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November 28, 2005
HOW TO - Use MSS for easier music transfer from iTunes
"Getting music to your Symbian phone is not as easy as it should be... If you are using a Nokia phone you may be able to use the Nokia Music Manager (which is part of PC Suite). This How-To shows you how Mass Storage Synchronizer can be used to copy music from iTunes to a memory card (which you can then put in your phone). This does not syncronize iTunes with the phone, it copies music from the PC (iTunes library) to a memory card in a USB memory card reader. " Thanks Ewan! Link.
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Nov 28, 2005 04:06 AM
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November 27, 2005
As seen in MAKE! Fiberglass New Hope C-3PO Star Wars Prop
The C-3PO from MAKE 02 is for sale on eBay "This item is a full size replica of C-3PO from Star Wars "A New Hope". No home is complete without your very own protocol droid. He stands on his own, his eyes light up and there is a speaker in the head for a sound system that the winning bidder could add (sound system not included). The head is moveable from left to right (by hand, not motorized). This c-3po was on the cover of Make Magazine's second issue. This item has taken me 3 years to bring to the point it is now. He is very near completion and only needs a few details. I make no claims to its accuracy, but rather its a best guess." [via] Link.
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Nov 27, 2005 12:28 PM
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The Pong Clock
It wouldn't be too hard to make your own pong clock (software app / Macromedia Flash) and put that on a LCD picture frame... "The dutch design company Buro Vormkrijgers has designed a clock which uses the popular videogame Pong to show the time. A random game of Pong is played, and when it's time to change minutes or hours, one of the two sides will score, thus changing the score and the time. This has got to be one of the most inventive ways of using Pong ever!" There is video in download archives, showing how the clock works in real time. [via] Link.
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Nov 27, 2005 10:31 AM
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DOS Games Archives
Here's one of many resources for finding DOS games. If you have an old PC laying around, or looking to do something with one, these old games could make a great little gamer machine and will bring back a lot of memories.[via] Link.
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Nov 27, 2005 09:19 AM
Computers, Gaming |
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November 26, 2005
DIY iPod breakout dock...
Excellent DIY iPod dock for tinkering on panocamera "I needed a quick way to test signal interactions with a microcontroller and an iPod, so for about $50 and an afternoon of soldering, I threw together an iPod dock/breakout box. Ingredients include a small breadboard, and a $15 cheapie usb charger cable, which when stripped of its plastic housing luckily has all 30 dock connector pins ready to solder." Link.
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Nov 26, 2005 02:56 PM
Electronics, iPod |
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HOW TO - Running Asterisk@Home Under Windows
Run Asterisk on a Windows machine, handy for on the go..."We have been touting how cool the Asterisk Open Source PBX is and especially how nice the Asterisk@Home installation package is for some time now. You are all excited to try it out but don't have an extra machine, or maybe you are like us and want a way to show clients the web interface and the features but you don't want to run Linux on your laptop or carry a second machine. Well now, with the help of a few free downloads, you can now do a complete installation into a virtual machine on your system..." Link.
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Nov 26, 2005 01:51 PM
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November 25, 2005
Crafters Saving Penguins
The Tasmanian Conservation Trust put out a call to everyone to use the following pattern to knit small sweaters (or "jumpers") for penguins in a case of a major oil spill. They received an overwhelming response, over 15,000 sweaters! According to the Conservation Trust,"In the case of a major oil spill, these jumpers will be used to help rehabilitate Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that have been oil affected. Oil clogs the feathers of these tiny seagoing birds, and reduces their insulating and waterproofing qualities. Even worse, the penguins attempt to clean themselves by preening, and rapidly become poisoned." [via] Link. (Additional news story from Australia.)
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Nov 25, 2005 03:17 PM
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Making Felt
Felting is the art of matting wool. Any kind of knit that you want more durable can be done through felting. The process of felting can sometimes seem intimidating or complicated. I love this complete feltmaking process with photos for every step from the Handweavers Guild of America. You can use the felting technique for creating ipod cozies, bags, bookcovers, you name it! Link.
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Nov 25, 2005 02:52 PM
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Functional Paper V8 Engine
Make friend, the Lotharian, says,"This V8 Engine made entirely out of paper with the exception of a few parts (motor, wires, etc.), is fully functional. It features many moving parts which include: a compound crankshaft, a rapid cooling fan, 8 rods, 8 pistons and a complex compound gearbox. The engine is powered by 2 times 1.5V D Batteries and weighs 2.98kg. From start to finish this model took one year to design and construct. There is even a D.I.Y. kit in the works that will be released shortly." Thanks Lotharian! [via] Link.
