Hack the Apple TV without opening the case

It's still a work in progress, but Quangdiggity on the Awkward TV wiki is compiling instructions on how to install SSH on your Apple TV without opening the case. It involves modifying the recovery image then booting from USB and doing a restore. Sounds like they should have things sorted out very soon, and then many, many more people will consider hacking their Apple TV's to do all of the cool things the hackers have planned

See wiki.awkwardtv.org for instructions on hacking your Apple TV wth an external hard drive