Kicking off Hak5′s Hack Across America
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CES 2012 and Revision3 Vegas Meetup!
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We’re back at CES 2012 for another year of awesome tech and new gadgets. What do you want to see? We’ll be covering the show floor from Monday through Friday to being you the most up to date content on what you like most. Be on the lookout for TONS of segments, which will be airing at the Revision3 CES 2012 stream.
Thank You For An Awesome 2011!
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This past year was full of surprises, and many of the accomplishments we made are because of you, our viewers! February 15th will mark my first year living in the Bay Area, working fulltime with Hak5. Do I regret the move? Not one bit!
Get Ready for Defcon 2011
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Hak5 is packed and ready for Def Con 2011! This year, Darren, Paul, and I will be in Las Vegas all weekend- from Wednesday night through Sunday- compiling a delightful Hak5 episode for you to enjoy. We hope to get some good coverage and photos, so show off your Hak5 tshirt! If you see us, make sure to stop by and say hello!
E3 Expo Coverage
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Guess who is at E3 today and tomorrow? Mr. Darren Kitchen and Mr. Paul Tobias! While I’m back in the Bay Area holding down the fort and taking care of the HakShop, Darren and Paul are covering E3 from the show floor. (more…)
2×02 complete
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We’ve just wrapped up post production on episode 2×02. We’re leaving tonight for Toronto, Canada to shoot segments for Call for Help and Hak5 episode 2×03. We should be back this Sunday or Monday, in time to release this episode on the 5th. I hope you’ll join us in #hak5 on irc.hak5.org for the release party then. We’ll also be throwing a semi-formal cocktail party on the 9th so if you’re in town and want to dress up to get down drop me a line.
Wess and power tools, you just can’t go wrong.
Alli’s kooky as usual. This month she’s been getting addicted to using Photoshop with a Wacom tablet.
Fresh out of the E.R. Darren comes at us with some nifty embedded BSD goodness, only slightly loopy
Thanks for the Tea Melodic and TX!
—Darren
2×02 underway
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Last night was the first day of shooting for 2×02 and we’re loving the little set upgrade. We spent a lot of time in the labs cooking up some killer segments so I’m sure everyone thirsting for Linux, BSD, and all around hackery will really enjoy what we’ve got in store for you.
Paul Tobias (Our 1337 camera operator) shows off a kick-butt hack involving apples and penguins
Brick. It’s the new black.
Cheers,
—Darren
LAN Party Wrapup
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So it turns out that Battlefield 2 servers work better with unfried motherboards. Damn. Who knew? So yeah, we ran into a little glitch last night for the LAN party. We’ve rescheduled the event for Thursday, August 24th at 9:00 PM EDT (-5 GMT).
I apologize to everyone who stayed up to play some BF2 with us. Instead we kicked it old-school and played some Unreal Tournament classic. Thanks to everyone who turned out last night, we had a blast.
Props to the HPBs who came out to frag
—Darren
Computer America downloads
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Last night Wess and I were on Computer America with Carey Holzman. We had a great time and even had the opportunity to frag with him on the Hak5 Unreal Tournament server after the show. Thanks to everyone that called in and played some capture the flag with us, especially the awesome support on the red team 
. I’ve chopped up the audio and offer it here, sans commercials, in both mp3 and ogg goodness. Enjoy.
computer_america_073106_1b.mp3
computer_america_073106_1.ogg
The_Spleen (Carey Holzman) rocked the sniper rifle and came out in second place on the red team. We kicked butt. Better luck next time blue team 
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—Darren
Hak.5 on Computer America Radio tonight, plus celebrity deathmatch!
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Hak.5 will be on the Computer America radio show with Carey Holzman tonight (July 31st) at 10pm Eastern (-5 GMT). Computer America is “America’s longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about computers”. You can tune into the radio broadcast if it’s carried in your area or listen to the Internet stream and join us in chat for the event.
I’ll make the MP3 available here on Saturday. This is a live call in show so feel free to join in!
***AND***
Tonight will be the first Hak5 celebrity deathmatch. After the show we’ll be taking on Carey Holzman in Unreal Tournament classic. Join us on irc.hak5.org for the details.
