This site is designed to be the central location on the Internet for any and all Furby-hacking related stories. Whether you found a new sequence of petting and shakes that makes him do the Chicken Dance or you've discovered that Furby runs on fusion, we'll post it here, for all to read.

• May 9, 2000: Wow, a lot of people have been writing to me, wondering the status of Buck the Hacked Furby, and I haven't been able to give a good answer... So here's my quick update, just so everybody knows the score. I really will try to get some more info up, as I have a bunch of it: Just not the time...

  Buck has been completely rebuilt and reassembled, and looks pretty normal, except for four sets of wires coming out his back (servo 1, 2, 3, and speaker). I wrote a quick app in Visual Basic that takes a .wav file (which you provide) and syncs it with motion/time commands (which you write in a horribly manual process into a text file) which are sent via the serial port of your computer to the serial servo control (SSC) board that I bought for about $50. The result is a furby that talks like yoda, or whatever you want (That's what I did, at least).
  
  I do plan on releasing the code to do this, but there's no way I'm going to release Visual Basic code into the world. If I can stop just one person in this world from using VB, it'll be worth it. I may release a binary of the program at some point, though. The only problem is that I no longer have VB installed on my system, and I don't plan on reinstalling it... I'm doing some work with java serial controls, so I may do a port at some point, and then everyone will be happy.
  
  So that's the way things are. Enjoy the site! And yes, more is on the way!
          -Buck

• May 9, 2000: Fixed a timeout error in the alias system which was not allowing the addition of new aliases... The alias addition system has been down since January 20th! Didn't expect quite so many requests! Wow! But it works now, so go crazy!
• October 28, 1999: Yes, I'm back. Look for some updates soon.
• October 27, 1999: Minor tweak to the alias system... If you don't validate your address within a week, the system deletes it... What does that mean to you? Absolutely nothing. But again, it makes me happy! :-D
• July 9, 1999: OK, I'm kind of proud of this... You can now request a 'username@hackfurby.com' e-mail alias... It's as simple as clicking a button!
• June 7, 1999: It's not much, but I've begun updating the site again. An itty-bitty Schematic page is now online, as is the 'New Furby' page, detailing Hasbro's plans for world domination through new Furby fur colors.
• May 11, 1999: Started work on some new sections, including the 'Secrets' section.
• May 10, 1999: Put up more information on rebuilding a Furby for computer control. About 30% of the way there...
• May 9, 1999: Win32 application is finished! Woo hoo. It works pretty darn well, too. I'll be posting more about it soon.
• April 27, 1999: Win32 application to control furby is well underway. Sound is enabled, serial is enabled... Just need to get them working in sync, and we'll be all set!
• April 26, 1999: The HackFurby site is finally online, after many long months of dormancy. Party!