You can come and live in my garage... "Erre Dos" (my first R2-D2), needs about 3 weeks of solid work.
I'll pay you in beer. Making R2-D2 move - easy. Making him look as good as he does in the movie? F-in impossible.
Generally, I read the forum but never post. However, after the excrusiating pain which was yesterday's Systm shoot (both physical and emotional, little of which you guys will end-up seeing...), I'm going through a 12-pack of porter, and am actually posting.
Hang-upside down for an hour. I dare you. My Gracilis and Pectineus muscles are on fire. I am barely capable of walking.
[Spoiler alert] Trying to walk upside down is nearly impossible and the human leg/foot is not designed for it. [/spoiler]
Wardriving in 60 Seconds, AK-47 vs. HD, EL Noise
Monday, November 10th, 2008 – running time 36:55
More on Router Firmware, EL, Wiring Robots, Wardriving, Data Sanitizing... and your ideas for future episodes: growing pot, building lightsaber replicas and DIY headphone amps!
No soldering this week... the saws are silent. We're talking time this week to answer some of the many emails we've received about the projects we've done and will do in the coming months!
Wardriving seems to be a favorite of viewer Justin. He's been sending, no, flooding, our email servers with requests to do an "...episode of Systm on Wardriving", so Patrick has Wardriving in 60 Seconds for Justin. ;
Patrick just wishes he'd remember to suggest InSSIDer instead of NetStumbler for Wardriving on Windows... it's mucho more functional on Vista and offers some nifty features.
Patrick out in Wisconsin wants us to build a Cantenna... nothing wrong with that, but we recommends he check out EP 45: Practically Free WiFi Antennas... where we went over 3 low cost but better than stock DIY options for boosting Wi-Fi reception.
Nick was so enamored with our build a combat robot episode a few months back he wants a wiring diagram for that very design. Thankfully Dave is here to share his wisdom on the whole thing and why it's a lot simpler than you might think.
Michael had question about an alternative method to erasing your hard drive that we didn't cover in Episode 74. Is it a sure fire winner or does it a few flaws that could potentially leave him susceptible to data thieves?
Danny had a question about the noise generated by the electroluminescence sheet we used in Episode 70 and Andrew had a related question about how to go about installing an EL sheet into the back of Macbook.
Of course in every batch of email we get there are always a few that could be considered eccentric or even "odd". But since we're all about equal opportunity we decided to put in a few of the more colorful email requests we received.
Brandon is quite excited about having us dedicate a show to growing pot... in a DIY hydroponics setup... in a secret 'geek friendly' hidden room behind a false bookshelf... wired with all the connectivity any geek might need while hiding out. Pat and Dave are amused and explain what may or may not keep them from attempting it in the near future.
Finally, Thomas wants us to show him how to build... a lightsaber. Not some cheap knock-off that looks like a lightsaber but a real honest to gosh replica of a the prop lightsabers used in the Star Wars movies.
Coincidentally, Dave just happens to be one of the world's biggest Star Wars fans and freaks on the planet. How freaky? Let's see: Homemade Storm trooper armor? Check. Hand built life-size R2D2? Double-check (he has 2). Replica lightsabers? Big check... he has a complete set based on the same parts the original prop makers built for the original Star Wars.
If you guys are interested... this is one we'll do soon!
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Serafina
Started discussion: November 10, 2008 @ 4:29pm GMT
Episode 77: Wardriving in 60 Seconds, AK-47 vs. HD, EL Noise [Discussion]
More on Router Firmware, EL, Wiring Robots, Wardriving, Data Sanitizing... and your ideas for future episodes: growing pot, building lightsaber replicas and DIY headphone amps!
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haku
8 months ago
A garage sounds almost comfy actually (I'm always surrounded by junk/electronics/gadgets anyway), but paid in beer? that'd be a promotion to the level of "drunk underpaid solder monkey".
As soon as Systm does the "Build your own transatlantic boat (or plane)" episode, I'm there!
Are you sure a 12-pack is enough, I remember the pain after coming home from Amsterdam some years ago - we spent the 3 days there and explored everywhere by foot, all day each day. I was completely exhausted and my feet/legs were dead by the end.
