It’s only been a week since the Super Gameboy’s boot ROM was dumped by [Costis] and he’s already at it again. This time he’s managed to grab the Gameboy Color’s boot ROM. He found the newer Gameboy Color’s hardware is able to cope with a clock speed up to 100MHz, so the original clock increase trick he used on the Super Gameboy wouldn’t work again.
Instead he discovered a quick disconnection of clock and power before 0xFF50 would make the Gameboy jump to a random area within the ROM. Then it was only a matter of entropy, luck, and…
Gameboy Color boot ROM
Does It Really Matter How Many Fans You Have?
Last week we finished up the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program and while some people may or may not have reached the 3,000 fan target, the real question is: does the number of fans really matter? Last night I was watching a video of Seth Godin where he says “it’s worthless to have lots and lots of friends on Facebook.” With so many people selling the importance of having fans, followers, and friends though, how could Seth Godin, a thought leader in marketing, make such an assertion?
It’s Relationship Marketing
Seth has a valid point. If you don’t build…
Open Source Weapon Makes You Puke
[Limor] of Adafruit Industries and the Ice Tube Clock has made her own open source non-lethal weapon: The Bedazzler. After attending a conference by the DHS where she saw the big-budget Dazzler, she decided to make her own. Thirty-six LEDs, six switching FETs, a Boarduino, and a former flashlight later, the Bedazzler makes a better rave toy than a weapon. It doesn’t work as-is, but we figure it will only be a matter of time before someone hacks this to make people… umm hack. See the video after the break.
Bike Racks as the Best Hauling Alternatives for Your Truck
Every pickup truck owner wanted their rig to be more functional and reliable as well as protected from all sorts of damages. That is why installing their trucks with various performance add-ons is always an option. If you want to increase the usefulness and hauling capabilities of your truck bed while ensuring that its finish is free from scratches and dents, outfitting it with bike racks is a smart move. These are functional add-ons that are designed to carry and hold your bikes behind your truck. No matter how careful you place your bike on your truck bed, still they…
SocialHour Relaunches As Dizzy Networks (Updated)
It appears that Social Hour, one of the few ad networks to be completely banned from the Facebook platform, has now relaunched under a new name: Dizzy Networks. According to one source, Social Hour had been looking for a new face for the company and according to the company’s website, they hired Jeremy Olsson, who was previously the Director of Performance Marketing for RockYou. While the company is still focused on trying to convert IQ quizzes, it doesn’t appear as though Dizzy Networks is running as aggressive of advertisements this time around.
It was only a matter of time before…
Cheap Yaris cabin filter
[Jake] never ceases to amaze with his inventions, from his Powered respirator to his Steampunk LCD and more. Today he proves that not every hack has to be an amazing one requiring hundreds of hours, tons of soldering, and an Arduino. Instead, he was tired of being charged $50 for a $5 cabin air filter. With a quick squeeze he had access to the filter bay. It was only a matter of finding a similar filter at a home improvement store and then using a scrap wood jig, he could cut and glue his own filter. It’s stuff like…
Virtual pool, real-world interface
Sunday we saw robots playing pool and an augmented reality pool game. Today we’ll complete the pool trifecta: virtual pool using a real cue stick and ball in another vintage video from Hack a Day’s secret underground vault. The video is noteworthy for a couple of reasons:
First is the year it was made: 1990. There’s been much buzz lately over real-world gaming interfaces like the Nintendo Wii motion controller or Microsoft’s Project Natal. Here we’re seeing a much simpler but very effective physical interface nearly twenty years prior.
Second: the middle section of the video reveals the trick behind it all, and it turns out…
Health with Natural Herbal Colon Cleanse
Natural Herbal Colon Cleanse
Our colon stores food particles that are not digested in the stomach and in the small intestines. This organ also absorbs water, salt and other nutrients from these food remains. The remains after the needed materials are absorbed become our stool or fecal wastes. Though a person can always flush this out through regular bowel movement, there are fecal wastes that are accumulated in the colon wall that cannot be easily removed.
A healthy diet composed of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals and fiber is one of the…
Know More About How To Choose an Ebook Reader
The advent of the digital age has definitely made this world a more convenient place to live in. For instance, even the most avid reader would balk at the thought of bringing his favorite books with him wherever he goes. But with an electronic book reader, you don’t only bring your top five books, you get to take the whole library with you. It doesn’t matter if you’re traveling or just having a cup of coffee at the nearby caf, your books go with you everywhere. However, owning an ebook reader could cost you a few hundred dollars, and if…
Quick Tips on Xbox Repair
Xbox repair is now as easy as ABC. I bet nearly everyone who is agog into this kind of gaming gadget will certainly nod in approval. The advent of modern technology has also revolutionized xbox repair. This is now an easy thing to deal with especially with the fact that many service shops for this kind of gaming gadget are readily available to do the task.
Yes, you can choose to fix your gadget yourself as down loadable do-it-yourself guide in simply a click away. In this highly advanced society, you need not have to go to service shops just…
GPS USB port repair
[Jair2k4] learned the hard way not to lend out your expensive GPS to untrustworthy people. His Garmin 200 was returned with a broken USB port and unable to charge. Luckily, all it took was some inventive thinking and he had it repaired in no time. By breaking open a Nokia cellphone car charger, he had a source of 5 volts. After that, it was only a matter of soldering the connections. However, not content with the design he pulled out a Dremel and mounted it in his 1991 Suzuki Sidekick. Quick, dirty, and actually working afterwords, just the way…
Making Sense of the Internet Job Search… Fine-tune your job
When I first started job hunting on the Internet, I would spendcountless hours searching for anything and everything. I wouldsearch one site, then jump to another, and search some more. Oneof the most frustrating things about job searching on theInternet is that most of the same job postings are duplicatedacross hundreds of job search sites! It’s like having threehundred Houston Chronicles from the same day on your desk!— Why so many? —Monster.com http:www.monster.com and Headhunter.nethttp:www.headhunter.net contain numerous newly posted jobopportunities. Out of those opportunities, the webmasters of ahundred or so telecommuting sites search for work-at-home jobsand post those jobs on…