Scott Nicholas

Japanese people are amazingly smart. I was able to change my user-agent as one blog suggested to download the Google Chrome setup, but it wouldn't run... So I downloaded the files in a zip. It warned about Windows 2000 not being supported, started like it was going to do something and had one of them fatal errors. Why bother trying the next approach then...? Because I tried the browser and like it. It is faster, and any gain in speed on an EeePC is much appreciated!

• Original blog in Japanese
• Google Translation of said blog.
• Local copy: chrome2k.zip

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This'll work on many handsets, but here are the step-by-step I used on the Nokia 6086. I use the free dial-up service provided by NoCharge. $6/m t-zones is enough to use opera mini and google maps, but I was minimizing my plan and dropped it, since I hardly ever use these, but they can help if on a road trip and you get lost :)

Start in Menu > Settings > Configuration > Personal configuration settings. Then Options > Add New > Access Point.

Account Name: NoCharge CSD
Access Point Settings...
Data Bearer: GSM data
Bearer Settings...
Dial-up number: 3604692222
Authentication type: Normal
Data call …

T-mobile US highly restricts java applications, especially on their Nokia handsets. With my previous phone, the Nokia 6133, you could flash to an unbranded firmware and run anything. It was great. But now I have a Nokia 6086 ...

The Nokia 6086 has many certificates installed on it. Go to Menu > Settings > Security > Authority certificates > Certificate list to view them.

One certificate of interest is GeoTrust CA for UTI. UTI is Unified Testing Initiative, or Java Verified. This is the certificate real applications will get, such as Google Mobile Maps.

If you visit http://m.google.com/gmm you'll be presented …

=== YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE PROVIDED WITH NO WARRENTY Please read blog comments before attempting this to see other peoples feedback first. ===

Okay, we all know aircrack from debian etch works, but it's old. We also know injection requires a build environment, kernel sources, and loads of other fun. I made this and just got to test it on a newly recovered Eee pc. Not by choice, but that's another story. Simply put -- Never use Paragon's partition resizer on your ext2 filesystem!

• Download http://scottn.us/aircrack-1.0b2+madwifi-r3366+ar5007.tgz
• Open a console with …

[22:47] protonmatt: you go outside?
[22:47] neutron scott: why
[22:47] neutron scott: it snowed
[22:47] protonmatt: lunar eclipse?
[22:47] protonmatt: duh
[22:47] neutron scott: fuck that
[22:47] protonmatt: i thought you were a nerd.
[22:48] protonmatt: you disappoint me
[22:48] neutron scott: i only look at solar eclipses
[22:51] neutron scott: you watch the shit nigga?
[22:51] neutron scott: it ends right now huh
[22:55] protonmatt: yeah
[22:55] protonmatt: i watched it
[22:56] neutron scott: whats it about
[22:57] protonmatt: wait what?
[22:58] neutron …

I bought myself a Mio C320 at RadioShack yesterday for $200. They had a great sale on memory cards, so I got a 4GB SDHC card too. Plenty of room for hacks, right? Yeah. The forum I got the unlock stuff from is very tough to navigate I think. For those interested, this is what I used. So what can an "Unlocked" GPS do? I'd think a lot more than what I've got so far. Of course Windows CE 5.0 Core it could run most of those Pocket PC programs. Screen size and orientation are different, of course. You …

So I was bored and had spent some time in PA this weekend to visit the kids. My brother in law was there and asked for Madden 08 for the old hacked XBOX I have for my boys. I burnt it, and plan to bring it up next visit...

My roommate here has an XBOX but no games or controllers at the moment. Used XBOX controller is still $20 at GameStop! geesh. Well, MechAssault is $3 used, saw 1 8MB MadCatz memory card for $10, and a dongle for $3. Get home and splice the dongle into a USB cable …

i got back in the shop and saw emergency vehicles deploying to the airfield. a buddy goes, "watch this."

i just saw a harrier land without it's front landing gear down. the nose bounced off the deck twice.

it was pretty rad. :)

wow. so i'm stuck at work and bored on a weekend alone. my stunnel wouldn't connect. guess my shell was restarted. the daemon wasn't loaded. rather than play the nintendo ds i also brought with me, i decided to see if there was ANY way to get around this. i ended up getting MidpSSH on my cell phone and logging in, su to root, and running stunnel. MidpSSH is an SSH/Telnet client for pretty much any cell phone. I of course run my SSH on port 465 so T-Mobile allows a direct connection to it already, so I didn't …

I bought two broken white DS's from the local classifieds for $50. I was able to repair the first one real easy. When I opened the case, a small surface mount inductor -- L2 (next to power switch) -- fell out. I soldered the bad boy back in and the thing works great! So I got my $50 worth. I used the other one to replace my broken power switch on my own DS, and selling the rest on eBay. Much thanks to Sean for his soldering skills with that switch.

It's fun work. I wish I had the monies to start …