Hacks

I’ve been a big fan of the Mini-ITX systems, using them in the past as silent, dual-purpose, storage and wireless router servers as well as a set-top media system for playing back transcoded DVDs. So I’m pretty excited to see the positive reviews that are starting to pop up for VIA’s new Pico-ITX motherboard, which […]

Over at the Make blog, Bre wrote: Today in Germany the Hacker Tool Law goes into effect. With the official name of Paragraph 202C it states that it is illegal to possess, use, produce, or distribute a “hacker tool”. In theory, law enforcement could come and arrest everyone here at Chaos Communications Camp. A group […]

By default, after logging into Gmail with a secure https connection, you are forwarded to an unencrypted url with some session data that tells Gmail and other Google services that you’ve authenticated successfully. The problem is that anyone sniffing your wireless (or wired) connection can listen to that session information and use it to impersonate […]

David from uC Hobby writes: How-to sort a 1 pound grab-bag of small electronic components. I sort through one of the $1 grab-bags I purchased at the Austin Summer fest 2007 HAM meet up. The reason these grab-bags are cheap is that you have to do a lot of work to make the collection of […]

This looks almost like having your own biosphere. Earthships are a pretty unique form of sustainable architecture that are compatible with a wide range of environments around the world. Each home is custom built to fit its particular environment, but there are a few things they all seem to have in common: They are built […]

Netflix’s “Watch Now” feature is really a great idea poorly implemented. DRM-laden and viewable only on XP service pack 2 or Vista, your viewing experience is limited to that crappy laptop you keep hidden in the closet. You know which one I mean – it came out of the box with more stickers on it […]