Juicebox Hacking

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday June 1, 2005 @05:45AM from the because-you-can dept.

magic_user writes "Now that Mattel's JuiceBox can be had for $12 (Target, WalMart), this seems like a perfect toy for hackers. I've found a picture frame hack but what I'm really looking for is a way to play my own videos on it. It runs uclinux so this shouldn't be too hard, right? "

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hacking? by justforaday · 2005-06-01 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny

I wouldn't exactly call it "hacking," but I've been modding juiceboxes for years. All it involves is a straw...

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1. Re:hacking? by lpangelrob2 · 2005-06-01 05:54 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I wouldn't exactly call it "hacking," but I've been modding juiceboxes for years. All it involves is a straw...
  Have you ever noticed what color the hole that you stick the straw is? Silver. That's right. It's tinfoil.
  
  There's something in these "juiceboxes" that they don't want us to know about, and someday our meddling with juiceboxes with straws will get us in trouble...
  
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2. Re:hacking? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-06-01 06:04 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  My wife says that her mother was constantly warning her against the evils of messing with her juicebox.
3. Re:hacking? by spacefrog · 2005-06-01 07:03 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Maybe my modding is a bit more advanced then yours, but it involves a funnel and some vodka.
  
  Either that, or I'm an alcoholic. You decide.
4. Re:hacking? by Tenebrious1 · 2005-06-01 07:17 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  All it involves is a straw...
  
  The straw??? Now you tell me! I've been lifting up one corner flap and chewing it off to get to the juice...
  
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5. Re:hacking? by morcheeba · 2005-06-01 07:21 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I modded my juice box in highschool.
  
  The goal was to make the drink still cold for my long bus ride home in the afternoon. Even when I froze the drink, it got warm sitting in my locker. I started by making a form-fitting styrofoam cooler out of left-over packing material. The walls were probably 1/4" thick. Result: cool, but not ice-cold. So, on my second try, I found some thicker sytrofoam (1/2-3/4") and built a box out of that. Result: still frozen solid - success! Of course I couldn't drink it, but that wasn't the point...
  
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6. Re:hacking? by Shads · 2005-06-01 07:37 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  to quote my buddy jim, "I had to shit in the shower with the nozzle up my ass it was so hot."
  
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Humor just isn't appreciated I guess.MOD PARENT UP by RegalBegal · 2005-06-01 05:50 · Score: 2, Funny

....you know...for KIDS!!!!

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In the words of Meatwad... by The_Rippa · 2005-06-01 05:50 · Score: 4, Funny

...do what now?
Re:If there's anything I've learned... by Matey-O · 2005-06-01 06:00 · Score: 2, Funny

I find that they are far too mission specific to be of any real-world use. Half the time you open them up and find nothing more than a chip, small PCB, and some epoxy holding the whole thing together
Well there goes MY hopes and dreams of a Furby Robot Army of DOOOOOOM.

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Re:Noisy website by FidelCatsro · 2005-06-01 06:07 · Score: 2, Funny

This was clearly posted by a peeved off Admin trying to catch people out -

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Re:The Wait by FerretFrottage · 2005-06-01 06:09 · Score: 2, Funny

She's your little sister...why wait? You're not the big brother for nothing.

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Re:The Wait by afabbro · 2005-06-01 06:26 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm 25, and she's 11.
You should be able to take her in another year or so, if you train hard.

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Re:YES! $12! No need to hack it... by PayPaI · 2005-06-01 07:47 · Score: 2, Funny

The screen can only handle a wopping 6fps.
Looks like it has double the framerate needed to play anime then...
Re:PSP And Memory Stick Duo? by jericho4.0 · 2005-06-01 13:04 · Score: 2, Funny

Me and my two girlfriends like to watch porn in bed on our PSP, I'm glad you enjoy yours.

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Re:The Wait by Cervantes · 2005-06-02 04:08 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm 25, and she's 11.
You should be able to take her in another year or so, if you train hard.

This is a perfect example of why you should always quote all the way up the chain to the very top-level parent. I'm browsing at +4, and dude, that sounded SICK SICK SICK.

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