Category: hacking

Squeezebox with Plexamp – Announcing Squeeze Plex Hub

Posted by: Christian Moser Posted on: 5. October 2025 Comments: 1

The problem and the idea Back in 2001, a small company called Slim Devices launched the first Squeezebox players — among the very first network and multi room music players. They were truly ahead of their time, bringing streaming audio into homes years before it became mainstream. When Logitech acquired Slim Devices, they continued the product line for a while, but eventually discontinued the last Squeezebox in 2014. Fortunately, the story didn’t end there. The required server software,…

Extend the lifetime of Brother MFC ink cartridges

Posted by: Christian Moser Posted on: 31. December 2016 Comments: 0

To let your printer think the ink level is still sufficient for its services, you can trick the “light sensor” with black electrician’s tape on the ink cartridge: Done, the error message should fade away and you’re able to use the printer again. Note: In my case there was still quite some ink the cartridge to allow “ok” prints. You should replace the empty cartridge soon to prevent a clogged print head,…

Use Apple’s USB SuperDrive with Linux

Posted by: Christian Moser Posted on: 30. March 2014 Comments: 93

I’m really surprised and disappointed that Apple prevents us from using their USB SuperDrive with non Apple devices. How to outsmart Apple’s firmware Fortunately, with a little hack, we can awake the drive from its deep slumber. It’s required to send a “magic” byte sequence after the drive was connected. I got this byte sequence from a source I no longer can find on the web. So, I don’t take…