A Hack A Day

A Hack A Day 93

Posted by michael on Friday October 08 2004, @11:00PM
from the into-the-outdoors-with-gun-and-solder dept.

Hardwyred writes "Another webpage for the DIY minded has popped up, Hack A Day promises '...a fresh hack each day, every day from around the web and a special how-to hack each week.' Just a few days worth of content up so far, but shows a lot of promise."

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- Re:Very cool! (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by BrokenHalo (565198) writes:
  
  I saw the thing about lava lamps - I made one of my own a while back (as a biotech student, I have ready access to quantities of polyethylene glycol), but there's no way I would subject a USB port to that kind of power load...
- Re:Very cool! (Score:2)
  
  by superpulpsicle (533373) writes:
  
  Just went to the site and it is down. Looks like it's already been hacked.
- - Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:1)
    
    by erick99 (743982) writes:
    
    This guy has kids and writes rather well compared to most other homebrew websites. Don't know what's up with the all lower case letters thing.
    - Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:2, Funny)
      
      by Gentlewhisper (759800) writes:
      
      It's probably a website run by a bunch of fucking twelve-year-old script kiddies. What makes you think they'd bother with proper grammar and spelling?
      
      This guy has kids and writes rather well compared to most other homebrew websites. Don't know what's up with the all lower case letters thing.
      
      Sigh... I have not been to America for quite some time, and reading all those crazy **AA articles made me wonder just how much USA has changed. Well, I didn't expect it to change THAT much though!
  - - Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:2, Funny)
      
      by krymsin01 (700838) writes:
      
      Yeah, because every thing on the "internets" is true.
- Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by Jeff DeMaagd (2015) writes:
  
  At least it isn't all caps. All lower case is still relatively easy to read, but I do agree it is easier to handle proper grammar. It tells the reader what the proper nouns are and it gives an added visual cue that a sentence might start here.
  - Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:1)
    
    by l1nuxpunk (738263) writes:
    
    It could be much much worse, ie, filled with 1337-speak.
    
    For example, "rUn m4 05 X 0n uR Xb0X!"
- Re:Missing Shift Key? (Score:4, Funny)
  
  by polecat_redux (779887) writes: <spamwich.gmail@com> on Saturday October 09 2004, @01:59AM (#10477583)
  
  I've always been a fan of capital letters -- especially when trying to read an entire paragraph of text. Looks wonderfully professional, huh?
  
  Go easy on him, he's just trying to add a little character...
  
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From the title... (Score:5, Funny)

by Ghostgate (800445) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:04PM (#10477067)

... I expected a site showing screenshots of some poor sucker's hacked web pages, with a new poor sucker each day ;)

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Ah, but... (Score:5, Funny)

by VistaBoy (570995) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:05PM (#10477069)

...does a hack a day keep the DMCA away?

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- Re:Ah, but... (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by theparanoidcynic (705438) writes:
  
  Depends. Are they based somewhere civilized?
  
  *checks*
  
  Nope. Their hosting provider has a 212 area code. New York is hardly civilized. Also, it's in DMCA jurisdiction. (Though jurisdiction didn't seem to be an issue for the FBI and Indymedia.)
- Re:Ah, but... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  a hack a day, keeps the girls away...
So disappointed! (Score:5, Funny)

by zaxios (776027) writes: <zaxios@gmail.com> on Friday October 08 2004, @11:05PM (#10477070) Journal

Misunderstood "Hack A Day". I was hoping to find out a way to make time itself run Linux.

Oh, come on, groaning is a type of laughing.

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- Re:So disappointed! (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by LostCluster (625375) * writes:
  
  There are some posts that merit there being a "-1 Failed humor attempt" mod...
  - Re:So disappointed! (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by zaxios (776027) writes:
    
    Nah, the failure of the humour was the humour. If I failed, I was successful.
    - Re:So disappointed! (Score:4, Funny)
      
      by Jerf (17166) writes: on Saturday October 09 2004, @12:39AM (#10477371) Journal
      
      "If I failed, I was successful."
      
