I always got a kick out of hex words (words that only use hexadecimal characters). If you are similarly deranged, Ned Batchelder has generated an awesome list of hex words for your viewing pleasure. Perfect for making your own T-Shirt. Like, you could put 7e55e118 below a mesh , and only graphics hackers would understand.
Archive for the ‘Codealicious’ Category
Hex Words: How to Generate Hex Words
Posted in Codealicious on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Debugging Windows BSOD Crashes
Posted in Codealicious on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What many people don’t know about Windows BSOD crashes is that almost all of them are caused by third-party drivers. In fact, given the millions of Windows-compatible devices out there, it’s a miracle of modern (computer) science that the Redmond OS runs at all!
Linux XFS Does not Support dirent::d_type
Posted in Codealicious on September 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Recently at work we had a couple customers mention to us that while backing up files on Linux, symlinks and FIFO (names pipe) files were not being skipped. Trying to backup a FIFO is what we call a bad idea. Very, very bad.
Hacking the Wii: Compiling and Running Wii Code
Posted in Codealicious, Indie Games on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What could be more fun that hacking the Wii? Compiling and running your own Wii games is actually pretty straightforward. The only caveat is that you will need a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and an SD card. For remote debugging, you will also need the USB Gecko. Many people have already [...]
Wii! That was a fun ride with dirent.h!
Posted in Codealicious, Indie Games on September 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s been a bumpy road to get there, but I’ve created a dirent.h for use in hacking the Nintendo Wii. You might ask, “what the heck did you go and do that for?” Perhaps it’s because I’m a good Samaritan who saw the suffering of my fellow Wii h4×0rd00dz and knew that I could ease [...]
