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A new write-up details a hardware hack of the T-Mobile Sidekick, the iconic flip phone of the mid-2000s, revisiting its internals roughly two decades after the device's heyday. The piece walks through reverse-engineering the discontinued phone, drawing nostalgic interest from readers who remember the device as a cult favorite for messaging.
- 2Dusty Google Nest turned into a Linux desktop sidekick▼I decided I wanted to try a desktop "sidekick" device, and I remembered I had a Google nest gathering dust. So I built a
A user repurposed an unused Google Nest speaker into a desktop companion device for Linux, writing a software bridge with Home Assistant so the speaker can control music from the desk. They shared the experiment online, noting it was a learning exercise in Home Assistant more than a polished product, and others are engaging with the DIY smart-home hack.
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Software company LastBrowser has launched an open-source web browser built around its Sidekick feature. The release aims to give users a transparent, community-developable alternative in a browser market dominated by closed-source products. Details on pricing, platform support and adoption remain limited, but the open-source approach is the headline distinction being reported.
- 4Film fans debate Hillary's sidekick role and Dafoe's colonist villain●Hillary was the sidekick. As it should be. Also he was not British so that was a bonus! Dafoe made a really villainous c
Movie discussion online centres on how Edmund Hillary is portrayed as the sidekick, a framing some viewers approve of, with one commenter also noting approval that the actor was not British. Willem Dafoe's performance as a villainous colonist is drawing praise, described as convincing as a man of his time.