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Post number 7433

tranquileye — Thu, 03 May 2001 09:44:17 -0800

Every gadget seems to generate a hobbyist underground: CueCat, TiVo, Big Mouth Billy Bass, DVD encryption, DVD region codes, Web appliances, WebTV, and Palm. The main link is to the New York Times; registration required.

By: thatwhichfalls

thatwhichfalls — Thu, 03 May 2001 10:00:27 -0800

you can avoid the registration by using the backdoor: here simply replace the "www" in the URL with "channel"

By: samsara

samsara — Thu, 03 May 2001 11:49:46 -0800

It's people like this that turn electronic devices and mediums into usable and uncrippled products. The playstation wouldn't have been nearly as fun to own for me if it wasn't for Mod-chips. How about overclocking that cuecat?

By: radio_mookie

radio_mookie — Thu, 03 May 2001 12:23:11 -0800

I bought a little Virgin WebPlayer on e-bay for like $150 and turned it into a useful little 200Mhz computer. Check out Linux-hacker.net and their I-Appliance Discussion Forum BBS for more information.

By: nedrichards

nedrichards — Thu, 03 May 2001 15:09:50 -0800

would it be a gadget if it didn't have a 'hobbyist underground'? Isn't that the point of gadgets, that people tinker, paly, and generally have a good time. Or am I missing the point :-] . And, so underground that it isn't big in the states, the Psion, linux enabled as all good gadgets are!

By: Leonard

Leonard — Thu, 03 May 2001 16:12:14 -0800

What's this inexpensive projector you can reprogram to be a DVD projector?

By: gpowers

gpowers — Thu, 03 May 2001 21:20:34 -0800

Leonard: I don't recall mefi being a tech support board, but I haven't been here all that long. None-the-less, the answer is: any projector can be a DVD-projector if you plug a DVD player into it.

By: baylink

baylink — Fri, 04 May 2001 08:55:03 -0800

I'm sure Bob Young will be pleased to see his "weld the hood shut" meme making it into the Times. What *I* love is the way they're always so respectful to everyone they write about, just like the Journal. You can be a 13-year snot-nosed videogame addict, and suddenly you're "Mr. Russell". It's nice.