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Monthly Archives April 2008

Dark magick of firmware hacking

My job right now is to figure out whether I can change the firmware and load it onto the toaster. So I make a simple change to it: there’s a string which gets displayed when the system boots up. Using my hex editor, I change it to something noticeably different, being careful to keep it [...]

Posted 30 April 2008 † Dmitry § geek ‡ Comments (0) °

SDL GUI libraries mini review

I’m starting to play with SDL again so I’ve embarked on finding a nice GUI library that builds on top of SDL. This process is made somewhat more difficult by the fact that I’m living on OS X now. My environment consists of OS X 10.5 (that would be Leopard) and the standard development tools [...]

Posted 29 April 2008 † Dmitry § coding § geek § software development ‡ Comments (0) °

“The war tapes” & “Are We Rome?”

I watched an incredible documentary yesterday, “The War Tapes”. A number of national guardsmen were given a bunch of hi-def video cameras. They were then deployed to Iraq. The footage is terrible and heartbreaking. Crazy shit is happening down there. It’s clear to us now that Bush didn’t go into Iraq because of Saddam, but [...]

Posted 04 April 2008 † Dmitry § books § movies § reviews ‡ Comments (0) °