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April 10, 2006
DIY PC Fan speed controller
Jos writes - "After some bad experiences with commercial fan speed controllers in the PCs in my home, I decided it would be easy to build a better one myself. Indeed, after a few evenings, I obtained these results....This proto implementation has components installed for two sensors, controlling two groups of fans. The switch is just for safety backup: if something would break or not function as intended the switch provides full fan speed independent of other circuit operation." [via] - Link.
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Apr 10, 2006 06:49 AM
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April 9, 2006
Running the Tablet PC OS on an iMac
Loren got the Tablet PC OS working on an iMac - "Yep, this post is being written on an iMac. I successfully installed the Tablet PC OS this morning using Apple's Boot Camp and the Tablet PC OS from my MSDN subscription. I'm using a Wacom Graphire3 Tablet for the digitizer. For the most part the Tablet OS is running as expected, although as you can tell from the drawing above that I created on the iMac..." Here's how to do it - Link.
Related: HOW TO - Run Windows Media Center on a Mac - Link.
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Apr 9, 2006 08:43 AM
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April 8, 2006
HOW TO - Run Windows Media Center on a Mac
Wow, Media Center for Mac is here with working TV on a Macbook Pro! - [via / via] Link & Link.
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Apr 8, 2006 01:03 AM
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April 7, 2006
Garbage, fry grease and Linux - veggie oil supercomputer
These folks will be at the Maker Faire. In their 12 years of operation, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) has built several supercomputers out of the discarded e-waste At the Maker Faire, ACCRC will be building one such cluster and powering it using their veggie-oil fueled generator.
The slave node CPUs will be entirely comprised of hardware that is brought for recycling during the event. For the master node, they will be using a dual-processor 1GHz Pentium III server that was previously donated by CNET. It's not yet certain what the minimum hardware spec for usable slave nodes will be, but based on experience so far it is likely that it'll be Pentium II or higher, with 128MB RAM, and the ability to boot from eitherthe network or a CD. - Link.
If you haven't already, check out the Maker Faire program - Link.
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Apr 7, 2006 08:18 AM
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April 6, 2006
The DIY digital photo frame
Our pal Mike over on Popular Science has a good photo frame project, he writes - "Turn an old laptop into a digital frame that automatically displays new shots from your Flickr account--then give it to your mother..." - Link.
Related:
Tons and tons of LCD photo frame projects - Link.
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Apr 6, 2006 06:15 PM
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Sangaku Japanese case mod
Geoof writes - "One of the greatest custom-built rigs we've ever seen, Sangaku is an inspired mod. Join us as we delve into the creation of the custom case, with plenty of eye candy and worklog detail." - Link.
Related:
Tons of case mods - Link.
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Apr 6, 2006 10:16 AM
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The Stone Age PC
Aram Bartholl's PC - "The Stone Age PC is a sandstone sculpture into which the components of a PC have been built. Two worlds meet here: a bare PC (DELL 386 DX40S) from the beginning of the 1990s and a 40 kg slab of ancient sandstone. The stone and its surface has been sculpted by hand with mason's tools. The individual components of the computer mainboard, power unit and diskette drive, are slotted into different sides of the oblong stone and remain visible. The computer parts are connected together within the stone. The necessary connections are accessible from outside. The computer is fully functioning." - Link.
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Apr 6, 2006 01:26 AM
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April 5, 2006
Windows XP on an Intel Mac video tutorial
UNEASYsilence sent in their video of how to run XP on your Intel Mac - "Today, Apple just released an EASY TO USE officially supported method to load Windows XP on an Intel Macintosh called "Boot Camp." This new application renders the old XOM.efi method useless, we have archived the old instructions, however it is now recommended that you use "Boot Camp" to install Windows XP on your Intel Macintosh." - Link.
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Apr 5, 2006 08:21 PM
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Boot Camp - boot to XP and OS X on a Mac
Wow, the Mac tinkerer and hacker community are at it again, here's a beta of an easy way to dual boot Intel Macs to XP and Mac OS X, oh wait, this one is from Apple - "Boot Camp - public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in "Leopard," Apple's next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in August." - Link.
Ok, so it's now easy to run Mac and Windows on the same machine - I wish Dell and and the PC folks include a CD or download that includes all the drivers, apps and installs to dual boot Linux. Usually live CDs work OK, just sayin...
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Apr 5, 2006 10:57 AM
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April 4, 2006
MacGyverisms widget
The wisdom of MacGyver, on your desktop - "Do you know what a drag it can be to be locked in a freezer by ill-meaning bank robbers? Ever felt helpless while being chased by Soviets through Kabulstan? With some ice cubes, a light bulb and your computer you can break out of that freezer. Or, if you've got a broken spy sattelite and a roll of duct tape you can soar above the Soviet menace in your very own hang glider. MacGyverisms is full of over 200 ideas to help you get out of a bind in a hurry, just don't forget the duct tape!" [via] - Link.
