75$, 20 watt blue ray player (with video and kill-a-watt goodness)
Yeah, more technically it's a 20-watt x264 player. But it's an 800mhz CELERON (all caps!) pumping 1080p into a broadcom decoder. More info after the jump
IM-ME Linux Drivers Beta Release and Sourceforge Page
To follow up on my earlier articles, the IM-ME has been gaining some traction in the hacking community. There's been a couple of driver releases in various forms, as well as a lot of information and protocol specs. Scott Albertine sent me a great gpl implementation in C, so we've made a sourceforge page for everyone to download the driver.
The SF page is at http://im-megpldrivers.sourceforge.net . There's the initial C driver, some protocol information from Scott, as well as a SVN repository to push any code changes to. If any of the other IM-ME driver implementations also want to host their drivers/source code there, it would make for a good launch pad for IM-ME hackers. Let me know if you need file or SVN access and I can help set it up. Hope to see you there, happy hacking! 
Great New Z2 Userland from RootNexus
Although I've been spending my time on other hacking projects besides the Z2 lately, that does not mean there's nothing exciting happening in the Z2 community. Our friend SoundGuy has finished putting together his Z2 root image, and it is slick! After working out some of the kinks with help from our comments (they are practically forums now...) threads, SoundGuy posted up a link to his newest "For the Average User" userland image. Terrific work! He's really got a good eye for usability. More info after the break.
Npower Fusion – Breakdown Tutorial and Chipset Info
So a few of you had asked for a detailed chipset list for the npower fusion java console. Sounded like fun, so here it is. Turns out to be a pretty interesting device. For the super impatient among you, 200mhz 8mb ram arm SoC, possible rockbox target. Read on for photos and follow along instructions.
Hackaway 2009 Winners Announced!! (Update – Packages Shipped!)
*Update In Comments"
Using my trusty random number generators, I have randomly selected the winners of each category. No one was excluded and everyone had an equal chance to win. Congratulations to all winners, and all contestants! I think we had a great Hackaway! Emails will go out to all contestants shortly. The winners are:
Hackaway 2009 is over! Thanks Everyone!
Aaand it's over. Just over 48 hours after it began and what a great ride it's been. What a response! The winners have already entered, they just don't know who they are!!
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.
100$ 64-bit 3ghz ppc cross compiler for the Z2 (Installing PS3 Linux and Cross Compiling Env from Thumbdrive)
I've been seeing a lot of PS3s come up on craigslist with broken optical drives, usually around 100$. Figuring this was a great way to free up my quadcore from mundane cross-compiling duty, I set about purchasing one and setting up the Z2 cross compiling environment. It took a bit of doing, but it works. Here's a step by step guide for setting yours up.
The Live For Free Philosophy — http://liveforfree.net/
So I've started a new website. Live For Free Originally I had planned for these articles to go into a book, but after 20 or so articles it became clear that the scope of a book is not great enough to encompass all that I have learned, or would like to learn.
HunterDavis.com version THREE POINT OH!!!
Welcome to hunterdavis.com 3.0! I am finally moving my static site to wordpress. Expect lots of fun suprises in the days to come, as well as repostings of all my old programs and givaways. fun!