Two years ago I built a squirrel feeder. It was a simple little thing with a flap on top and a plexiglass window. It didn’t live unmolested for very long. Squirrels started chewing on the feeder itself! Over time, I discovered the very bottom of the feeder’s contents would mold. The retaining channels got chewed out … Continue reading Hacking the squirrel feeder
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Comments from all over (Virtual Kindle Style)
When the blog was the only outlet for typed thoughts and shared comments, everything got posted here (or, technicall, over at LiveJournal, as that was my blog long, long before I moved it here.) Now that we have Twitter and Facebook and whatnot, those thoughts get scattered throughout the internets. In an effort to graft … Continue reading Comments from all over (Virtual Kindle Style)
Forcing iTunes to automatically download TV shows (or, the magic of crontab)
In the past two weeks, I have experienced nothing but heartbreak and letdown with regard to BitTorrent. Most things I download, I am perfectly content with accessing them a day or two later, but LOST is my big show. I have to watch it that very night. When it comes to LOST, I had grown … Continue reading Forcing iTunes to automatically download TV shows (or, the magic of crontab)
Heat map of election hackability
The website “dvice” has a nice clickable map of the states and what sort of voting equipment they use–and consequently how prone to hacking and software bugs they all are. Click a state to see what kind of equipment each district uses and a little more detail on the systems. I have to say that … Continue reading Heat map of election hackability
IntelliScreen
Holy cats, IntelliScreen is the coolest iPhone hack since… um… sliced bread? Posted in:
A list of +/- with standard deviation
Earlier this week, I was in a constant cranky mood. This is mainly because of an ill-timed muscle knotting in my neck. I guess I slept funny on Sunday and tweaked those ropy muscles at the base of the skull. Today, I am feeling almost completely better. The real kick in the pants was this … Continue reading A list of +/- with standard deviation
iPhone hacking: not good, not bad
I’m sure many of you have seen this, but Apple’s head marketing guy says Apple is staying neutral on iPhone hacks. Apple doesn’t hate the fact that people are writing 3rd party apps for the phone, but they’re also not directly supporting it. They won’t make firmware updates specifically to break people’s native apps, but … Continue reading iPhone hacking: not good, not bad
Hacking the iPhone
Apple released some new iPhone firmware today. Fortunately, they left in all of the loopholes for hacking your own apps into it. The last time I hacked my phone, it took about half a day. This time, it took about 13 minutes (10 of which were waiting for something to download.) This is all it … Continue reading Hacking the iPhone
Wing of Bat, Skin of Mole
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2005/12/Make Magazine points to some really interesting Moleskin notebook hacks. I'm not sure how useful the “pencil sharpener” would be in … Continue reading Wing of Bat, Skin of Mole
Comedy is…
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2003/02/Windows 2000 (and other versions) ships with a service installed and running called WinPopup (well, technically it is called “Messenger” in … Continue reading Comedy is…