some dvd players actually do allow you the owner to play dvds from multiple regions, what’s a region? well, that means the dvd is from another country. it seems silly to have to pay for a whole new dvd if you already own it, but luckily this site has most of the players and what codes to enter to unlock the player, as and added bonus, for some players you can turn off macrovision and then record your dvds to portable video players, vcrs, tv cards, etc
i’m planning to add some leds to some mice soon and was looking around for a guide to cracking open an apple pro mouse, and here it is. the upcoming project will add lights to just about any mouse, not that it’s needed, but hey, why not.
here’s a great guide to using those usb flash drives to make a boot up disk. very cool and handy to always carry with you
i ran in to this site “how to build the ultimate water gun” after seeing sony shut down the “retropod” product (sony, get real) any way, using some stuff that’s pretty easy and cheap to get a hold you too can literally make the ultimate water gun. i’m going to make one and have it ready for next summer, i’ll post pictures as i cook it up.
i was looking around for some resources on making cheap wifi antennas. please post up your own of course, this one is from new zealand and serves up antenna e made from chinese cookware only setting you back $5 with range extensions up to 10 miles.
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now this a hardcore hack, the robosapien sapavr modification adds a second microprocessor to take over control of the robot. this provides “higher brain functions”, non-volatile storage, a pc interface, a many other things. all the old features and many new features can be accessed from the existing robosapien remote control.
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here’s a fun one, not really a hack, well, we suppose it could be used for all sorts of things, like blackmailing your friends and family, or at least embarrassing them. if you and your friends use aim (aol instant messenger) or ichat you can send an aim “bot” to go and chat with your pal(s) and then have the conversation emailed back to you. this can be a lot of fun since you can choose the name of the “bot” like stacey, age, as in “17” and location– the classic “asl” (age, sex, location) you see in those chat rooms no one ever admits to visiting.
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