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Submit-A-Hack

Submitted by Charles Babbage

While going through and doing some maintenance on my site I had an idea – what if people submitted their own cool hacks to Benheck.com as a way of showing them to the world? This could allow modders and builders of cool things an entry point and exposure they might otherwise not get. Also – since I do not often get around to showing my projects as often as I like – this would help keep the site’s content fresh – perhaps one “featured” project per week.

So let’s give it a try. If you or a friend has a cool project you’d like me to show on this site, email me using this link. I’ll pick my favorite each week and post a short review of it, along with links back to your home page. (Having your own site detailing the project is plus)

Main criteria: Must be something you’ve built or modded, but it won’t be limited to gaming or computers. If you’ve got a hybrid static-electricity-powered car or automatic can crusher/french fry maker it’s all fair game.

Note: Do not use comments to submit ideas – please email them to me using the link above.

New server coming soon

Yet again I am moving to a bigger and better server, hopefully this will improve speeds. Site traffic / visits have increased quite a bit in the last month, which is good, but there’s some growing pains to go along with that.

If you’re an active forum member please keep an eye out for annoucements of when the transfer will occur (probably sometime this weekend) so you do not lose posts or data. I’d also suggest people go easy on the Wiki until the new server goes up to keep people from loosing data there as well.

We’ll keep you posted!

Now Playing – the Benheck.com Wiki

“I finally really did it, didn’t I?” Realizing there “must be a better way” to help people find info I have slapped a Wiki onto the site. Specifically in a subdomain, wiki.benheck.com.

This is what it looks like, in real photorealism

 We just fired it up yesterday so I encourage anyone interested to “get in there” and start adding content. We’d like to focus on gaming, technology and how-to’s, including some classic Atari projects from this site and help and support for some newer ones, like the 360 and controller modding.

Appearance on Spike TV’s Game Head

This Friday, June 15th I shall appear on the latest episode of Spike TV’s Game Head show. This was filmed last month right here in Verona, WI and the interview takes place in my amazing basement/workshop. Here’s a preview:

3D version coming soon
This is where the “magic” happens.

Should be more in-depth than the MTV Gametrailers segment. (You may even get to see footage of my not-terribly-clean living room, depending on how they edit it) We discuss some of the same things as the MTV spot, but here we also play the Xbox 360 Laptop 2 and talk briefly with Jason Jones about our podcast. Check www.spiketv.com for times and schedules, and we’ll see you on the ‘tube!

How to Get Famous

 I was working on my presentation for the Midwest Gaming Classic, which I’m calling “Diary of an Internet Celebrity”, and I came across this old tidbit:

Classicgaming.com Mailbag

Read through it and see what you can find. This is the first time I mentioned the Atari project to the internet, and thus this simple mailbag entry “started it all”. Look for more fun behind-the-scenes stories like this during my presentation at the Midwest Gaming Classic!