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Category Archives: Technology
Finished
Good news, everyone! I’ve just completed and submitted my MSc dissertation. I’ve also invented a device which makes you read all 20,000 words of it in your head, in Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth’s voice! Well, only part of that is … Continue reading
Introducing getwiinandkey
Okay. For some unknown reason you want to explore the internals of the Nintendo Wii. The plan goes something like this: Collect an image of your Wii NAND chip and the console-specific keys. ??? Profit Hopefully this post will shed … Continue reading
Wii NAND Imaging with BootMii
Earlier this week Nintendo released System Menu 4.3 – the sole purpose of which seems to be disabling homebrew software. It’s a bit of a pain because until some new bugs are found, the success of any procedure I come … Continue reading
Wii NAND Imaging with Infectus2
In short, I’ve had no success getting the Wii to speak to my Infectus chip. The first obstacle was finding wire small enough to fit securely into the vias on the motherboard. I started by using Kynar wire wrap, but … Continue reading
Inside the Nintendo Wii
The title tells you pretty much all you need to know about this post. I spent this afternoon disassembling the Wii and documenting the process. It wasn’t nearly as nerve-wracking as I had thought it would be mostly thanks to … Continue reading
It Begins!
Yesterday I received an email stating that the university exam board had met, and that I was officially allowed to progress to MSc. Good stuff! The computer science department have kindly agreed to supply a Wii console, but it needs … Continue reading
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Booting a Mac Mini without a Monitor
My big file server had been making strange noises for a while so last week I decided to “retire” it and use my Mac Mini instead. Unfortunately the changeover wasn’t quite as straight forward as I had hoped. Ubuntu Server … Continue reading
Final Project Preparations
I had my last university exam yesterday, so barring any major disasters I should be starting work on my MSc project in the next few weeks. I’d like to get going on this as soon as possible but there’s still … Continue reading
Interesting Article About Console Hacking
Pandora’s Xbox: The changing community of the modern console It was written back in January apparently, but I saw it just now on the HackMii blog. It makes me wonder if I should get in touch with Nintendo about my … Continue reading
Removing Linux from the PlayStation 3
Apparently tomorrow’s PS3 firmware update is going to remove the OtherOS feature from original-model consoles. I’m not sure why. Sony mentioned security concerns, presumably due to George Hotz, but from what I understand of that it’s a pretty tricky hardware … Continue reading