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July 11, 2006
Steam powered iMac
The Guardian has a write up about The Steam Powered Internet Machine exhibit (an iMac)... - "...Rob Tufnell is using an Apple Mac powered by the engine. For this is the Steam Powered Internet Machine: the latest deeply eccentric project from Turner-prizewinning artist Jeremy Deller and his collaborator Alan Kane. "We were thinking about something that connects the industrial revolution and the digital revolution," said Deller. Kane added: "They are worlds apart but there's also a proximity. The steam age and the digital age are not so far apart."" [via] - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 12:51 PM
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HOW TO - Make an IR remote for WinAmp
Trimbitas made a nice IR controller for WinAmp (just need a serial port on the WinAmp'ed PC)... [via] - Link.
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Jul 11, 2006 03:04 AM
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July 10, 2006
Cooler lapping tutorial
Pasteler0 writes - "Have you ever looked down in the base of your computer cooler? They aren't always clean and shining. This DIY tutorial shows how to make it look like a mirror and this way have more contact with the heat source and low more the computer temperature. Step-By-Step with many pictures." - Link.
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Jul 10, 2006 07:49 PM
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July 9, 2006
$75 Linux box
Not a bad deal, 500Hhz Celeron, 128MB RAM, 4GB HD Ubuntu pre-installed, just add keyboard/mouse/monitor - Craigslist, eBay, free -- still might be better... [via] - Link.
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Jul 9, 2006 05:53 PM
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July 7, 2006
Use graphics tablets for music
I've been using a tablet for sketching, and also use Electroplankton for the Nintendo DS to make "pen based" music, so it's neat to see that there are applications to turn the big tablet into a musical instrument too, Peter writes - "Whether you're a graphics artist wanting to make music in new ways or just trying to rationalize the purchase of a shiny new Wacom tablet, graphics tablets are worth a look for music control. They're highly sensitive, intuitive instruments, and they're fairly cheap (US$100 and up). We've talked about doing this before, but new and updated software keeps making this easier." - Link.
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Jul 7, 2006 03:43 PM
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SeisMac - Turn your Macbook into a seismograph
If these were web connected, always on and used as we slept, could be an interesting web connected seismograph project... - "SeisMac is a Mac OS X Cocoa application that makes your MacBook or MacBook Pro into a seismograph. It access your laptop's Sudden Motion Sensor in order to display real-time, three-axis acceleration graphs." [via] - Link.
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Jul 7, 2006 05:24 AM
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HOW TO - Make a Mac mini spam filter drone
Rick writes - "This tutorial will explain how you can set up a Mac mini or other spare Mac to be a 24-hour spam filtering drone. The process utilizes Apple's Mail application, IMAP email, and C-Command's SpamSieve along with a few custom AppleScripts that will allow you to remotely train the Mac mini in the fine art of spam filtering. Soon you will be able to look in your Inbox, be it on another Mac, a PC, a PDA or even cell phone, and not have to worry about being confronted with a screen full of nasty unsolicited advertising and phishing schemes." - Link.
Related:
- Pictured here, the Mac mini robot. That's what a spam drone should look like - Link.
- Other Mac mini projects - Link.
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Jul 7, 2006 01:47 AM
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July 6, 2006
Turbo PC - Project forced induction
Mark has a crazy PC mod, he writes - "We thought a fast computer should have hot rod flames, working headlights, and a custom license plate. As for the cooling system, an LED case fan just wasn't going to be original enough. Instead, our case fan is a turbocharger commonly found on late 1990's Mitsubishi Eclipses and Eagle Talons." [via] - Link.
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Jul 6, 2006 06:48 AM
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July 5, 2006
PC fan cooler
It's getting hot, so MAKE Flickr photo pool member Remko van Dokkum made a PC fan tower to keep cool - Link.
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Jul 5, 2006 09:20 AM
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MacBook Pro Biometrics
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Not sure what exactly is going on with this mod, but it looks like Edahc added a Sony FIU-600 fingerprint scanner to a 2.16 Ghz MacBook Pro by cutting a hold in the keyboard panel and soldering in the fingerprint scanner. Pretty sure you loose a USB port if you do that... [via] - Link.
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Jul 5, 2006 08:04 AM
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July 2, 2006
eMac LCD conversion
Here's step-by-step, illustrated project, outlining a conversion of a CRT eMac to a 17" LCD. Thanks Tom! - Link.
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Jul 2, 2006 02:07 PM
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June 29, 2006
Laser etched Powerbook
Here's another neat laser etched Powerbook (Magritte's "The Son of Man" ) [via] - Link.
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Jun 29, 2006 10:30 AM
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June 28, 2006
Banana Jr 6000 file server
Fritzgutten has the best file server ever, a Banana Jr. 6000 - Link.
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Jun 28, 2006 02:16 PM
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June 26, 2006
Rustic PC
ZapWizard writes - "I wanted to make a PC with a rustic look. It needed to look good in the living room without screaming "I'm a PC!" or looking like a disco jukebox full of lights. I had lots of wood left over from the Redwood PC mod, it is very pretty wood and a shame to not use." - Link.
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Jun 26, 2006 03:13 PM
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June 23, 2006
R2SRV case mod
Bruce "CrazyBillyBob" Maley's R2D2 case mod - "Idea/Inspiration: Previously built an ATM Machine server mod and wanted to do something bigger and better this time around. Kicked around some ideas one day and came up with the R2D2 design." [via] - Link.
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Jun 23, 2006 05:39 AM
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June 21, 2006
Disco Keyboard
MAKE pal Everythingdigtal has his keyboard flashing to music, he writes - "Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music." Link.
Related:
Keyboard disco - Link.
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Jun 21, 2006 08:08 PM
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United case mod...
Here's a nice case mod a Maker made for his father - "His dad has worked for United Airlines for 35 years and decided that this would be a great theme to use to make a computer for him to commemorate his years of service with United. " [via] - Link.
The bad (ironic) news - it was damaged when it was shipped via FedEx ground.
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Jun 21, 2006 11:18 AM
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Mac Prius
Here's an excellent Mac mini addition to a Prius - [via] - Link.
Related:
- Making a Macswagen. Adding a Mac mini to a VW: a pro tells us how he did it. Matt Turner is a professional fabricator and installer of mobile electronics. He's been working in the industry for 12 years and has built numerous award-winning show vehicles. His latest project brings hope to all car owners hoping to Macify their ride. MAKE 03 - Page 54.
- Tons of other Mac mini projects in cars, robots and more - Link.
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Jun 21, 2006 08:25 AM
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June 19, 2006
Experimenting with light on Macbook Pro
Amit (Sudden motion sensor / Mac OS X Internals book) has some code and article on controlling the lighting on a Macbook pro - Im sure we'll see some type of music aware disco mod soon.... Here's what you can do -- "Retrieving readings from the ambient light sensor. Retrieving and setting the LED brightness value of the backlit keyboard. Initiating an LED fade to a target brightness value over a specified duration. Retrieving and setting a display's brightness." [via] - Link.
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Jun 19, 2006 01:09 AM
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June 17, 2006
Dead hard drive PC case
This PC case is made from a ton of dead old hard drives - [via] - Link.
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Jun 17, 2006 03:22 PM
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