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Forum is Back!

Published by DrNathan on 2008.02.07 in General News. 2 Comments

The forum upgrade went smoothly, and everything looks like it was carried over properly.

There are a few things that are missing such as  “Quick Reply” and the advertisements, among a few others.  I will be bringing those components back up to speed shortly, so bear with us.

The only issue that might remain from the upgrade is an issue with some passwords not converting properly.  If you cannot log into the forum, just use the “I Forgot my Password” function to reset your password.  If you cannot reset your password, just drop me an email at admin-at-teamhackaday-dot-com, and I will see what I can do.

Forums down?? Say it isn’t so!

Published by DrNathan on 2008.02.07 in General News. 0 Comments

The forums might seem like they are down, but that is not the case.  We are doing some housekeeping and upgrading our forum to the newest version of phpBB.  Expect some down time as we migrate posts and such, as well as after the upgrade.  Hopefully our old theme will work with the new software, but if not, I will hunt something down ASAP!

Bear with us, it will be over soon!

Running Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Beta 2 (or Beta 3/Beta 4) Side-by-Side

Published by DrNathan on 2007.12.27 in How-To. 1 Comment

Forum member DrNathan posted a quick write-up on how to use Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Beta 2, Beta 3, and Beta 4 side-by-side without causing any profile conflicts or corruption. It only takes minutes and is a nice way to give the new iteration of Firefox a spin before the final version is released.

Akimbo Hacks Part 2: VGA Port Installation

Published by DrNathan on 2007.12.14 in Electronics and Hacks. 0 Comments

Forum member Cerberus continues to hack away at his Akimbo IP1150, and this time he has added a VGA port to the box.

I can’t wait to see what the final product will look like when he is finished modding it.

RCA Akimbo Serial Port Hack

Published by DrNathan on 2007.12.06 in Electronics and Hacks. 0 Comments

Forum member Cerberus has a walkthrough on his web site demonstrating how you can add a serial port to an RCA Akimbo IP TV/PVR box, enabling you to gain console access to the machine.  It is a pretty easy hack, but really its the first step in hacking these things for personal use.

Not familiar with the Akimbo?  That’s ok, Cerberus has a nice introduction and specification post for you as well.

Welcome to the new Team Hack-a-Day.com!

Published by DrNathan on 2007.11.27 in General News. 3 Comments

As you might notice, this page has changed completely from the last time you visited. We were visited by a cracker, who took the liberty of exploiting the Xoops installation we used to have for our main page. I have now installed Wordpress, and things are looking good.

I plan to utilize this main portal page far more than it was before, linking interesting articles, forum posts, hacks, and walkthroughs created by our team members. This should be a positive change for Team Hack-a-Day.

Over the next few weeks you will see additions and changes to this site, as well as some errors/downtime/etc. as formatting and content are tweaked. Please be patient while we make these changes - you will be pleased with the results, I promise.

-DrNathan