Hackaway 2009 – The great hack giveaway has begun!
I have a very ominous looking stack of upcoming hacking projects. I also have a very lonely looking stack of already hacked projects, extra consoles, spare parts etc. To clear up space for the new hacks, I'm giving away 9 previous hacks. Read on for how to enter.
Here's the deal: email hunter@hunterdavis.com the number of the item(s) you'd want (subject line hackaway 2009), and within a week (a day or two!! tons of response!) (It's over!! See next post) I'll randomly choose winners, notify them and get their addresses, then ship them out their gear, one per person. I pay for all shipping and handling, no restrictions about geographic location as long as I can ship to there from the US. All items are working, and do not require additional $ or hardware to start messing with.
Some items are already hacked up in some fashion, some are stock firmware and ready to hack yourself. I'll post up when I've selected the winners. I am hoping this will help foster some hack projects out there in the wild. Ideas for cool hacks are welcome in the comments section. The items to be given away are:
- Zipit Z2 console with hand-crank dynamo charge assembly
- Fujitsu Point 1600 tablet pc w/floppy and serial (touch serial-terminal)
- Slim PlayStation 2 "robot" (built-in lcd, eyetoy, ps2) based on old video phone hack
- HP Jornada 540 (has been playing arkanoid nes vs itself for about a year solid)
- GirlTech IM-ME wireless instant message console
- Trivial Pursuit Digital edition console
- Digital Microscope (claims 200x.....)
- 20q large edition neural net game
- usb woot-off lights & usb floppy drive & usb speakers & usb fan
Good Luck!
December 2nd, 2009 - 20:09
instresting.
December 2nd, 2009 - 22:34
Awesome sauce; good like with that email inbox, bet it gets swamped with duplicate mail blasts now.
December 2nd, 2009 - 22:51
Wow, what an offer. Whether I am chosen or not, thanks for sharing!
December 2nd, 2009 - 23:00
Cool, you should all get a confirmation email if you enter, so if you don’t receive one within a few hours it got stuck in my spam filter, let me know. Good Luck!
December 2nd, 2009 - 23:06
This is awesome!
December 3rd, 2009 - 07:40
I just sent a Email to u the one i want well need for school… Hope i get it Thanks
Justin Payne
December 3rd, 2009 - 08:18
Got it, your name’s in the pile!
December 3rd, 2009 - 15:34
cool
December 3rd, 2009 - 15:44
Hack Suggestion – Zone 40 Gaming System – Is a Wii knockoff for $40. http://twitpic.com/pw8fj
December 3rd, 2009 - 15:51
Hey dubyaohohdee,
That’s an interesting console there! I’ll stop by CVS on my way home and see if I can add it to the “to-hack” pile. Thanks for sharing!
December 3rd, 2009 - 16:15
I’m envious… I have a pile books to read that I can never seem to get to, let alone something like “a pile of things to hack!”
One of these days… one of these days…
December 3rd, 2009 - 16:35
I’m sure it started out with just one book, just like the hack pile did
Piles seem to make themselves. Too many hacks, too little time!
December 3rd, 2009 - 20:32
I Have seen them Zones at Freds Looks like a rip off lmfao i wanna see what u can do to it
December 4th, 2009 - 07:10
Yeah i feel sorry for kids that are going to get that when they are expecting something similar to the wii. But if you know what you are getting into, it doesnt look half bad. Would be better though if it just ran classic arcade or NES games.
December 4th, 2009 - 13:15
Thanks for this opportunity mate your very courteous
Got my fingers crossed.
BTW: Looking forward to seeing all of your future protects so keep up the good work!
December 4th, 2009 - 13:24
Hey no problem Adam, I’ll be sure to let you know what cool stuff pops across my desk. It’s been great getting such a positive response from all these different countries. Thanks
December 5th, 2009 - 13:01
Hello!
I just added my name to the collection.
December 25th, 2009 - 06:31
Oh wow, I’ve always wanted to be able to send IMs to people away from my PC. Oh wait…there are these things that everyone has called CELLPHONES, many with QWERTY keypad at least a decent at that one’s and better resolution screens and work essentially everywhere.
May 24th, 2010 - 20:00
I was very pleased to find this site.I wanted to thank you for this great read!! I definitely enjoying every little bit of it and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.
July 1st, 2010 - 10:22
I agree with the zone 40 hack, I keep seeing them in cvs but don’t want to spend the 40 bucks unless I know it’s hackable and I can play old nes games or something on it
July 1st, 2010 - 11:07
I picked a similar one up that turned out to be a genesis on a chip, haven’t been able to find a zone 40 though. You’ll have to post up if you crack one open