UPDATE: The UT:GOTY party is happening on noob.hak5.org
HOPE & Hak5 doin’ the TWiT
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We just got back from the HOPE conference in NYC. Big shoutout to all the fans that met up with us at the con, we really appreciate the support. We’ll have pictures up on the Hak5 group flickr soon.
Also thanks go to Leo Laporte and the rest of the twits for having us on This Week in Tech #63.
And of course, welcome newcomers. You can find out more about the show on the about page or download a few episodes from the episodes page. Our current favorites are #3, #5, and #9.
See you all on August 5th for the big season premier!!
—Darren
Hak.5 goes to HOPE
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We will be at the HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) conference in New York the weekend of July 21st. If you’ll be attending and want to join us for a tasty beverage or hook us up with a party invite please drop me a line.
Oh yes, and seeing that the season premier is coming up soon we’re releasing a special wallpaper
—Darren
Episode 2×01 Production Notes 1
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Whoa, am I really writing production notes already? Man those two months “off” went by quick. Though I’m sure you’re all eagerly anticipating the next release. Season two is officially off the ground with 1/3rd of the season premier complete. The rest of the segments are in pre-production and we seem to be on schedule for an amazing release on August 5th.
What do a Mac, a Gentoo box, and a Windows machine all have in common?
Wess and guest Limin Li
Ok well that’s all for now. Stay tuned for a Hak. 5 event announcement by the end of the week.
—Darren
Hak5 Update
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Call for Help
Last weekend we were in Toronto, Canada to guest on Call for Help and had an absolute blast. Pictures are on flickr from Steven Saylor, Sean Carruthers and Darren Kitchen. Look out for us on Call for Help episode #403 and #407 this month. Episodes are now available online.
4th of July Party
The Hak.4th Independence Day party was a blast. Thanks to everyone who turned up for the event both in house and online. We’ll try to get video of the pyrotechnics up on the forums soon. Pictures are on flickr from Limin Li and Mubix as well as other tid bits in the forums.
DVD & Season Two
The DVD is almost ready to go so keep your bit torrent clients ready and stay tuned this month for announcements on that. Also, I’d like to clear up some confusion about our release schedule. We did 10 months on and took 2 months off, which is why there weren’t shows on June or July 5th. Now that our batteries are fully recharged we’re full speed ahead on Season 2 Episode 1 production, to be released on August 5th. We’ll have production notes updates throughout the month.
LAN Party
The Hak.5 LAN party game for the month is Battle Field 2. The server can be found at game.hak5.org. We would like to thank everyone at EVOLANS.com for setting us up with the awesome game server just for the Hak.5 community. Wess and I have been getting a handle on the game and I’ve got to say so far if you need someone on your team to flip a hellicopter upside down and crash into a hill, I’m your man. We’ll have tournament dates posted later.
IRC
We’ve recently added some redundancy to our IRC servers. Thanks go to Mubix, Owine, and Brainkill for making it so rock solid. You can join us in #hak5 on irc.hak5.org.
Cheers,
—Darren
Whatchya doin on the 4th?
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In the NOVA, Richmond, or Hampton Roads areas? Wanna blow stuff up on the 4th with Hak5? We’re throwing an Independence Day party at Hak5 Studios, Williamsburg Virginia (Google Map). Email darren@hak5.org for directions if you’re interested.
DJ Limin Li will be spinning at the event. We will webcast it for those that can’t make it.
Get off my lawn
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What are you doing here? We don’t have anything to announce until this weekend. Go watch Pure Pwnage, the new episode is out.
Darren Kitchen and Jenn Cutter on Computer America tonight
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Darren Kitchen and Jenn Cutter of OpenAlpha.tv will be on the Computer America radio show tonight at 10:00 PM Eastern.
This is a call in show so feel free to give us a ring at 1 (866) 606-8255. The Internet stream can be found here and the chat room for the event is here.
IRC UPDATE: We had an IRC hiccup but we’re back on another server for the night. irc.hak5.org is now working
—Darren
The War Room series finale
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Many of you may know that aside from Hak.5 I’ve been involved in another podcasting venture over at mmoradio.com with Jenn Cutter of OpenAlpha.tv. The show, The War Room, was all about Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. I’m both happy and sad to say that the show has officially come to an end. I’ve canceled my WoW account, which means I’ll have much more time for Hak.5 now. I will however miss doing the live radio show with Jenn, and questing with the most awesome fans on the Stormrage realm.
