Hello Hackers-
Thanks to Harvest for being wonderful hosts! Plenty of beer, soda, vegan pizza and even some candy! It was a party like no other, especially thanks to you all.
Sorry for the late wrap up email! We've been too busy obsessing over /usr/sbin/powertop output late at night...
Massachusetts' shares its old standardized test questions with the public. Aaron decided to make them more easily available and in an interface which allows you to answer them. There's lots of reasons you might want this as an educator or a researcher, or an educator doing research. Or, maybe you just want to ensure your as smart as your 10 year old...
Bjorne was unhappy with Java's Swing Toolkit, so he did what any sane developer would do--he built it the way he wanted it.
Max presented an early version of One Shall Pass many rounds ago. He shared with us the changes he's made since then, which has made it much more useful for day to day password management.
Asteroids is one of those simple games that everyone in implements at least one. For some people, it's like the Game of Life--used to test out different techniques. But, we've yet to see an implementation of the game as complicated as NodeWar, nor as fun. Implement an agent, and fight it against another agent. There are no guns in this game though--guns are boring. You can 3d print guns. Just ram each other, spaceship demolition derby style.
- nodewar use code: hack-and-tell
We've had something like 4 presentations in the last 3 rounds from Jay. The man continually does interesting things. I say keep them coming. This time he showed us how to print labels on a free UPS labels on a thermal printer.
Funny story, Jake spent a bunch of time figuring out how to automatically unscramble Crazy Blind Date images, and his date just did it in MS Paint.
Francis presented his "Raspbery Pi, Arduino, Node.js powered door opener" that presses a button so he doesn't have to get up from his desk. In other news, "Jetson!You're fired!"
What if you, "theoretically," took a bunch of exploitable TRENDnet cameras, extracted a random MP3 out of a YouTube video, and mashed it up together switching cameras based on the beat of the music? Oh, and while you're at it, you might as well add motion tracking, 'cause, well, why not? That'd be pretty cool, right?
Most people probably don't think about where their trash goes. Others do, and are conscious about recycling and keeping as much of their refuse as possible out of landfills. But, what if you could follow exactly where your trash goes? Nicholas is attempting to do that, by throwing out his cell phone.
What does it look like when you take pics from /r/circlejerk and post them on twitter? Surprisingly, it's not all porn.
We're always looking for spaces, so reach out if you have one!
- Berlin, Germany
- San Francisco
- DC, organized by our own Jonathan Halcrow
Check out http://hackandtell.org for links, and expect a new hackandtell.org any year now!
Happy hacking,
Andrew and James
[0]: We generated random bits by using von Neumann coin unbiasing: von Neumann, John (1951). "Various techniques used in connection with random digits". National Bureau of Standards Applied Math Series 12: 36.