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A Hack A Day

Posted by michael on 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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  1. From the title... by Ghostgate · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. Ah, but... by VistaBoy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:Ah, but... by theparanoidcynic · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.)

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    2. Re:Ah, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      a hack a day, keeps the girls away...

  3. So disappointed! by zaxios · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:So disappointed! by LostCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

      There are some posts that merit there being a "-1 Failed humor attempt" mod...

    2. Re:So disappointed! by Jerf · · Score: 3, Funny

      "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.

  4. Good Ideas by b0lt · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    1. Re:Good Ideas by drinkypoo · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not so mechanically oriented? Sounds like you're more like "how the fuck did you do that"-prone.

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    2. Re:Good Ideas by Nos. · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.

  5. Bottle Cap Tri-Pod by mr_tremor69 · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  6. only one? by tomsuchy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  7. Re:Tomorrow's hack... by Kizzle · · Score: 3, Funny

    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!

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  8. Hack_A_Day chmoded by 1davo · · Score: 3, Insightful
    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. >;-)

  9. Wow by rampant+mac · · Score: 3, Funny
    Reminds me a lot of Mac OS X Hints, 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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  10. Blog shills by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

  11. Hmmm... by ssand · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

  12. I'm not too impressed by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 3, Informative

    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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  13. Re:Very cool! by BrokenHalo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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...

  14. Awww... by ComputerSherpa · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  15. Re:Missing Shift Key? by polecat_redux · · Score: 3, Funny

    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...

  16. Didn't anyone notice? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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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  17. Oh... OK by conan776 · · Score: 4, Funny

    So that's how you steal a car! I have the half a tennis ball 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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  18. I got an idea for a hack.... by LiquidMind · · Score: 3, Funny

    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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    1. Re:I got an idea for a hack.... by Archon-X · · Score: 3, Interesting

      already done. you can buy different voices for some models, and be cussed at at every turn, as if you weren't already married..