is why i’m giving you a pre-cooked, ready to bake in 60 seconds, edition of hackaday links (as opposed to zip)

i just want to let you guys know that next tuesday, i’ll be busting out a very nice HOWTO on

good afternoon people! its hot, its muggy, and we need to get ourselves a way to chill down. here in pennsylvania, we’re in for heat all week.

after those wicked thunderstorms we had monday, this thing is looking even better. [maverick]
…but oh noes. the world’s “biggest computer hacker” has been arrested in london. Do I smell the next “FREE MCKINNON”?

[Dash] sent this in. The red screen of death? Whatever, Longhorn sucks.
Fat? Enjoy Food? Love Chess? This is for you….lazy bum. (kidding of course)

Cnet also suprisingly alerted me that there is “ a shortage of mainframe hackers“. Gee, god knows every aspiring hacker loves a huge ass IBM mainframe. HP-UX pride baby.

Now, for your little cute lazy afternoon trick/story/hack/freebie, I’m celebrating one of my math tests I took today by giving your some mathemagician skills. Think of it as hacking math and the mind all at once. So here we go, get some friends on the phone and start rocking these:

Trick 1.
Think of any number, preferably divisible by two.
Add 8
Multiply by 2
Divide by 4
Subtract the half of the initial number
Your answer is now 4.
EDIT: Stupid KEYBOARD. I accidently hit 2 before the 4 key, yeah, you’re supposed to end up with 4 everytime..which you’ve figured out by now obviously.

OHHHH. Damn. Let’s have another shall we?

Trick 2.
Roll two dice.
Multiply one of the numbers by 2
Add 5
Multiply by 5
Add the second number
Subtract 25 and you get the dice numbers.

Now go off and enjoy. I’m getting all my wisdom teeth yanked out tomorrow so I’ll post pics.
Yes, pics

with temps in the 90s all week, we can only assume two things:
1. we will be having ungodly lazy afternoons
2. we’ll be grillin’ links alllll week. nice and deliciously.

i’m starting off with something not really hack-related (oooh god forbid) but interesting. it’s a movie based on google becoming a huge-ass conglomorate and wiping out media. very cool and post-apocalyptic kind of feel to it. watch it here and thanks [toto]

now onto some beastly links!

add an auxilary jack to your car [matt]
google maps wallpaper (whatever, doesn’t top my hilary duff wp)
open systems for car computers? oooh, i smell innovation and trouble.

looks like we got ourselves a trend going! more wallpaper from [jamie] and [blackzero]
god, i might have to make this a weekly segment on mondays or something!

uhhh, robot paintball? is it really necessary? [magnus]
dvorak says apple moving to intel will harm linux. nobody gives a shit. stop whining!
…though he could be right.

::sigh::