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Category Archives: Hacks

Wireless SNES Controller

A week ago a bluetooth wireless controller went on sale at GameStop for $8. I bought one and ripped it apart with the intention of stuffing it inside a Super Nintendo controller. Thankfully the whole thing fit perfectly and works great with my Fire TV.

Posted byPat HartlFebruary 18, 2015May 3, 2015Posted inHacks, Projects7 Comments on Wireless SNES Controller

Home Automation Via Sonic Screwdriver

One thing that really annoyed me about the lights in my room is when I went to bed I would always forget to turn the lights off and have to climb out of bed and turn them off. That sounds like a first world problem, and well it is. But I had a solution in […]

Posted byPat HartlDecember 7, 2013July 1, 2014Posted inHacks, Projects, Snippets6 Comments on Home Automation Via Sonic Screwdriver

Run Boot Camp Within OS X

Recently a friend of mine, Josh Betz, has been trying to get his Boot Camp partition to run as a virtual machine (VM) from OS X. It’s a great idea and I would recommend, but there are a couple of disadvantages. Let’s look at the pros and cons: Pros Able to access all of your […]

Posted byPat HartlFebruary 4, 2010July 1, 2014Posted inHacks, TutorialsTags: Boot Camp, Hacks, Mac, OSX, Tips, Tutorials, VirtualBox, VMLeave a comment on Run Boot Camp Within OS X

Gaming in the Cloud

I’m going to have to start off this post with a little background story. Last night at approximately 8PM I lost all the data that was stored on my MacBook’s hard drive. That’s over 400GB of movies, TV shows, pictures, and music. I also lost the local copies of all of my websites. Lucky enough […]

Posted byPat HartlDecember 31, 2009July 1, 2014Posted inHacks, TutorialsTags: Cloud Computing, DIY, Dropbox, Gaming, Hacks, MacBook, Steam1 Comment on Gaming in the Cloud
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