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The hacker culture is a subculture of individuals who enjoy—often in collective effort—the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming the limitations of software systems or electronic hardware (mostly digital electronics), to achieve novel and clever outcomes. The act of engaging in activities (such as programming or other media) in a spirit of playfulness and exploration is termed hacking. However, the defining characteristic of a hacker is not the activities performed themselves (e.g. programming), but how it is done and whether it is exciting and meaningful.

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External Links

How to Hack and Take Full Advantage of Your Wii (legroom.net)

https://www.legroom.net/howto/wii

Wii hacking has become a hell of a lot easier since Nintendo abandoned the console and stopped pushing endless updates that stopped common hacks working without actually improving the console's functionality. And since the Wii Shop and all the online functionality has been discontinued too, hacking has become essential if you want to use the Wii's full capabilities.

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Hacks Guide (hacks.guide)

https://hacks.guide/

Complete guides to homebrew and custom firmware for various devices.

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Gameboy Technical Documentation (gbdev.io)

https://gbdev.io/pandocs/

Pretty comprehensive documentation of the Gameboy's hardware and that of related peripherals (eg the Gameboy Printer).

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iFixit guide to the ASUS TF201 (ifixit.com)

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Eee_Pad_Transformer_Prime_TF201

Still the best tablet/laptop combo over 10 years later.

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iFixit guide to the Asus Eee PC 1005HA (ifixit.com)

https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Asus_Eee_PC_1005HA

How to fix/maintain the most under-rated laptop of the last 20 years.

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GC-Forever Wiki (gc-forever.com)

https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

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Game Genie Technical Notes (tuxnes.sourceforge.net)

http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/gamegenie.html

Game Genie codes. Like VideoPlus, but with more obfuscation.

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External floppy drive cable for the Spectrum +3 (zxnet.co.uk)

https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/plus3_external_floppy_cable

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Make Your Own Fart Detector (projects.raspberrypi.org)

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/fart-detector

"All kids understand that farts are funny. As we grow older, some of us lose our sense of humour in this area. You’ll be glad to hear that we believe that building a real working fart detector has both educational and comedic value."

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Build Your Own Weather Station (projects.raspberrypi.org)

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects/build-your-own-weather-station

If you have some of the measuring implements for the Raspberry Pi Weather Station but not the HAT (which was only distributed to schools), then this page will show you how to actually use the damn things.

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