As soon as Systm does the "Build your own transatlantic boat (or plane)" episode, I'm there!
Are you sure a 12-pack is enough, I remember the pain after coming home from Amsterdam some years ago - we spent the 3 days there and explored everywhere by foot, all day each day. I was completely exhausted and my feet/legs were dead by the end.
davmoo
8 months ago
Flagpole TV antenna: It can be done, but it will not gain you anything, and in fact the performance will be worse than a TV antenna you could buy off the shelf. Many hams that live in areas where they can't stick up a traditional antennas have used flagpoles to get away with it, but at frequencies lower than TV, and even there its an efficiency compromise and there is a loss in performance...but for them, that loss in performance beat out they couldn't have an antenna otherwise. Patrick is right, use it as a tall mast for an actual TV antenna, otherwise forget it.
Indoor hydroponic growing on the cheap: Define cheap. If cheap is $50 total, forget that one too. $50 might get you a good ballast for a metal halide light, and then you're still going to need the bulb and some kind of reflector (and although you can come up with a cheap reflector, always remember that metal halide bulbs get *hot*). A florescent bulb setup, while cheaper, will not grow worth a crap. The rest of the stuff for hydroponics (pots, buckets, growing medium, nutrients, aquarium air pump, etc) are not that expensive, but the lighting is going to put you back at least $100 (and that's assuming you get lucky or you can scrounge and you only need enough light to grow one plant) or you're wasting your time. It could probably be done for $200 - $250 for the lighting and hydroponics, but then you still need to insulate your grow room, etc. And don't forget that the lighting will add at least $10 a month or so to your electric bill.
Indoor hydroponic growing on the cheap: Define cheap. If cheap is $50 total, forget that one too. $50 might get you a good ballast for a metal halide light, and then you're still going to need the bulb and some kind of reflector (and although you can come up with a cheap reflector, always remember that metal halide bulbs get *hot*). A florescent bulb setup, while cheaper, will not grow worth a crap. The rest of the stuff for hydroponics (pots, buckets, growing medium, nutrients, aquarium air pump, etc) are not that expensive, but the lighting is going to put you back at least $100 (and that's assuming you get lucky or you can scrounge and you only need enough light to grow one plant) or you're wasting your time. It could probably be done for $200 - $250 for the lighting and hydroponics, but then you still need to insulate your grow room, etc. And don't forget that the lighting will add at least $10 a month or so to your electric bill.
davmoo
8 months ago
I saw a couple of pictures that either Roger or Serafina (can't remember now which one) twittered links to Sunday. Just from those pictures I am afraid for the future of humanity.
hillwog
8 months ago
Fts 2.0
Check out this "From the Shadow" ep. on light sabershttp://www.archive.org/details/FromTheShadowsBox20_0
Jaguar87.5
8 months ago
Battle Bots
other than growing pot, the 200lb. beast of a robot sounds like a great episode, and must having a flamethrower is cool, but why not a AK on the thing? awesome show keep it up! MMgunner
8 months ago
Wow, I thought the "gravity boots" was a tease like Brian does on scam school. "next week we'll show you how to turn Ni-Cd battery's into Li-Ion". But that your actually doing it EPIC
xfuuey
8 months ago
In reply to haku:
Wardriving - what no mention of cracking WEP? Using a slightly older version of Backtrack3 booted from a 1GB USB stick I can crack a wifi WEP key on this Asus Eee in about 10 minutes.
Um k... would you like a cookie?
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Wardriving - what no mention of cracking WEP? Using a slightly older version of Backtrack3 booted from a 1GB USB stick I can crack a wifi WEP key on this Asus Eee in about 10 minutes.
Building a battle robot future episodes - yes! excellent! I'm still disappointed they cancelled Robot Wars here in the UK, I loved watching that show, robots beating the shaft out of each other is to me pure entertainment.
Hard drive wiping - 16systems recovery challenge, well, hmm, have a read of slashdot.
The "questions from the viewers" appeared to be all emails, do David & Patrick frequent this place much? I know David has posted a few times
P.S. David, can I come and work for you? it looks like you have some of the best toys & workshop tools ever! :D