Action Now
Cycles swing, so after a good long run of hackerdom running wild in the sunlight it seems darker times are at hand. Welcome to the 33rd gathering of the Chaos Communication Congress, a long running time and place to learn what you will need to thrive and survive. Here then is the opening address, from here you can go many places. If you can not catch the talks live they are posted here shortly after being done. https://www.youtube.com/user/CCCen/videos
33C3 Opening Ceremony ────────── ➤Redner: anna, elisa ➤EventID: 8429 ➤Even
Freedom From and Freedom To
For the first time, U.S. law explicitly protects ‘non-theistic beliefs and the right not to profess or practice any religion.’
Make It To Grok It
At some point you have to stop, dive deep and work on the atomics of a technology to fully grok it. Here then is a project to wrestle with an understanding of our brave new world. Hands on.
Attempt to build a computer using cardboard and brass paper fasteners as the base material for all of the logic circuits. Why? Well, the cardboard is free as my workplace puts it in the dumpster and I do not have the funds to by better material. All of the electronic parts thus far were given to me by a friend who passed away and what better tribute than to build a computer. Except for the ALU all gates are either Nand or Nor using DTL. The trans…
New Tuners Tricks For Old Dog Chips
"The GUI program is a simple wxpython client, it currently exposes the following settings: LNA, Mixer, VGA gain stages, LPF/HPF filter cutoff,LPNF cutoff,Filter bandwidth"
A new Linux based driver for the RTL-SDR has been released by Milen Rangelov (aka gat3way) which exposes all the adjustable settings on the R820T/2 tuner chips. This exposes adjustable sliders for settings like preselection, IF and notch filters and the multiple gain stages on the R820T/2. In the standard drivers the filters and gain settings …
