Archive for the 'Script Flipping' Category
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004
Were Famous! (Sorta)
In the two years CapsGetPeeled has existed, I always figured at least one of our 8 readers had a job. Turns out I was right. Not only is PJ Connolly gainfully employed, but he/she writes for Infoworld! Better yet, PJ managed to find an excuse to link to our much ignored G5 spoofs in the middle of a real and serious news article!
Today Infoworld, tomorrow WORLD DOMINATION (ok maybe not tomorrow, I’m busy, but hopefully I’ll get to it sometime next week). Thanks for the shout-out PJ, keep on reppin for the Westside.
-CGP fo Life-
Friday, June 18th, 2004
Trickle Charge Your Zodiac
Everyone who owns a TapWave Zodiac most likely knows that if you plug it into your computer to sync with the USB cable, your Zodiac will not charge unless you also plug in the power adapter as well. So far no 3rd party companies have solved this problem, so the guys over at HandHeld Gamer came up with this very simple (if you can solder) hack to make your stock sync cable trickle charge your Zodiac. Just be sure not to plug in a modded sync cable along with the power adapter or you will invoke the devil.
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Thursday, June 17th, 2004
Dot-Matrix Graffiti Bike
BikesAgainstBush made something über-cool. They hooked up an Apple 15″ TiBook to an array of spray paint cans attached to the back of a bicycle. Using a bluetooth phone, messages sent to the TiBook are printed in a dot matrix fashion by the spray-paint bicycle.
Here is the bike in action.
I wanna see “Bush is a Tool” sprayed on every corner in every city.
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2004
MacTheRipper 2.0
MacTheRipper has been updated all the way to version 2!
If you didnt already know:
“MacTheRipper is a freeware DVD ripper (extractor) for Mac OS X. It is dependent upon the open-sourced GPL libdvdread and libdvdcss libraries. We also use the GPL ‘tocgen’ program in certain modes, which is a part of the ‘dvdauthor’ project. This product is made to backup DVDs you have legally purchased for personal use.”
As for what has been updated:
“* Completely rewritten in Objective-C Cocoa to behave more like a Mac application
* New PGC mode for improved title and chapter extractions
* UOP disabling
* ForceRead mode for extracting damaged discs
* File size calculation in the various extraction modes
* DVD-ROM content extraction
* Compiled with GCC 3.3 for improved performance
* Countless bugfixes and performance enhancements
* Improved compatibility with a wider range of DVDs
* New and improved interface with innumerable enhancements “
Looks like they have been busy! UOPs are those stupid blocks that keep you from skipping the FBI warning and commercials on DVD’s. It’s about time we had something to get rid of those.
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2004
Tryst your Movies
Tryst is a free and open-source Rendezvous movie streamer. Now you can share your porn over your LAN just like iTunes does with your music!
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2004
Flux Capacitor
More proof that some people have far too much free time on their hands, someone has recreated the Delorean from the Back to the Future movies and is selling it on ebay. From the auction:
“You never will again in this accurate recreation of the DeLorean Time Machine made famous in the Back to the Future movie series. This recreation was painstakingly researched for nearly 5 years before construction. Dozens of original photographs, details, and interviews with the original vehicle builders and collectors were compiled to make sure no detail was left un-accounted for. All of the interior and exterior Time Machine components were made to last, but at the same time not damage the integrity of the original vehicle. From custom fabricated aluminum work, to vac-formed plastic, and cast resin – this vehicle faithfully and accurately recreates the look and feel of the original movie car. Stainless steel body panels, grey leather interior, 5-speed manual transmission, V-6 engine with Bosch Fuel injection. Motion picture parts replicated through archival photos and extensive research; working interior and exterior lighting system including the “Flux Capacitor”, “Time Circuits” and exterior “Flux Dispersion Banding”"
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Thursday, April 15th, 2004
TailViper
The TailViper is a small device that goes on your skateboard and makes crazy sparks when it comes in contact with rough surfaces. How long till someone grinds through a gas station and blows themselves up?
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Saturday, April 10th, 2004
Playfair
Playfair is a free open-source app to strip the FairPlay protection from AAC files purchased from the iTunes Store. It must be run first on the computer the music is authorized for, and then must be transfered to a PC or iPod but the results are DRM-less AAC music. The project was hosted by SourceForge.net until Apple sent them a cease and disist, the new server is somewhere in India.
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Thursday, April 8th, 2004
Mac OS X MP3 Trojan
Antivirus company Intego has issued a Press Release regarding the first trojan horse that affects Mac OS X:
“The Trojan horse’s code is encapsulated in the ID3 tag of an MP3 (digital music) file. This code is in reality a hidden application that can run on any Macintosh computer running Mac OS X.
Mac OS X displays the icon of the MP3 file, with an .mp3 extension, rather than showing the file as an application, leading users to believe that they can double-click the file to listen to it. But double clicking the file launches the hidden code, which can damage or delete files on computers running Mac OS X, then iTunes to play the music contained in the file, to make users think that it is really an MP3 file . While the first versions of this Trojan horse that Intego has isolated are benign, this technique opens the door to more serious risks.
This Trojan horse has the potential to do any of the following:
- Delete all of a user’s personal files
- Send an e-mail message containing a copy of itself to other users
- Infect other MP3, JPEG, GIF or QuickTime files”
Maybe switchers will feel more at home now.
-CGP fo Life-
Friday, April 2nd, 2004
iPod Solar Charger
It’s about ¥20,000, and only available in Japan, but who has 2 days to let the sun charge their iPod besides the dirty hippies following Phish?
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