      You're no geek, you're a politician . I invoke the sacred names of Babbage, Turing, and Cantor and order you back from whence you came.
      
      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.
      
      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.
      
      THE POWER OF CANTOR COMPELS YOU.
      
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      - Re:So disappointed! (Score:2)
        
        by Reteo Varala (743) writes:
        
        You're no geek, you're a politician.
        
        You mean, there's a difference?
        
        Re:So disappointed! (Score:1)
        
        by Senzei (791599) writes:
        
        Yeah, politicians do their lying with pants on.... and not from behind a computer.
    - Re:So disappointed! (Score:2)
      
      by Phoenixhunter (588958) writes:
      
      Not if my (non-existant) mod points can help it!
    - So you're saying (Score:2)
      
      by Aexia (517457) writes:
      
      If I failed, I was successful.
      
      It was a catastrophic success?
- Re:So disappointed! (Score:2)
  
  by Lord Kano (13027) writes:
  
  I have an idea.
  We'll call it "Flux Capaciterix".
  
  LK
- Re:So disappointed! (Score:2)
  
  by liquidpele (663430) writes:
  
  Hell, the first thing I thought was that it was a site that would use a different method every day to hack into your computer through IE. Not joking, althogh I did find it funny once I figured out what it was.
Good Ideas (Score:5, Funny)

by b0lt (729408) writes: <b0ltz0r@gmail.com> on Friday October 08 2004, @11:06PM (#10477075) Homepage

They have good ideas, but is there any way to submit an idea for other people to do, if you're not so mechanically oriented? (I soldered my screwdriver to a case once) It looks like you have to do everything yourself for any submissions =/

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- Re:Good Ideas (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by drinkypoo (153816) writes: <martin.espinoza@gmail.com> on Friday October 08 2004, @11:55PM (#10477252) Homepage Journal
  
  Not so mechanically oriented? Sounds like you're more like "how the fuck did you do that"-prone.
  
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- Re:Good Ideas (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by Nos. (179609) writes:
  
  You sound like me. The left speaker in my headphones was cutting in and out. Simple I thought, pull it apart, re-solder, put together and no need to buy new headphones. Well, I did get the left side working, and the right side kept working, but now my mic doesn't work. Soldering four wires took me almost 30 mins.
- Re:Good Ideas (Score:2)
  
  by pjt33 (739471) writes:
  
  Sounds like you're better at soldering than Michael - I'm not sure whether the into-the-outdoors-with-gun-and-solder department is about soldering things to your gun or using gunpowder to melt the solder, but both sound a bit pointless.
Bottle Cap Tri-Pod (Score:3, Funny)

by mr_tremor69 (820324) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:07PM (#10477080)

I gotta make myself one of those bottle cap tri-pods. I am glad they warned me about the potential for poisoning I might have actually made it before drinking the pop and refilling it with water.

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- Re:Bottle Cap Tri-Pod (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by sammyo (166904) writes:
  
  Yep, very clever idea, although probably stolen from a photo mag column. It would be silly to leave the coke. Refill with water, or better yet, sand.
  
  They did make a note in humor but I think it should be emphised: use stainless!
only one? (Score:5, Funny)

by tomsuchy (813628) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:10PM (#10477091)

I get in like 8-12 hacks a day, usually in the morning, right before my first cigarette.

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- Re:only one? (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Myrmi (730278) writes:
  
  I do twelve a day. Before breakfast. And then I go to Milliways.
I hope Engadget is paying Slashdot for all the ads (Score:1, Insightful)

by Proc6 (518858) writes:

Jesus Christ, Slashdot is like the Engadget-Repost-Site. Like every 3rd article is from Engadget and now they're making articles about Engadgets new sub-sites.
lava lamp (Score:1)

by davesplace1 (729794) writes:

Whoo hooo now I can build my own lava lamp and its all thank to Hack A Day.
Tomorrow's hack... (Score:2, Funny)

by Nuclear Elephant (700938) writes:

I suspect tomorrow's hack will be "how to keep your server running during a slashdot"
- Re:Tomorrow's hack... (Score:3, Funny)
  
  by Kizzle (555439) writes:
  
