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A is for Apples. H is for Hacks
Participants:	Macfreak109, Mich
Recording:	2009/10/12 05:00:00 PM
Broadcast:	2009/10/17 01:00:00 PM
Podcast Release:	2009/10/17 03:00:00 PM
Podcast:	File:LetzHack ep3 20091017 podcast.ogg
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Structure

• Jingle
• Intro: Preview of today's show
• Review and Outlook: The Hacker Calendar, what Conventions and Events are upcoming?

• Rekult vol.2 (From 16 October 2009 10:00:00, Till 24 October 2009 18:00:00)
• RadioShow3 (From 17 October 2009 13:00:00, Till 17 October 2009 14:00:00)
• LiLux Meeting (From 21 October 2009 20:00:00, Till 21 October 2009 22:00:00)
• Hack.lu 2009 (From 28 October 2009 00:00:00, Till 30 October 2009 00:00:00)
• Soldering Workshop (From 29 October 2009 14:00:00, Till 29 October 2009 15:30:00)
• RadioShow4 (From 31 October 2009 13:00:00, Till 31 October 2009 14:00:00)
• … further results

• Hacker News
  • If applicable: New Projects at the space.
  • If applicable: Upcoming Workshops.
  • Tool news (cf. Linux Magazin)

These are topics covered by mAcfreAk, initiator of seeds.lu and co-founder of syn2cat

RadioShow planing

Retro OpenWE

• last WE was 36 hours non stop opening for visitors, enthusiasts and hackers alike. It was an opportunity to get to know each other better. Despite the weather, it was a success...30 visitors and over 20 hackers attended during the 2 days
• a strong interest from the primary school and also secondary "lycées techniques" exists. Workshops are being planned and rolled out as we speak...LTEtt, LTAM <-> syn2cat

-hackers today meet in hackerspaces, but how was it in early days?

History of hackers

• early models of hackerspaces : homebrew computer club (1975 - 1977) in Silicon Valley
• Speak about the founders of Apple : Steven Paul Jobs and Steve Wozniak
  • 1975 : Woz working for HP and developing Atari Games with Jobs (PongBreakout)
  • Homebrew Computer Club : one of the first early gatherings of geeks and hackers
  • Altair8800 inspired Woz to enhance his teletyper invention with a proper microchip
  • Only microchips available were the intel8080 and Motorola6800, both around 170US$
  • release of 6502 (20US$) in 1976, Woz developed BASIC for it
  • 1976 : Apple I was sold at 500US$/piece by Paul Terrell of The Byte Shop, homecomputers were born

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History of Apple

• 1984 : Macintosh GUI inspired by stolen from ;) gifted by (it was actually one of XEROX directors who asked SJ if he could do sth with this useless stuff) Xerox PARC
• introduction of the mouse as seen by Douglas Engelbart in 1968
• inspired a lot of other OSes to follow its lead
• 1997 : Steve Jobs back to Apple, leaving NeXT (MacOSX today inherited from NeXT)
• 1998 : iMac is born (Hello again)
• October 2001 : iPod (saves Apple from ruin)
  • iPod helped Apple big deal to survive
  • Sales run away, Apple makes profit again
• 2007 : iPhone v1
  • revolutionary touch-interface
  • can't be bought everywhere
  • related to expen$ive contracts
  • gave way to hacks (jailbreaks, SIMunlocks)

8bitcollective.com, glomag the failed child in a family of 14 ;)

Hacking Apples

• Yes, you can hack every computer system
  • example of the Modbook : portable touchscreen system based on MacBook
• mainly hacks for AppleTV and iPhone/iPodTouch
• AppleTV
  • "mediacenter" from Apple where you can store your movies, photos, songs like iTunes
  • very Apple centered, no streaming possible, no external content : that sux!
  • hacks: replace the harddrive with a bigger unit, modify the OS-X release on the ATV
  • can be done by yourself (complex) or bought

Kraftwerk: fathers of electronic music!

hackerspace and other clubs

• Who is mAcfreAk?
• What is seeds.lu?
  • Unique AppleUserGroup in Luxemburgish
  • tries to present user support group for Apple stuff in general, available for free to all
  • only virtual for the moment under seeds.lu
  • no membership fee
  • plans on becoming an ASBL in the next year
• What is the relationship btw seeds and hackerspace?
  • syn2cat approached me to develop synergies
  • personal interest was very high, also advantages for the "club"
  • talk about synergies with other clubs
• open space philosophy : what is it? how can I take advantage of it?
  • -> Steve? Bartek?

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• iPhone/iPodTouch
  • enduser device with touch interface
  • nice utility tool with more then 2Billion Apps that expand its useability
  • closed down architecture, to get your App on the AppStore, you need to pass Apple's checkup...that sux too!
  • free your iPhone : jailbreak vs SIMlock

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More information

• Look out to seeds.lu
• free registration for new members
• full access to resources
• in future : meetings @ Strassen, look on site for more info

Cornbeast is a musician making music on nintendo gameboys, 80's drum machines, modified toys, cheap synthesizers, DIY electronics, calculators, home computers, analog filters and stuff like that. Cornbeast is primarily a live act. To date I have made more than 20 gigs, which always are very energetic and passionate, and features me "dancing", sweating, joking and fiddling around with my music gear. STOCKHOLM.

• Review and Outlook: The Hacker Calendar, what Conventions and Events are upcoming?
  • REKULT'09 purpose redecorating old houses to be torn down
    • Friday, October 16, 2009 at 7:00pm - Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10:00pm
    • OekoZenter (next to "Sang a Klang") - 6, rue Vauban
  • hack.lu