2026-09-28
I Turned a DIRECTV HR54-700 Into a Standalone Jellyfin Box
A free DIRECTV HR54-700 turned into a standalone Jellyfin box using the stock Broadcom decoder, vendor WebKit, Wi-Fi, Quick Connect, and a native MIPS backend.
I use Linux, I like old hardware, and I keep taking vendor appliances apart until they do something more useful. This is where I write up the reverse engineering, embedded crap, local services, networking, and whatever else I got distracted by.
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2026-09-15
I Turned a 2013 Google Glass Into a Claude Code Terminal
A first-generation Google Glass turned into a thin terminal for SSH, tmux, whisper.cpp, and Claude Code.
2026-09-02
rooting a fire hd 10 because apparently i have problems
A current-firmware Fire HD 10 11th gen rooted with a Binder exploit chain, Amazon's time_update service, permissive SELinux, and live Magisk without modifying boot or system.