So today, a guy on our floor bricked his router. He was attempting to upgrade it to the latest linksys firmware, but it froze partway through, “bricking” it. It would show power lights and detect ethernet cords plugged into it, but would not assign IPs, had no internet functionality, and no wireless. So after alot of digging and experimentation, we found a way how… Before you start, you’ll need a replacement firmware file (Official linksys, dd-wrt, etc), a SMALL screwdriver, a computer with tftp (Standard on Mac/Unix/Linux).

Power down the router. Flip it over, and take out the 4 screws. You can use a helix screwdriver, or a SMALL regular head. After you take those out, put fingers from one hand on the ports, and the other to RIP the top plate off. Barbaric, but its the only way to open it.

Next, hook an ethernet cord to port 1, but DON’T ATTACH IT TO ANYTHING ELSE. Take a 1 foot length of insulated wire, and strip both ends. This next part is kind of tricky.

1: Unplug the router from the wall.
2: Put the wire in with the plug to the router, so it’s between the round plug and the socket it goes into on the router.
3: Plug the router into a power strip that you can quickly power on/off.
4: When it’s powered off, touch the wire to pin 16 of the below chip: (Click for larger)

While it’s still connected, turn on the power, leave it connected for about a minute, then disconnect the wire and leave the router on. The power light, should be blinking, and won’t stop.

On a computer, do the following: Turn OFF wifi, set your ethernet address to 192.168.1.1, netmask to 255.255.255.0, router/default gateway to 192.168.1.1. Plug the ethernet cable from the router. Open command line, and run…

tftp 192.168.1.1

Then, type in the following, hitting enter after each:

binary
trace
rexmt 1
timeout 90

And finially,

put firmware.bin

(Considering that firmware.bin is the firmware image). After a few, it should upload it. Give the router like 5 minutes to install it, then reboot it (Unplug and plug back in). Congrats, your router works again!

WHERE HAVE I BEEN?!

As you may know, I’ve just started college. It’s been taking up most of my time, not just the work, but between hanging out, doing things with other people from my dorm, issues with people back home, and actual work, I’ve not had much time to get creative and post something. Sorry this entry is not entertaining, but, we looked so much to find a guide for this, and couldn’t, but now there is one.

Peace.

So it’s been awhile since my last post. I know. I’ve started college, I’m attending RIT (Rochester institute of technology) for IT. I don’t have too much free time, but I’ll still be around here.

Feel free to facebook me -> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1463541075

Cheers!

Well as you can see, I’ve put a new theme on the site. It’s 100% custom by me ^_^.

If you experience any problems with it, post them in a comment to this post.

ARG! DOWNTIME!

So yeah we were down for the last couple days. One of the domains I host, Runescapez.com, got DDoSed, so Vexxhost locked my account. They insisted that they will not host DDoSed sites, (Which, I had never heard this policy before, they had it nowhere in their Terms of Service or Acceptable Usage Policy), and wanted me to move all my sites off their host. So of course, that is bullshit, I contacted them, and over the long amount of time it takes to get anything done via their support desk, we came to an agreement that I could continue to host my other sites, if I removed Runescapez.com.

So yeah, now we’re here. Sorry for the downtime.

TIPS For convincing a web host to do what you want, aside from simple support desk tickets.
 • Call them on the phone and either act extremely angry or apologetic (Or pull a bipolar thing to really freak them out).
 • Post on a Web Hosting Forum about how terrible they are - I suggest Webhostingtalk.com - they usually keep an eye out for stuff like this, and they’ll do anything within reason to make a customer happy and keep down bad talk on them.

Well, that all sucked. I still support Vexxhost, and as long as your site doesn’t get DDoSed, I still recommend them.

So I know many of you are familiar with PoserChat (http://sigchat.xmop.org/), and you may have noticed I’ve been hinting at Poserchat 2 now and then… But hey here’s the official announcement, screenshots, and feature list…

Screenshot: One page of the new admin panel…

(Click for larger)

So, heres a few features I can list right now…

• Uploadedable Backgrounds in Jpeg, Gif, Png.

• Sizable 50×50 to 800×600

• Font alignment adjustment, (3 axis)

• Number of messages and font size changeable.

• MORE Fonts!

What I still need to do, and what’s done…

DONE:

Main GUI

Registering

Logging in

Admin Hime

 

WHATS NOT DONE:

All of image settings (~70%)

Message Management (Includes banning, censored words, filters, protected names, etc.

Posting messages!

Important: All Poserchat 1 accounts will be transferred to Poserchat II. No data will be lost!

Got any suggestions for features? Feel free to run them by me, here or on the forums!

StarCraft 2… Those of you who don’t know what StarCraft is… LIVE UNDER A ROCK. Here’s a summary of starcraft for you… It’s one of the first raise-a-civilization-and-conquer-the-area games, with thousands of maps, and of course, multiplayer. The story line is, in general, as follows: The humans (Terran) have been getting attacked by alien creatures (Zerg) and aliens (Protoss). Eventually, the Terran & Protoss join forces, can they defeat the onslaught of the zerg? - Spoilier: Click To Reveal -

That is Starcraft. It was released in the late 90s, but still remains extremely popular today. In Korea, its one of the most popular.

