Hacking Amazon Dash Buttons

Posted on August 23, 2015 by David Kryzaniak

An article recently posted on Medium explained how easy it was to hack an Amazon Dash Button to track Baby Data. Pretty neat idea… but the example given required a laptop to constantly be running a python network sniffer. If the laptop

PHP: List All Devices on the Network (For Linksys Routers Running Tomato)

Posted on July 6, 2014 by David Kryzaniak

For a personal project I’m working on, I need to monitor all the devices currently on my home network. Getting PHP to poll the network for devices is hard… I believe there is a way to poll devices in perl, but I was looking for something easier. The quickest solution I was able to come up with is to screenscrap my router’s “Device List” page. My router is a Linksys E2000 (For all the nerds out there, its a Broadcom BCM4716 chip rev 1 pkg 9, overclocked to a blazin’ 356MHz). It’s currently running Tomato Version 1.28.

FargoPHP: A PHP Library to Control Your Fargo R8

Posted on October 15, 2013 by David Kryzaniak

I recently backed a KickStarter project for a device called Fargo. In a nutshell, Fargo is nothing more than 8 relays which are controlled by a simple webserver. While Fargo has a nice web accessible backend, I wanted something with

Building a Wake-Up Light

Posted on January 11, 2013 by David Kryzaniak

Wake-Up Lights are basically alarm clocks that use a light to wake you up, instead of the typical deafening speaker and annoying tone. I like this idea. Give your brain “natural” clues to trick it into thinking it’s time to wake up.