It could have been worst, imagine if the author instead had spent some of his precious time whining on a forum about how other people should spend their spare t

It could have been worst, imagine if the author instead had spent some of his precious time whining on a forum about how other people should spend their spare time on stuff he considers to be more valuable. Hacking things to make them do something they were not designed to do is the life and blood of all things computers. It's just so damn fun.