It was the dead of night, approximately 1:30 AM (Thursday 28th September 2023), and I was engrossed in a TV series within the confines of my room. An unexpected and ominous scent began to infiltrate the air, a scent that hinted at impending disaster. My initial assumption was that my trusty computer had succumbed to the perils of overheating, ...
Many months ago, when Mark of Meta/Facebook faked his “Feet tracking”, i got an idea. Why not use the Google Daydream controllers (killed by google) for additional tracking? Scouring though many VR related discord, it seems that no one had done it yet (for a good reason). tldr. the repo is here: DaydreamOwo Development / R&D My Vr games ...
After 11 years, i am finally blogging again? what, why? Most people will just end up using medium, note or other blogging platform, but i am not “most people”. i have a server running some “hobby projects” and it doesn’t have a front facing webpage, so i decided to become a necromacer and revive this ancient blog, i manage to revive some of the...
Yes, I am alive—pirated butter fish didn’t kill me. Recently, in my great pile of E-Junk, I found a USB to RS232 converter that wasn’t in use. I decided to do something with it. With a little bit of reading, I made this: Initially, I hooked up the motor to the TXD and GND pins of the RS232 port and hoped that it worked—it didn’t. It turns ou...
Recently, I went for a trip to Langkawi, where we stayed at The Andaman for 4 days and 3 nights. I’ll stay on topic and not talk about the run-down hotel facilities; instead, I’ll discuss the breakfast, lunch, and dinner they serve there. Breakfast For a 5-star hotel, the variety isn’t as impressive as one would expect. Here’s a list of what th...
Android Debug Bridge (ADB) in action Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is usually used for debugging Android devices. I personally use it to move files around because mounting your SD card can sometimes be a hassle. Moving files around in the command line isn’t fun either; imagine typing the following: adb push bla /sdcard/ultRa\ Long\ Directory/An...
Posted on July 16, 2010 Recently, I found a neat CSRF module for Kohana: GitHub - synapsestudios/kohana-csrf I liked its simple design: you generate a token for your form, then validate the token when it’s submitted. Unfortunately, I can’t use this solely for my project. The first issue with this module is that it will require me to manually ...