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I don't have it connected at the moment, but I built this rotary dial accessory for my Mac [0] so I could make FaceTime calls in an old-school fashion. The signification impact it …

Shameless self-promotion: if you enjoyed Travis' ROM dumping, you might find my piece about sniffing the Game Boy's LCD data bus to take screenshots interesting as well. https://gi…

Undo and redo: Undo the last edit: Swipe left with three fingers, then tap Undo at the top of the screen. Redo the last edit: Swipe right with three fingers, then tap Redo at the t…

You should turn it off then. :) Search for shake in the Settings app.

The Back Tap feature is my favorite "hidden" action on the iPhone. You can double (or triple) tap the back of the phone to trigger whatever action you want. For example, toggle the…

> Global Drop In Smartphone Thefts Following Introduction Of Kill Switch[.] New Data Reveal Thefts Down 40% In London; 22 % In San Francisco; And 16% In New York City https://ag.ny…

Yes, I've dabbled around with the NES as well. But the Game Boy is close to my heart as I had one as a kid. So most of my projects [3] revolve around that old gray brick. [3]: http…

I believe the LR35902 SoC is exclusive for the Game Boy, but the actual CPU core, SM83, is probably used elsewhere. Sharp's datasheets [2] mention home appliances as intended appli…

The official Game Boy Programming Manual [0] leaked and is available at the Internet Archive. It's a great resource. If you're just getting started with assembly and want to look a…

,[.,] When it comes to the weird and wonderful world of esoteric programming languages, the above Brainfuck program is pretty elegant. It's a basic implementation of the echo progr…

That's a great read! The book inspired me to port that BASIC one-liner to Game Boy flavored assembly. Still having a Game Boy lying around? Now you have portable mazes: https://git…

How to enable Java browser plugin again: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4672511 .