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Nov 25, 2005 02:22 PM
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November 24, 2005
HOW TO - Make an Automatic Pet Waterer
Rip writes "This site describes how to make an automatic pet watering bowl for under $15.00 using commonly available materials. The bowl is easier to use and clean than the commerical units available." Link.
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Nov 24, 2005 11:44 AM
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High-Speed Visual Imaging
Trevor writes "Here's a site related to the recent Make: 04 article on how to take high speed photographs. It is maintained by my High Speed Imaging teacher and has a bunch of circuits you can build for high speed photography, such as sound triggers and delays." Link. Make article here, and our kit is now available as well.
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Nov 24, 2005 10:44 AM
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HOW TO - Make a PSP SOCOM Headset
Using an Xbox (1st generation) headset and a PSP headphone remote you can make your own headset for SOCOM PSP. You can likely use just about any type of headset, like the ones that come with cell phones too. Link.
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Nov 24, 2005 09:44 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, PSP |
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Upcycle Art...
Star writes "Upcycle Art is a place you will find fun projects that you can make from those things you've been tossing into garvages bins or recycle bins. Follow the step by step instractions and enjoy making cool items by yourself." Link.
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Nov 24, 2005 08:43 AM
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HOW TO - The Magic Phone, Part 2
Here's part 2 of Fabienne Serriere's great rotary phone to cell phone project "This week we bring you Part 2 of The Magic Phone How-To: The Circuit. The Magic Phone is a project where both a DECT compatible wireless home phone and a GSM cellphone are placed inside an old rotary phone. In Part 1 of the How-To, we showed you how to reverse engineer the matrix on a phone circuit." Link.
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Nov 24, 2005 07:01 AM
Cellphones, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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November 23, 2005
Treehugger roundup...
Our friends over at Treeehugger sent us their weekly round up - Getting use out of old credit cards through re-use. Plans for making sandals out of old truck tires. And, we show you how to build yourself a cycle-powered generator...
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Nov 23, 2005 12:54 PM
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HOW TO - Put your Mac to sleep by sending a text message
Here's a pretty simply how to on using a text message (SMS) from your phone to put your Mac to sleep at home. While that in itself isn't that useful, you could easily make your own scripts and email rules to do other things like send back ring tones, trigger a robot, turn on a web camera...[via] Link.
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Nov 23, 2005 11:50 AM
Cellphones, Computers |
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Bazaar Bizarre
The Bazaar Bizarre craft fair is coming soon to three major cities! November 26-27 in Cleveland, OH and December 11th in both Los Angeles and Boston. Event founder Greg der Ananian says, "Dissatisfied with stencils of country ducks and painted wooden slices of watermelon, I decided to use what I'd learned as a child to express my own interests. To my surprise and delight, a lot of my friends were experiencing the same kind of personal renaissance. How exactly to share these objets de craft was a project upon which we embarked. The result? Bazaar Bizarre." Link.
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Nov 23, 2005 10:47 AM
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HOW TO -Bluetooth stereo in the car
Chris writes "Considering how many people bought the HP Bluetooth stereo headphones and got disappointed when the headband snapped, I thought that it was time to do something useful with the 'broken' headphone. We'll take you through all steps of dismantling the Bluetooth receiver and building it into a nice mouse housing with 12v in and line out. And as the device keeps its battery, you can also use this as a portable Bluetooth stereo receiver and plug in you high quality headphones or even connect it to your stereo at home." Link.
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Nov 23, 2005 08:49 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Transportation, Wireless |
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World's Greatest... Radio Scanners
Alex (who tried to convince me to race in the Gumball Rally on more than one occasion) has a great article detailing his experiences with radio scanners "When was the last time you saw a trucker pulled over for speeding? I'd always assumed that truckers tipped each other off about speed traps via CB radio. But their secret weapon is the humble radio scanner. Here's how to pick a scanner..." Link.
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Nov 23, 2005 07:40 AM
Transportation, Wireless |
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HOW TO - Make a Joule thief
"In the November 1999 issue of EPE (Everyday Practical Electronics), a small and intriguing circuit was published in the Ingenuity Unlimited section by Z. Kaparnik. It was a very small implementation of a typical transformer feedback single transistor invertor. The transformer was a standard ferrite bead with two windings wound on it and the circuit was using the high voltage pulse generated when the transistor turns off to light an LED from a single 1.5V battery. This page has two variations on the original design to use the simple circuit in a useful manner." Link.
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Nov 23, 2005 06:24 AM
Electronics |
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