Virtuoso hardware hacker Bunnie Huang is building an open hardware laptop. Want.
— Read the restWe started the design in June, and last week I got my first prototype motherboards, hot off the SMT line. It's booting linux, and I'm currently grinding through the validation of all the sub-components.
Artist Kelly Kerrigan paints many lovely things, but especially fine are Kerrigan's portraits of the villains of Star Wars cuddling a variety of adorable bunnyrabbits.
(via Neatorama)
Phil Torrone interviewed Andrew (bunnie) Huang about the end of his company Chumby, and what he's working on now.
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What are you currently working on? I recently saw an open-source hardware radiation detector and HDMI "hack" that's full shipping product.
Since the end of chumby, I've been continuing to produce open source reference designs.
At the Criminal Crafts blog, a fun tutorial on "pairing zombies with a fuzzy pastel holiday," through delicious zombie bunny rabbits and haunted eggs. There's a photo gallery here.
(via Boing Boing Flickr Pool)
Bunnie Huang, cracker of the Xbox and creator of the Chumby, wanted to do something to help people in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. He created a reference design for a cheap, reliable, stylish Geiger counter for everyday carry, under the auspices of Safecast, a group that works on ongoing disaster relief in Japan. — Read the rest
If you couldn't afford to pay $(removed) for the "art edition" of Mark Ryden's book Pinxit (it's sold out anyway), Taschen has thoughtfully introduced a popular-priced edition of the 366-page book, for $(removed)
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Many books have been published on Mark Ryden before, but none like this large-format monograph, released in a boxed Collector's Edition of 1,000 numbered copies, each signed by the artist; and also available in an Art Edition of only 50 copies, which come with an artwork.
Bunnie Huang blogs his recent Open Hardware Summit talk on the future of open hardware. Bunnie says that open hardware stands to grow from a niche in the global hardware market to an important segment, thanks to phenomena like "heirloom laptops" (and boy, isn't that a provocative coinage!?). — Read the rest
Speaking of smart games, Spongelab's Natural Selection is almost more of an interactive demonstration than an actual game, but it's still way cool. The goal: Learn about how evolution works by causing mutations in populations of cute, fluffy bunnies. — Read the rest
Dean spotted Vickangaroo's cute bunnies on Etsy! Couldn't you just reach out and pet it?
Andrew "bunnie" Huang, who literally wrote the book on hacking Xboxes, was to be a witness in last week's first-of-its-kind trial for Xbox modding. However, the government prosecutor bungled his case so badly that he was forced to withdraw the charge and walk away, leaving the defendant unscathed. — Read the rest
Bunnie "Chumby" Huang, whose Hacking the Xbox is a reverse-engineer's bible, has been asked to testify at the trial of Anaheim's Matthew Crippen, who faces three years in prison for jailbreaking Xbox 360s (that is, modding them so that they could run software that Microsoft hadn't authorized). — Read the rest
I was thumbing through the Summer 2006 issue of The FretBoard Journal (Number 2), a gorgeous magazine for stringed instrument players, collectors, and builders, and came across this short piece about "tone balls." These are the "nebulous balls formed from the bits of lint, dust, hair and insect husks that fall into the soundholes of guitars and mandolins." — Read the rest
On a winter night in 1931, 57-year-old Winston Churchill stepped off the curb of 5th Avenue & 76th St. in New York City and was hit by a car.
SPOILER: He survived. But I think 1000 writers could probably do a lot with what could have happened if he hadn't. — Read the rest
I just finished my review copy of Tommy Kovac's collection of his Skelebunnies toon, just out from Slave Labor Graphics, and I'm here to tell you that it is juvenile, scatological, offensive, and very, very funny. Here's the basic premise: one day, two cute bunnies are frolicking in a picturesque wood, when a demon appears. — Read the rest
As a long-time couple, finding art or photography that we both enjoy can sometimes be difficult. For instance, we've been searching for a painting of the rolling hills of Sonoma County that we can both live with for roughly 18 years. — Read the rest
Bunnie Huang — best known for hacking the Xbox — has been in China lately, sourcing manufacturing suppliers for Chumby, the new soft computer appliance his startup is selling (Chumby is way cool, by the way — totally open, hackable, and a complete reimagining of how a computer can be used in your home). — Read the rest
A reminder that I'll be hosting a free public talk by Andrew "bunnie" Huang, the legendary reverse engineer who broke the Xbox. Bunnie will speak at my Canada-US Fulbright Chair speaker series at the University of Southern California in LA. In addition to his talents as a reverse engineer (documented in his excellent book Hacking the Xbox), Bunnie is an evangelist for hardware hacking, working to help software people understand how to get their hands dirty with hardware. — Read the rest
Yet another Christmas Story parody, this one animated and re-enacted in less than 30 seconds by bunnies. Link (Thanks, John Mathot)
Previously:
Video mashup: A Christmas Gory (inspired by Shining remix)
Reader comment: Jason Pitzl-Waters says,
— Read the restYou might want to also point to Angry Alien's portrayal of that other Christmas favorite "It's A Wonderful Life".
None of my contact numbers for Andrew "Bunnie" Huang work anymore, nor do the email addresses I have. Andrew, please drop me a line — I need to chat with you! Mail me Found him! Thanks, everyone!
