Running Asterisk on your router!?!
No, really! You can do it. This story explains how to install (very easily) Asterisk on OpenWrt, and how to configure it to end up with your very own personal PBX. Includes a download of the infamous “has been carried away by monkeys” greeting.
Enable XP Pro features on xp home
This hack allows xp home (oem or upgrade) to have all features of xp pro. This includes remote desktop. Finally making xp home worth something.
Hack Allows Xbox 360 Owners to Stream DivX Video in Real-Time
Very cool. Casey at Brains-N-Brawn has figured out a way to stream DivX video to the Xbox 360 using Windows Media Endcoder (via HD Beat). This is great news for all us lazy people who would otherwise need a program like Videora Xbox360 Converter to manually transcode each video into Xbox compatible WMV
Build your own TiVo box
Ever had the urge to build your own TiVo box? Here is how to do it. Instructions on how to build a better DVR out of an old PC.
Making your Slingbox wireless
The slingbox is a little deceptive where on the side of the box it says it can connect to your 802.11a/b/g home network. It is true but you need a wireless adapter to plug into your slingbox to make it wireless. Here is how I made mine wireless. First you need to update your WRT54G/GS with DD-WRT. One of the newest features available in the administrator console in dd-wrt v23 is wireless bridging. Here is the setup.
Play your video iPod on your TV
Griffin has certainly done very well since Apple created the iPod. With over 42 million iPods sold everyone has to buy those accessories for your iPod. TuneCenter, the Home Media Center for iPod is the lastest and greatest creation from Griffin. You can play your music through your home entertainment center and show your pictures and video on the tv all controlled with a remote from your video iPod.
There are several firmware options besides the versions linksys comes out with. My personal favorite is Unbricking your linksys WRT54G
After bricking my wrt54g and attempting the most famous unbricking techniques of shorting out pins 15 and 16 didn’t work mainly because this is rumored to only work on version 1 of the WRT54G router. So I decided to make the connection to the router the most basic and hold down the reset button and all of a sudden I got the best news…..
New firmware out for linksys WRT54G
DD-WRT just released the new v23 yesterday.