A Theory

Wouldn't it be nice to get free Xbox Live time and Wii Points? Unfortunately, there is no way around this system as of now. However, I've been thinking.

Both companies sell points/time through a company called "Fastcard". Fastcard uses 10 digit codes on the card as a PIN. The PIN is entered when you redeem what's on the card. The simple answer is to create a keygen that creates a valid PIN. The only problem is that the pin is activated at the register. The obvious solution to that is to get a register/store computer or emulate one and connect it to the network that validates the keys. Easier said than done.

I'm just spit balling an idea, here. Is there anyone with more info on the subject?

Better Than Cocaine

Well, I have a new addiction. It's a flight/physics simulator called Kerbal Space Program. The "goal" of the game is to get a race little green people into space by building ships. You learn mostly by trial and error, and building consists mostly of strapping parts together and hoping it doesn't blow up.

Currently, it's in alpha and free to download, but it is in heavy development. The team is taking donations. Any donation over $7.00 USD gets you an automatic preorder of the future game and all of it's updates.

You can check out the project here.

Help!

You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find things to blog about. I'm stuck doing tutorials because I can't think of anything, and I'm almost out of tutorials. So if you have anything cool or have a problem and need help with it, please tell me about it. it would help me out a lot.

Snowcrash

Taken from a popular book by Neal Stephenson, snowcrash is a way of sending files through the internet uncensored. This is done by taking the raw data of the file and interpreting it as an image. This lets you send any type of file, and only the receiver will know what it is because it looks like static.

The tutorial is a little long winded and hard to explain so I'll just post the image that explains it.

Skin Update

As some of you may know, Minecraft 1.0.0 was finally released. After some quick file swapping, I have updated my rainmeter skin to display the new set of splashes. You can download it here.

To install the skin.
1. Unzip it
2. Place the s4x0r folder inside your skins folder
3. Load s4x0r>CrafterQuotes>regular.ini
4. Done

Hide Your Files

Face it. Everyone has something on their computer that they don't want anyone else to see. It could be love letters, pictures of an ex, military secrets, etc. It's not any of my business what you keep on your computer, but it is my business to teach you how to hide it.

Today, I will show you how to hide archived files in an image. You will need two things: the archive you want to hide and an image. Any image will do (just make sure that it's not something that you would want to hide). Next, you need to compress the files to be hidden into an archive. Any format will do, but I will use .zip for tutorial purposes. Then you must put the image and the archive into the same folder (I recommend dropping them in the root of the C drive for convenience).
To put the files together, follow these steps:
1) Open the command prompt. (Start>Run>CMD)
2) Type "cd c:\"  then hit Enter(I used the root folder of the C drive. If you used a different folder, you'll have to type out the entire path)
3) Type "copy /b image.jpg + archive.zip final.jpg" (image.jpg is the name of your original image, archive.zip is the name of your archive, final.jpg is the name of your output file. The final will always have the same extension as the image.)
4) Done

The output file will be an image file and if you double click it, it will open as an image. However, if you open it with an archive utility (7zip, winrar, etc.) it will open as an archive and you can see your hidden files.

Stay sneaky, my friends.

How to Make Your Desktop Look Awesome

There is more that you can do with your desktop than just wallpapers or those little Windows gadgets. It's called rainmeter.

Rainmeter lets you customize your desktop by adding "skins" that do can anything from displaying your CPU usage to launching your favorite program. You can get rainmeter here. This comes with the basic "Illustro" skin to get you started, but if you want more skins, you can make your own (through some simple scripting) or go to http://customize.org/.

For Minecraft players, I've made a simple skin to display a random splash and launch the game. To install it just unzip it and place the s4x0r folder into the skins folder. Next, right click the rainmeter icon in the system tray and select "Manage". Then click "Refresh All" and load s4x0r>CrafterQuotes>regular.ini to see it.You can get that here.

So long for now and enjoy your awesome new desktop.