Hacking Systems Weblog

Wow… What a night to go dead on me.  Looks like my Xbox360 is deader than a doornail. It froze yesterday when I was playing some friends on Halo3 (after only 5 minutes) and then hit me with a “E 79″ boot error. I popped in my GH3 game a few [...]

Quickie PSP Pandora update: JumpR has posted a Linux and Vista-friendly GUIDE. Sweet! Looks like Fanjita had a Linux GUIDE up in early September (where *was* I) – more items HERE.

The video I posted on YouTube (and available in higher res in the Downloads section) shows a custom icon set that I run on my 3.40OE-A PSP. The theme is called “KDE Buuf” and is based on Mattahan’s original “Buuf” collection. To get a copy of the icon collection for your PC [...]

Hmmm… After following THESE instructions (thanks larrylje), I have successfully turned an older model PSP-110 battery into a Pandora Box unbricker / recovery battery. Then I went on to use it to upgrade my new Slim PSP to 3.71 M33-2 Custom Firmware. It all works, but I’m still a little bummed. Evidently [...]

I went ahead and grabbed the Star Wars BattleFront Renegade Squadron PSP package deal. Figured I would see what what’s up with the new PSP “Slim.” Turns out that it’s completely missing the infrared port (useful for keyboard text entry and remote control activities) – something I didn’t realize before purchase. [...]