That is Starcraft 2. A major improvement, no? 
Official StarCraft 2 Site: http://StarCraft2.com/  You should check it out!!

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Epic FrontFlip Fail: (Video - 4:56 - 1.7mb).

*Sigh*

Well… I changed the forum from BBPress to PhpBB3. BBPress is so nice and light, but its a bit hard to use, and lacks some features. Modding it is a bit difficult.. So I decided it wasn’t too far along to scrap and start anew. 
Let’s hope the new Phpbb forum will withstand the test of time, it will definitely serve us well… 

Hey all,

I’ve decided to launch a forum attached to the Wordpress site. It runs BBPress and has quite the odd theme.. So you will find it very different then other forums…
Well, I’d appreciate it if everyone would make it a success, and I’m sure we could all have some fun on the forums!

You can access them by clicking here or the forum link at the top of the page.

So the other night I saw The Dark Knight at the midnight showing at my local theater, or as they should of called it, the Batman movie. In short, it was good, and I highly recommend you go see it. Two things that kind of annoyed me:

 • His Voice. When he is just Bruce, his voice is completely normal. However, when he is Batman, they made his voice INSANELY deep, and added SO much bass to it, to the point were it was hardly understandable. Just lowering it would of been sufficient.

 • Surprise ending? When - Spoilier: Click To Reveal - I seriously thought that was going to be the ending. It would of been a nice sad ending, but that was only halfway through the movie. After reading Wikipedia about some of the names I couldn’t remember, I noticed that - Spoilier: Click To Reveal - a detail that I missed in the theatre.

Other then those small issues I had with the movie, it was great! I still recommend you see it!

iPhoneOS 2.0 - 
Now that the new iPhone/iTouch operating system has been jailbroken, I’ve bought it and installed it, and taken a good look at it. Yes, bought - if you’re on an iPod Touch, it costs 9.95$ to upgrade to. For the original and 3G iphone, it is free. The App Store is incredible - there’s so much, and many of them are free, too! The infamous “Installer” (What jailbroken iPods used to get stuff) hasn’t been ported it, but there is Cydia, which is a GUI for apt-get. However, there aren’t many apps out yet for 2.0 - Of the GUI apps I had on my older system, NES.app is the only ported so far - keep in mind I’ve installed this a day after the Jailbreak for it was released, so many more are expected. From the App Store, I’ve tried out AOL Messenger, AOL Radio, Remote, Tap-Tap Revenge, and VNC. Here’s my opinions - 

 • AOL - Definitely much better then existing IM programs for the ipod. I couldn’t figure out how to log out, though. :( Recommended.
 •  AOL Radio - They have a WIDE variety of channels, at impressive audio quality, and it’s a fairly solid stream, too. Also recommended. 
 • Remote - This is a controller for iTunes (Control iTunes from your iPod). This is pretty cool too, and was extremely easy to set up.
 • Tap-Tap Revenge - This is like Guitar Hero, but you tab dots that come down lines… Kinda fun.
 • VNC -  This app is good too, but TouchPad is better. TouchPad is only for <= 1.1.4, though.

Screenshots! In order - Home Screen, Google Maps, AOL Radio, Remote, Remote, App Store, App Store, AOL Messenger. You can click them for a full-size image.

And don’t you forget it!

What?!?? How could one of the most hated countries in the world kick so much ass?

1: Our President is an Idiot. But, you know what that means? He can do what HE WANTS. The crazier he is, the more feared we are. Right now, any terrorist sons of bitches are QUAKING in their shoes, because Bush’s term is almost over. He can do anything he wants and not deal with the consequences! The next guy will! Crazy people are scary! 

2: Our President is Badass. Know what he did at the end of the G8 summit meeting? He said, Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter, and then, “punched the air while grinning widely“. This, at the end of a serious meeting? He is either an idiot, or bad-ass! But we know its both.

3: We Saved The World’s Ass. (Twice!). Any european who doesn’t also love America can SUCK IT. If it weren’t for us you all would be speaking german right now, or dead, and living under a dictator. Most of the european nations were getting their asses handed to them by the Nazi war machine until AMERICA came in the war and saved the day. In World War II, the Germans were literally at their doorstep, bombing them every day! America became involved, and over several years, pushed them, thousands of miles, all the way back to Germany and ended the war. Be grateful. 

4: We Are Stopping Terrorists All Over The World. What? You think WWII is old history? Guess what, we’re still fighting to make this a better place, every day. If it wasn’t for us, terrorists would have SO much more funding to carry out attacks on YOU. WE took out Afghanistan and Iraq, two major funders and safehouses for terrorist activity. 

What does America want? We’re bailing everyone out from trouble they don’t have the resources or balls to deal with. We don’t have the resources to keep doing this forever, and the least we demand is a little respect.