Programming in ASSEMBLY is ASS

Comments Off on Programming in ASSEMBLY is ASS
Dec, 16, 2023
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius

Learn assembly, they said It’ll be fun, they said Okay it’s actually pretty fucking fun. And once you know assembly, literally everything is open source and you become like Neo manipulating the shit around you like an absolute madman, just because you can. SO in my quest to make my car more better-er, the next […]

Comments Off on The Dogecoin Boat A Year Later .. and other things
Jun, 21, 2022
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius

Holy shit it’s been over a year since my last update, and I only remembered because I’m currently working on my boat. Yeah, owning (and maintaining) a used boat sucks ass. Especially if the previous owner is a – well I don’t know a good antonym for ‘mechanically inclined’ so I’ll just say – dipshit. […]

Comments Off on How to break your new Acura (quick rant)
May, 02, 2021
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius, Rant

And why cascading failures in modern cars are a pain in the ass. So the 2016 MDX TECH is a pretty fun car, but despite the fact that it boasts a 10-speaker system on a 510-watt amplifier. The placement and direction of the speakers are amazing, and it sounds fantastic. BUT THAT ISNT GOOD ENOUGH. […]

Comments Off on How to build a trailer and put a new ATV on it
Mar, 07, 2021
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius

So the theme over the past year is ‘running out of time’, basically growing up poor and having to struggle to obtain the toys you want allows a person to develop a good set of skills such as scavenging, repairing, modifying, and related to this, the ability to use a good variety of tools. The […]

Comments Off on WordPress SUCKS
Sep, 20, 2019
steve
Genius, Rant

WordPress is a trashheap of security vulnerabilities. Despite using the latest versions and not using any plugins, I still find my website getting wiped out every year or two. I have a number of websites on my server, most of which are written from scratch using notepad, and have never been compromised. So now I […]

Comments Off on Volvo button hacking
Sep, 02, 2019
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius

The curious case of Volvo’s center console buttons My S60R (like most P2 Volvos) has this row of buttons below the climate controls, in front of the shifter. Depending on the configuration of the car, these buttons can vary in number, position, and function. For example my buttons are, from left to right: traction control, […]

Comments Off on The Big Bear
Feb, 15, 2019
steve
Genius

Let’s get redneck! All my friends are riding around on ATVs. Mudding in the summer, hunting in the fall, and flipping the bird to snowmobiles in the winter. Sure, a friend of mine lets me borrow his Foreman 500 since he got an XMR, but riding someone else’s ATV is less than ideal. Especially since […]

Comments Off on Volvo CANBUS tinkering
Jan, 13, 2019
steve
Cars, Boats, ATVs, Genius

This is a topic that has been attempted many times by many people, and never seems to get anywhere (except for one person who capitalized on his findings). If you work for Volvo or whoever developed VIDA, don’t be mad, I love your software like I love my car, and I just want to make […]

Comments Off on The glory days of satellite TV hacking
Sep, 16, 2018
steve
Genius

Back in 2002, my 15-year-old self was super excited that we finally got satellite TV installed at home. Since we lived in the middle of nowhere and there was nothing to do (and our overly strict parents wouldn’t let us play outside), satellite TV was awesome, even though our overly strict parents put a parental […]

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