Hacks

Detecting forged photos algorithmically

John Graham-Cumming posted an automated tool for detecting “Clone Tool” Photoshop forgeries. Photojournalism ethics issues (LInk, Link) aside, John had some ulterior motives: I was motivated to work on this program by greed (or at least my never-ending love of having a little flutter on things). Best of the Best runs spot-the-ball competitions in airports […]

Wiindow curtain control

Hackszine reader clickthegoogleads wrote to us about a set of Wiimote controlled curtains: The curtain control system is an existing system from Goelst and is called “G-Rail 6200”. Normally it is controlled by infrared or wallswitches. However, it can also be controlled with a CAN bus. I used this CAN bus to interface with an […]

Excel Hacks: Display negative time values

Here’s Hack #87, Display Negative Time Values, from David and Raina Hawley’s Excel Hacks, 2nd Edition. Millions of users create and share Excel spreadsheets every day, but few go deeply enough to learn the techniques that will make their work much easier. Yet there are many ways to take advantage of Excel’s sophisticated capabilities without […]

Wii Linux

This is awesome news from the GameCube Linux Wiki: 24 Feb 2008: Long time, no see Although we haven’t posted any news in the last 2 years, we have silently continued our work keeping the kernel patches up to date. With the latest 2.6.24 release we have added support for the USB Gecko adapter as […]

Botanicalls Twitter: flora tweets

With Monday finally wrapping up, it’s time to start thinking about next weekend. Why not spend it Twitter-enabling your house plants? Botanicalls Twitter answers the question: What’s up with your plant? It offers a connection to your leafy pal via online Twitter status updates that reach you anywhere in the world. When your plant needs […]