Related:
Since we launched MAKE last year, we're often described as the "The Tech magazine that speaks to the MacGyver in us all" and on that note, we recently announced Lee David Zlotoff (creator of MacGyver) will be writing a regular column in MAKE!
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Apr 4, 2006 11:46 AM
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HOW TO - Make category 5 /5e patch cables
Chris writes - "If you are going ot make a lot of network cables, you might as well get a 1000 foot spool of wire, the ends, a crimping tool and make exactly what you want. I bought a spool a few years ago for $50 at You Do It Electronics in Needham MA. It was for a computer repair class and I have had more than enough for every need. You don't want to do more than a few hundred feet per cable. The spool is pretty much gone, so I have to do some pricing. Cat 5 is good for lots of other uses too." - Link.
Related:
Pictured here - The 5-in-1 Network Cable. Nothing's worse for a network administrator than being without a needed cable. No more tangles and no more scrounging for a missing link. MAKE 01 - Page 96.
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Apr 4, 2006 10:32 AM
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Homemade Fighter cockpit simulator
Christian writes - "Johan Nauwelaertz from Sweden is building his own Jetfighter Cockpit Simulator in his garage. It uses 4 networked PCs, large projection screen and an original cockpit from AJ37 Viggen, a swedish attack fighter. The picture in this swedish article shows his latest setup." - Link.
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Apr 4, 2006 09:27 AM
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Homemade unimount laptop mount for cars
A MAKE reader sent in this eBay auction - "Looks like a guy is making his own unimount for 25$ - I've seen these for over 100$ everywhere I look." - Link. Seems simple enough to make your own based on the photos, but $25 is a pretty good deal if you need to mount a laptop in your car.
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Apr 4, 2006 04:50 AM
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April 2, 2006
MythTV invades realm of cable and TiVo
Washington Post has a good overview of MythTV - "In 2002, amidst a bulky, advertising-laden digital television experience, programmer Isaac Richards took matters into his own hands -- he began to build his own digital video recorder system from scratch. Now known as the MythTV project (http://www.mythtv.com), Richards's effort to create DVR systems from commonly available computer components and the Linux open-source operating system, is gaining traction on the Internet." - Link.
Related:
- Free TiVo: Build a Better DVR out of an Old PC - Link.
- MythTV on Mac x86 - Link.
- Building a MythTV Antenna System - Link.
- Build your own PVR - MythTV 0.19 released - Link.
- HOW TO - Install MythTV on your Xbox - Link.
- SYSTM Episode #2 - MythTV - Link.
- Building a MythTV Box - Link.
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Apr 2, 2006 03:47 PM
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WoW-360 - Use an Xbox 360 controller with World of Warcraft
This is pretty neat - control WoW with an Xbox 360 controller, it use a "router" that turns the Xbox 360 controller into mouse and keyboard inputs, I haven't tried this yet, but it might work with other games/apps too - [via] - Link.
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Apr 2, 2006 12:11 PM
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3D movies on Google video
If you have 3D glasses, here are some fun movies to check out from 3D Experience Ltd - " A free 3D movie taster of 3D clips from the 3D movies coming soon to Google Video - so stay tuned. Best viewed at ... all ยป original size. Use Red/Cyan 3D glasses to view the 3D effect. Red is Left Eye and Cyan is right." - Link.
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Apr 2, 2006 10:19 AM
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March 31, 2006
OGLE Captures Texture Coords...
Warcraft virtual-worlders, this is for you...Fruminator writes - "As of OGLE 0.3b, it is possible to capture texture coordinates (UV) for vertices that have them. This is enabled by the CaptureTextureCoords flag. Coupled with the fact that GLIntercept writes out to disk images for all the texture maps, this allows you to re-texture your capture in Maya with a little menial labor..." - Link.
Related:
- Turn virtual 3D objects into real world objects - Link.
- OGLE - Link.
- OGLE and moving 3D between worlds and programs - Link.
- What a 3D Printer can't do... Link.
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Mar 31, 2006 07:20 PM
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DIY Media Mac
Wow, here's another Mac creation from Calhoun, he writes - "This machine was built around a 12-inch Powerbook. The name Media Mac refers to my intent to make this a sort of MP3 jukebox and perhaps DVD-player, TV-recorder, iChat AV machine, etc." - Link.
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Mar 31, 2006 01:18 PM
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How transistors of an integrated circuit are made (video podcast!)
John writes - This podcast is drawn from the "UVA Virtual Lab" (www.virlab.virginia.edu) which uses 3D virtual reality animations to explain electronics, microelectronics and nanotechnology. This podcast explains how the transistors of an integrated circuit are made - Link. This complements our earlier podcast on "How Semiconductors and Transistors Work." (here).
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Mar 31, 2006 12:31 PM
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PlaydoJam - Eyetoy like game in your browser!
Wow, I'm on a Flash developer list and one of the members sent out this amazing "game" that uses your web camera (iSight or whatever) to play basketball - the motion is used to smack the ball around, like the PS2 Eyetoy, it's a lot of fun! Great use of Director! - Link.
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Mar 31, 2006 11:19 AM
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