Here is a little something for your Memorial Day. My mouth began to water when this link first showed up. I clicked it and then
Hackaday Links
Hi readers. I’m going to keep this short today and hope to make up with it tomorrow if I’m better. I’ve gotten very sick and typing is becoming hard. So thanks for bearing with me.
Also, the guy commenting on Cedar Point yesterday, priceless. And did my Guinness popsicle link get removed last night so it could go up as a feature article? Please let me know about that one…
the scooter with the office chair [trilly]
make chloroform responsibly (key word right there) [jason]
holy christ. someone turned a dead frog into a server (not for faint of heart or the dude complaining about furs) thanks [wetsmellydog]
very cool WEP cracking video done in linux. (flash based movie players suck though) [je]
throw half-life 2 characters into photos
Ambient Traffic Light
Seems reader [Bucky] is just as annoyed with those ambient orbs as we are. I fully support unique ways to present information, but this executive toy stuff is nothing to look forward to. Bucky legally acquired a traffic light and then developed a parallel interface to the traffic light to display different types of information. This project does require switching 120 volt AC, so you should make sure your comfortable with electrocuting yourself before proceeding. I hope someday lots of extra interfaces show up. Until then I guess we’ve got people like Bucky to keep us sane.
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Hackaday Links (late Night Edition)
hello there readers. sorry this post is so late and we’re missing a post from yesterday but i was at cedar point in sandusky, ohio! it was great fun and we kept ourselves as entertained as possible in ohio. moving along
WEP Cracking Illustrated
There’s a couple great WEP cracking walkthroughs that have appeared recently. The first is included in the From the Shadows Box 3.0 episode. Humphrey Cheung, who wrote the WEP cracking article we covered earlier, explains how the process works and gives a demo of it in action. The camera work is shaky and out of focus so you should check out the Whoppix WEP Cracking Demo over at Hacking Defined. The demo is a little less verbose, but the command line commands and results are a lot clearer. I also had no idea what was so great about Unionfs till I saw this video. I hope you guys have a fun weekend with this info; I am still waiting for some antenna parts unfortunately.
[thanks jE]
Hackcast – Hackaday Podcast 2
this is the best podcast ever made. of course, i’m not completely impartial, so let us know what you think. grab your ipod, download the latest hackcast (mp3), and crank it.
what you’re in for
- halo hacking – vince interviews redbluefire from trickingit.com
- hackback – stories from your hackaday peers
- podcasting on your mac – itunes 4.9 support and why isn’t there a big record button in ichat?
- the wtf file – crazy emails we get
- dvd biometrics – copy protection at your fingertips
- fresh, home baked tunes
be heard in our next podcast
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Nokia 770 SDK
Yes, this has been covered heavily. Not nearly enough noise has been made about how easy hacking this device is. Nokia has opened up almost everything even placing the graphics under a Creative Commons license. Nokia has also constructed a firm foundation to develop on. Underneath everything is a Debian based system with a 2.6.11 kernel. Debian is one of the largest binary distributions mainly because of its apt package management system. Apt will make it really easy to get new software and keep the installed software updated. A modern kernel means the device will be able to keep up with developing technologies like bluetooth and usb. The next layer is an Xserver. This is not a pda and Nokia has decided not to use technologies like Qtopia or Opie for the application layer. This will make porting graphical apps much easier and with the addition of Gtk they will also have a consistent look. If you’re worried about the ARM processor support, just check out all of the programs that people ported for the Zaurus.
The best news for you is that Nokia has set up a comprehensive development site. It describes the underlying software layers and how to set up the development environment to emulate the device. It even has a walkthrough for how to port applications to the device. As an example they show how to port Gaim, which is funny because most places have reported that IM support won’t be released until 2006. If Nokia does a good job building in support for Microsoft htpcs, iTunes control, and Tivo control I think this device will be certain to take off. I’d like to see someone make an electronic programming guide that you could use to change the channels on the tv and schedule recordings instead of the intrusive on-screen-displays used by most cable boxes. If anything it will be nice to hang out on the couch reading news and ebooks without having to use my genital scorching Dell.