Unfortunately as soon as the show ended last Sunday MMORadio.com pulled the plug on The War Room website, forums, and feed. It’s been a fun four months but for those who weren’t lucky enough to catch the live show there won’t be a series finale sync’d to their ipods this week. So thanks to our talented producer I’ve gathered all 13 episodes of The War Room and uploaded them here for your enjoyment.
It’s been a blast working with co-host Jenn Cutter and producer Stephen Saylor and I’m positive as this chapter ends new colaborative projects will emerge. But we’ll have to wait a bit longer for any announcements about that.
So as we end The War Room I propose a toast to all WoW players and invite you to enjoy the series finale available here.
On another note, if you’re ready for some twitch action shooting with Wess and I, the Hak.5 LAN party will be going on this Saturday with Counter-Strike: Source. Details in the post below.
—Darren
LAN Party this Saturday
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Just a reminder that this Saturday we will be holding our second Hak.5 LAN party. This will be the last LAN party with Counter-Strike: Source until the next rotation. So this is your chance to equip a Desert Eagle & M4A1 and take on Wess and Darren in Dust, Office, Assault, and all the other fun maps.
Game: Counter-Strike: Source
Date: Saturday, May 27th
Time: 9:00 PM EST (-5 GMT)
Server: game.hak5.org (password: hak5)
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We hope to see you in game Saturday!
—Darren
Computer America audio now available
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Last night the Computer America interview went well. We chatted for the first hour about Hak.5 in general as well as some things to look forward to in season two. The bit I said about Alli and Evil Server were just to throw you off track so don’t start speculating . I hung around for the second hour when Alex Albrecht from Revision3 joined in and we had a blast talking all things podcasting, MMO, and E3.
The audio is available without commercials in both MP3 and OGG here:
Hour 1 MP3
Hour 2 MP3
Hour 1 OGG
Hour 2 OGG
Thanks go to Carey Holtzman and Computer America for having us on, the fans for calling in, and Alex Albrecht for being cool (especially with the diggnation and the broken parodies).
—Darren
Hak.5 on Computer America Radio this Friday
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Hak.5 will be on the Computer America radio show with Craig Crossman and Carey Holzman this Friday night (May 19th) at 10pm EST (-5 GMT)/ 7pm PST. Computer America is “America’s longest-running nationally syndicated radio talk show about computers”. You can tune into the radio broadcast if it’s carried in your area or listen to the Internet stream.
I’ll make the MP3 available here on Saturday. This is a live call in show so feel free to join in!
–Darren
LAN Party May 27th
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The Counter-Strike: Source LAN party scheduled for this Saturday, May 20th has been pushed back to Saturday May 27th due to a scheduling conflict with Wess. Last week he was unable to join the fragfest and it won’t be the same this weekend without him. Hopefully this will give everyone more time to blockout that date and hone their deagle skills.
Game: Counter-Strike: Source
Date: Saturday, May 27th
Time: 9:00 PM EST (-5 GMT)
Server: game.hak5.org (password: hak5)
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We hope to see you in game next week!
–Darren
WB Forums
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Good news: The forums are back! Bad news: Disabling the forums didn’t lower CPU usage.
I know it’s PHP that’s using to many cycles and I’ve ruled out wordpress and phpbb so the only thing left is *gasp* blogtorrent. I’m tweaking it now but if I don’t see improvement by tomorrow I’ll be forced to disable the BitTorrent tracker. I don’t mind moving the tracker offsite or outsourcing it if that’s what its going to take to keep things running smoothly. Suggestions very much appreciated.
Forums will BRB
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The forums have been disabled for 24 hours as I try to isolate a CPU usage problem. Until then feel free top drop by #hak5 on irc.hak5.org.
Oh yeah, and the episodes and sketches pages have been updated. I think they look much cleaner.
–Darren
Hak5.org gets a facelift
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The much needed website upgrades are currently taking place. The normal drill applies, if you notice a broken link I would love to hear about it. I’m currently working on making the episodes page and sketches page much cleaner. Feedback on the new template is welcome. It’s a challenge putting this all together as there are 15 unique elements of the website that need to fit somewhere. Some have pointed out that elements such as the links or donations get lost in the mix and that’s something I’m trying to figure out how to deal with.