  HAHAHHAA that's a hilarious joke! You see, when Slashdot links to a site, it receives allot of traffic and runs a risk of being overloaded. This clever poster is poking fun at that. GENUIS I SAY!
  - Re:Tomorrow's hack... (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by polecat_redux (779887) writes:
    
    Family Guy quote:
    
    Drama teacher: Ok any comments?
    Olivia: You are the weakest link, goodbye.
    Stewie: HAHAHAHA oh gosh that's funny, that's really funny, do you right your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh 'you are the weakest link, goodbye' you know I've never heard anyone make that joke before, humm, you're the first, I've never heard anyone reference that outside the program before, because that's what she says on the show right, isn't it? 'You are the weakest link goodbye' and yet you've ta
Hack_A_Day chmoded (Score:3, Insightful)

by 1davo (692334) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:36PM (#10477181) Journal

Is it just me or is this the most dismal discussion on ./ in recent memory? Perhaps some folks were looking for a 2600 site?
People nothing to see here, keep surfing. >;-)

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- Re:Hack_A_Day chmoded (Score:1)
  
  by NidStyles (794619) writes:
  
  Nothing against 2600, as I'm a devoted fan, but they don't cover everything. To deny that knowledge of any kind is bad, is to deny the hacker ethos.
- Re:Hack_A_Day chmoded (Score:1)
  
  by TommydCat (791543) writes:
  
  A clever hack is a clever hack regardless of the canvas. I'd imagine most people that "get" 2600 would enjoy some of the same free-spirited thinking that goes on at the discussed site.
  Sorry... no skriptz for the kiddies...
  - Re:Hack_A_Day chmoded (Score:1)
    
    by 1davo (692334) writes:
    
    Agreed,
    Being around for such a long time, I make the distinction about the term hacker since I have been a hacker since doing machine code in the early 70's.
    Sometime later the term took on a new meaning.
    I know some of the 2600 crowd is into doing good things like challenging slack-job IT setups which I salute - while others want to chown another's mojo .
    Indeed a clever hack is a clever hack but I just don't get it when folks break shit for shit's_and_grin's sake if they don't intend on unscrewing what ha
Wow (Score:4, Funny)

by rampant mac (561036) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:44PM (#10477219)

Reminds me a lot of Mac OS X Hints [macosxhints.com], but extended to include non-computing hardware.
Any hints on how to hack the model D83 Swedish sure-grip suck machine yet? /naked gun 2 1/2

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Blog shills (Score:4, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:52PM (#10477244)

Let's see... hackaday simply links to other peoples' sites, especially engadget.com. Phillip Torrone also runs flashenabled.com, which lists pretty much the same items also by referencing engadget.com. And now Slashdot routinely shills for engadget and engadget's own shills-within-shills. As though there aren't enough bloggers out there already regurgitating n-th hand news of dubious utility.

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- Re:Blog shills (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by ptorrone (638660) * writes:
  
  that's kinda the point, put all "hacks" in one spot--i get about 200 emails a week asking where all these types of sites are. think of it as an archive.org for hardware hacks.
  - Re:Blog shills (Score:2, Interesting)
    
    by Zen Punk (785385) writes:
    
    Not quite. See, archive.org actually hosts all their own material.
    - Re:Blog shills (Score:3, Informative)
      
      by ptorrone (638660) * writes:
      
      yep, we're working on that... we're still in beta.
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  by egm06 (757369) writes:
  
  Philip Torrone does not reference engadget, he write the articles for engadget and then uses them ob his own site.
Hmmm... (Score:3, Insightful)

by ssand (702570) writes: on Friday October 08 2004, @11:59PM (#10477269)

It's interesting, however I couldn't help but notice that all links were external, so it seems more of a collection of previous ones, without new ones.

While making a new one a day would be challanging, some unique ones would make the site stand out from the ones it links to.

