Coming soon: Suicide camera / extreme harvesting of older camcorders



( Details )

Stay tuned!

BONUS - Why I don't have many pictures

Simple answer - I don't own a decent camera.

I do own three vga webcams, a vga cellphone cam, and two camcorders, but these prove to be a pain in the ass (as well as low low quality) for taking pictures with.

I've ordered a new Zire 72 anyway, so when it arrives (hopefully friday) I'll be able to take some higher-resolution pictures much more quickly than before. Then I will update my previous blogs with new photos explaining everything I've done to date, in more detail.

[UPDATE]
My Zire 72 has arrived and is in tip-top shape. Thanks to ebay seller asia_techdirect for the awesome deal! Over the next while you'll see pictures popping into various entries.

BONUS: I've done a lot of fucked up shit in my life...
Pranks of the annoying variety

During my high-school years I've been somewhat of a rascal. Doing all kinds of crazy things for no reason. Supergluing dollars to the floor, putting picnic tables atop jungle-gyms etc.

( You're not very nice )


More coming soon

I recently came across a laptop with a smashed screen, dead battery, and no power supply. Here's how I made it into a franken-laptop.

( You're out of your mind )

(pics to be added soon)

Well, I was walking around one day, and I came across a totally destroyed coke machine. I poked around the innards and decided not to harvest it. I did however find the display unit (the thing that scrolls 'Ice Cold Coca Cola' and the price) and so pocketed it.



( Read on... )

How to accomplish this:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/11/19/rogue.cell.phone.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Single-phone-multiple-attack method:
1) Acquire an old cellphone and remove the SIM card if it uses one.
2) Attach it to a computer with appropriate cables
3) Perform a Restore Factory Default
4) Change every code you can find (IMEI, Serial, etc)
5) Dial 911 at will. It will work because all phones are required to be able to dial 911 whether its registered or not

Hints:
-On some non-flip nokia phones, such as the 3595, you can lock the keys (Menu *) and then type 0 8 DIAL to call 911 without unlocking the buttons.

-Older analog phones still work on many networks, and you can often change their serials on-phone.

Overview
The idea is to embed the innards of a Griffin iTrip Dock (info here) into the innards of my laptop.

( Holy freaking shit... )

Project HackZilla II: A desktop computer with integrated Bell Express Vu 3100 Receiver for "testing" of satellite signals!

Suspended This project became completely impractical after the release of satellite PCI cards.

I have in my possession a large quantity of disabled / unregistered cellular phones. Mostly rogers, some analog, some digital, some GSM and some TDMA. Also a fido one.

Any suggestions on what to do with them?

Models include Nokia 3595, Nokia 918P, Nokia 5165, Nokia 3320, Samsung x426, Mitsubishi G310, multiple quantities of each.

Coming soon: A laser music show powered by Harddrive voice coils!

Delayed: I broke one of the coils and am now looking for another harddrive to tear apart. After losing many other parts I decided to scrap this project until further notice.

Project is: ABANDONED

[edit] WHY HELLO THERE! Its like.. a year and something later (August '07) and I'm finally trying to build this thing again. People like to use relays, I'm gonna do it with a dollar-store laser pointer, a harddrive case + voice coil + arm, and a speaker with a toothpick attached to it.

The basics: The speaker with the toothpick will be too loud to put music thru, so this will carry a 30Hz or 60Hz tone to modulate the visualization horizontally. The arm will be pumped with the actual audio (produces little noise) and will jerk the laser up and down at a high speed. a rubber band will hold the arm in place (it really likes to park). Both the arm and the speaker will be fitted with a small piece of a broken mirror, to reflect the laser to where i want it to go. I will dedicate an old laptop (one i didnt blow up.. check youtube for 'laptop explosion') to mix the audio and send it to the coil, as well as produce the tone for the speaker/toothpick deely. I already have the coil working perfectly, just need to build a small amp and do the thing with the speaker, which is at another house. All components are secured with hot glue. I dont have a glue gun so I melt it with a lighter. Excellent time saver.

While I did build it finally, and used it for a period of time, it was too fragile and needed too many on-the-fly adjustments to be practical. I will try again someday with servos or something.