I hope your week is filled with technolust,
–Darren
LAN PARTY
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Our first Hak.5 LAN Party was a grand success. The three hour Counter-Strike: Source marathon was a blast and I’ve got to give mad props to Rob Fuller for the impromptu live in-game commentary shoutcast stream. Now if you weren’t able to make our pilot fragfest don’t worry, we’ll be doing it again next week. Details:
Game: Counter-Strike: Source
Date: May 20, 2006
Time: 9:00 PM EST (-5:00 GMT)
Server: game.hak5.org
Password: hak5
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Announcements
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There are a lot of great happenings here at Hak.5 so I’m going to take a few moments to run through the highlights.
T-Shirts by Jinx
| This is something that we’ve been very excited about for a long time and the day has finally come. Our new T-shirts are now available at www.jinx.com/hak5/ and they look great! With a big bold Hak.5 logo on the front and “Trust Your Technolust” across the back they really make a statement. The quality is leaps and bounds above those old white tees and they’re less expensive too! We can’t wait to get our first email with a picture of you wearing one. Score one for Hak.5 fans & thanks to Jason over at Jinx for making that happen. |  |
DivX Movies
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We’re also happy to announce that we’re now featured on the DivX.com site in their new Video Blogs section. Best part is you can now watch all our episodes either on the page streaming, or download them to disk. This is great news considering that prior to this announcement direct downloads of the xvid version of our back catalog (episodes 1-5) have been offline. So if you’ve missed some of the older episodes and want to catch up you can now grab a copy over at divx.com! Thank go to Ben at DivX. |
Bit-Tech and Wired
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We’re excited to be recognized in such awesome ‘zines both online and in print. The Wired article is now available online (We’re on page 2). You can also check out the write-up on Bit-Tech.net’s May 2nd article, IPTV Decoded (Page 3).
According to Wired we’re “ubergeeks” and Bit-Tech claims we’re “hacking gurus”. As long as we’re not labeled “nerds” we’re A-OK |
 
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G4 TechTV: Call for Help
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We just recently got back from a trip up to Toronto where we shot three segments on Call for Help. Keep an eye out for Wess & Darren on episodes 370 and 374 this month! |
Episode 10
It’s mad crunch time. We lost a week to my vacation at the beginning of the month, a weekend to weather, and a weekend to our trip to Toronto. We’re behind schedule and the editing box is on its last leg. It’ll be getting a reformat as soon as this episode is out the door. That said we’re burning the midnight oil to get this puppy online. Officially ep10 is our season finale which implies that we’ll be taking a break. If we even do take a break and how long said break will be is still up in the air. But some things are for sure. Once ep10 releases our focus will be on a website redesign & DVD release. Stay tuned for announcements on those in the coming month.
And most importantly, thank you everyone who has been so supportive of our dream. In our first year we’ve made some big steps and we’ve very proud to have such an amazing fan base. Whether you’ve been with us since episode 1 or just discovered us I’d like to say thank you for your support. Everything from seeding the torrents to donating to watching the show really means a lot to us.
–Darren
Hak.5 gets WIRED
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First off I want to thank everyone that made the transition to the new IRC server, irc.hak5.org, successful. And thanks to everyone that’s helped us “beta test” the game server and offered suggestions. I’m sure over the coming months we’ll get to all the games that have been suggested (with the exception of multi-player-minesweeper )
And now the awesome big news. Hak.5 is being featured in the May issue of Wired Magazine! That rocks! Check us out on page 128 where we’re called “An appealing cast of übergeeks” with a “Must See!” vodcast. Thanks Wired!
Episode 10 production is going good, yet slow. Maybe it’s the senioritis kicking in since we’re working on the season finale. Last weekend we got rained out, hindering our ability to shoot the scheduled segment. So we got some inspiration and decided to shoot this little Firefox ad with Evil Server. IRC-goers can find the secret URL to the B-Roll on that .
We’re in Toronto Thursday – Sunday this week shooting some Hak.5 stuff and doing a few segments for upcoming episodes of Call for Help. Kick me an email if your in town and down for a Rickard’s Red .
Trüsten Der Technölusten,
–Darren