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I'm not too impressed (Score:4, Informative)

by Bob Cat - NYMPHS (313647) writes: on Saturday October 09 2004, @12:01AM (#10477273) Homepage

He has an entry pointing to the retarded 'external battery for your iPod in a playing card box' that was reported here on slashdot. Nah, find it yourself, I'm not THAT informative.

If he doesn't realize that thing will get you a pocketfull of hot acid, he needs to review what a good hack is.

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Nostalgia (Score:1)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

This site makes me miss alt.hackers. :(
Awww... (Score:4, Funny)

by ComputerSherpa (813913) writes: on Saturday October 09 2004, @12:58AM (#10477440) Homepage

Poor upstart site, just getting on its feet, and you /. it already? For shame!

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Didn't anyone notice? (Score:5, Insightful)

by Max Romantschuk (132276) writes: <max@romantschuk.fi> on Saturday October 09 2004, @02:23AM (#10477678) Homepage

While this is a cool site, it's not like they are writing these articles. It'a a nicely themed blog, but if you ask me proper blogging etiquette would demand more visible recognition of the sites featuring the actual content.

Just my 2 cents, anyway.

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- Re:Didn't anyone notice? (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by smartin (942) writes:
  
  While this is a cool site, it's not like they are writing these articles.
  
  Gee it's a lot like /. :D
Oh... OK (Score:4, Funny)

by conan776 (723791) writes: on Saturday October 09 2004, @03:28AM (#10477844)

So that's how you steal a car! I have the half a tennis ball [rotteneggs.com] thing down pat, I just needed a bic pen. That BMW is all mine! Thank you /.ers. Write me in prison, won't you?

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I got an idea for a hack.... (Score:3, Funny)

by LiquidMind (150126) writes: on Saturday October 09 2004, @03:28AM (#10477845)

You know these navigation systems that come in most newer/expensive cars that have a little gps system and map and talks to you (turn left....here).
I'd love to hack one of those and add "bitch" to everything. as in...

"Merge onto...freeway....bitch"

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- Re:I got an idea for a hack.... (Score:3, Interesting)
  
  by Archon-X (264195) writes:
  
  already done. you can buy different voices for some models, and be cussed at at every turn, as if you weren't already married..
  - Re:I got an idea for a hack.... (Score:2)
    
    by Stinking Pig (45860) writes:
    
    Oh, I won't drive with mine in the car any more. She's got so many opinions, let her act on them.
Hack A Day issue 12... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

How to hack a web server to survive a saturday morning slashdoting.

Smoking ruin footage at 11.
hack a server... (Score:1)

by zxflash (773348) writes:

hope they can hack a new server together real quick so i can check it out... sounds cool.
The iPod remote hack. Three words... (Score:1)

by Cl1mh4224rd (265427) writes:

Nintendo Power Glove.
Sweet! (Score:1)

by JamesGecko (797637) writes:

That is one of the coolest sites I have ever seen. It's prety much just a LinkBlog, but still. I would have never found out about osX on the Xbox if not for that site.

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From the title... (Score:5, Funny)

Ah, but... (Score:5, Funny)

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So disappointed! (Score:5, Funny)

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So you're saying (Score:2)

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Good Ideas (Score:5, Funny)

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Bottle Cap Tri-Pod (Score:3, Funny)

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only one? (Score:5, Funny)

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I hope Engadget is paying Slashdot for all the ads (Score:1, Insightful)

lava lamp (Score:1)

Tomorrow's hack... (Score:2, Funny)

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Hack_A_Day chmoded (Score:3, Insightful)

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Wow (Score:4, Funny)

Blog shills (Score:4, Insightful)

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Hmmm... (Score:3, Insightful)

I'm not too impressed (Score:4, Informative)

Nostalgia (Score:1)

Awww... (Score:4, Funny)

Didn't anyone notice? (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:Didn't anyone notice? (Score:3, Interesting)

Oh... OK (Score:4, Funny)

I got an idea for a hack.... (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:I got an idea for a hack.... (Score:2)

Hack A Day issue 12... (Score:1, Funny)

hack a server... (Score:1)

The iPod remote hack. Three words... (Score:1)

Sweet! (Score:1)