Yesterday I mananged to jailbreak the Xbox with a Splinter Cell save game found in a file called splinter_cell_exploit-pal.zip! I used a 2 GB SanDisk Cruzer Micro without U3 support. (USB vendor id and product id 0781:5151.) Let’s see when I get time to install XBMC and connect a network cable between the Xbox and… Continue reading I found a compatible USB memory stick!
Author: David
Another future Xbox project: replace HDD with Compact Flash
The idea is not new, but I want to jailbreak the Xbox first.
Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox
I’ve been looking for a media center to get rid of the rising pile of DVD movies belonging to my 2.5 year old son. I was pretty close to buy a Popcorn Hour A-100 but a friend suggested XBMC Media Center and it sounded like a fun project. On Monday I bought a used Xbox… Continue reading Problems connecting USB storage device to Xbox
PC Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal are going web-only
Or: web killed the paper star? From The 2008 Media Inflection: Meet Dr. Web, the New Gorilla by Herb Sutter: As of January 2009: PC Magazine is going “digital only.” After the January issue, the print magazine will disappear. Instead, the content will appear exclusively on the web. As of January 2009: Dr. Dobb’s Journal… Continue reading PC Magazine and Dr. Dobb’s Journal are going web-only
New year, old bugs
Or: Old year, new bugs Or: Bug of the week number Or: It is the first week of 2009, but it is still 2008 We all know that date calculation is tricky. Don’t get me started on time zones! I’ve found a web-based time report application and an online movie rental site that fails to… Continue reading New year, old bugs
Moved the first Ruby on Rails site from Apache to Lighttpd
Yesterday I managed to move the first Ruby on Rails site to its new home on the VPS. The move had been easier if I hadn’t decided to use Lighttpd this time around, but finally I got everything working. The site I moved is only the administration interface for the energy drink database used by… Continue reading Moved the first Ruby on Rails site from Apache to Lighttpd
Web and mail server connectivity issues
Not long after my FreeBSD file server at home was upgraded properly, my old web and mail server lost connection to the Internet. The server was unable to connect to the Internet (and vice versa) from yesterday evening until midday today. The cause was presumably a routing problem in the network run by the crappy… Continue reading Web and mail server connectivity issues
Upgraded my FreeBSD file server
Upgrading a FreeBSD server should be less painful than putting a graphics card in a Windows server, unless there is a huge technical debt involved of course… At home I’ve been upgrading my three year old FreeBSD file server. I bought 3 new 500 gigabyte hard disk drives for a new graid3 setup, but I… Continue reading Upgraded my FreeBSD file server
Solved problems installing a graphics card in a Windows 2003 Server
My computer troubles did not stop with the RAM failure on my laptop. The next issue was a server upgrade at work. We needed to put a graphics card into a server. (Don’t ask why!) The HP ProLiant ML110 G5 server has a built-in Matrox G200e (with 8 megabytes of RAM) and I installed a … Continue reading Solved problems installing a graphics card in a Windows 2003 Server
Divide and Conquer Tip #2: Stack Overflow
It was months since I mentioned the Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky joint venture stackoverflow.com on this blog. The stackoverflow.com site has been up and running for a while now, and it is both a great resource for getting help, and a possible way to spend a lot of time online. The reward system is… Continue reading Divide and Conquer Tip #2: Stack Overflow