Some guy wrote a tutorial on how to make your own Audiphile level speaker cables with humble CAT5 networking cables: This all started back in 1995 when I read a letter published in SpeakerBuilder extolling the virtues of using Cat5 network as high-end speaker cable. I bought a 1000 ft. spool and spent over 1 [...]
Entries from May 26th, 2005
Official BitTorrent Search Page Opened
May 26th, 2005 · 1 Comment · Bittorrent
Just a small tidbit of news to note that BitTorrent no has an official search page, ala Towerseek. Not earth shattering news, just handy to know
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Abusing Amazon images
May 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Amazon, Cool Geeky Stuff
A nice little HOWTO has been written on how Amazon Images works. It shows how to generate whatever Amazon image you want with their image generating script: Amazon.com feeds out a lot of product images, putting out the same book cover (say) in a variety of sizes and formats. By experimentation, I found that they [...]
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Hacking Lexus Nexis – How Some Dudes Did It
May 26th, 2005 · No Comments · Security
Three dudes recollect on how they hacked Lexus Nexus in a Wired article (nothing too technical): Three young hackers under investigation for unlawfully accessing personal information on thousands of people in a LexisNexis database have characterized their act as a cyberjoyride that got out of hand. The hackers, ages 16, 19 and 20, spoke with [...]
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