Archive for the ‘Hacks’ Category

The Hipster GPS

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

The Blog of James Foreman, Fiction Writer and Pittsburgh Blogger Your shiny new iPhone doesn’t have GPS, and therefore you must actually push buttons in order to advance to the next leg of your journey. Fear not, dear readers, for I have a solution: The Hipster GPS.Inspired by 43Folders’s Hipster ...

Free printable cardboard lens hoods

Monday, March 26th, 2007

http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/03/lens%20hood.png Free printable cardboard lens hoods This site contains PDF documents that can be printed and cut out to make lens hoods for a variety of 35mm and digital SLR camera lenses. Lens hoods give better quality photographs by reducing flare caused by nonimageforming light. Very cool idea.

Cool Looking Recumbent Bike

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Cool Looking Recumbent Bike

CoilOsapien - Railgun and Flame Thrower

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

CoilOsapien CoilOsapien video now available on YouTube! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME... CoilOsapien is an electric shock hazard. Caution must be taken when dealing with high voltages, laser diodes and fast moving projectiles. A Robosapien with a rail gun and flame thrower.

Gauss Pistol Home

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Gauss Pistol Home A Real Electromagnetic Pistol! * Two coils are precisely pulsed in sequence (350 Amp peak) to fire a steel projectile * Two infrared sensors detect the projectile position within the firing tube ...

Smoking Pot with an IP Address aka DIY Big Green Egg

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

The Sect of Rama This afternoon I gave the homemade smoker v2.0 a run with something relatively quick: smoked chinook salmon. If you haven't read my earlier entry, v2.0 is basically the gutting of the electric internals, and replacing it with charcoal and a Stoker system. It worked *remarkably* well! Cool and ...

Undead Santa Snow Globe - a photoset on Flickr

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Undead Santa Snow Globe - a photoset on Flickr Yay, I won first place in the 2006 Rackspace costume contest :)

Demo: Cloning a Verichip Yourself

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

Demo: Cloning a Verichip Yourself This device can read and replay a Verichip's ID. If you can get the antenna close to your victim's shoulder, then your circuit board is electrically indistinguishable from their implanted chip forever after. Full schematics and documentation are given below.

Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » “Hotel Minibar” Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines

Monday, September 18th, 2006

Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » “Hotel Minibar” Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines The access panel door on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine — the door that protects the memory card that stores the votes, and is the main barrier to the injection of a virus — can be opened ...

Hackers can Turn Your Home Computer into a Bomb!

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Hackers can Turn Your Home Computer into a Bomb!

Anyone interested in a Hi-def (1920 x 1200) mod for PB/MBP? - Mac Forums

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Anyone interested in a Hi-def (1920 x 1200) mod for PB/MBP? - Mac Forums Cool Power Book mod.

Upside-Down-Ternet

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

Upside-Down-Ternet One of the better internet pranks I've seen in a while. This could be fun to do with a corporate squid account too. My neighbours are stealing my wireless internet access. I could encrypt it or alternately I could have fun.

18 Tricks to Teach Your Body - Men’s Health - MSN Health & Fitness

Monday, July 17th, 2006

18 Tricks to Teach Your Body - Men's Health - MSN Health & Fitness 1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear. When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick. Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good body-based feat, but you're more discriminating. Take that tickle ...