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February 18, 2006
Have your Mac call you
Here's a clever hack - Use Skype, Applescript, and iTunes to make phone calls and play audio files automatically. Link. Pictured here, the Skype payphone.
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Feb 18, 2006 10:32 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, VoIP |
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Convert vinyl records to MP3s...
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Voxphoto writes - "Another view of the nifty phono-to-USB pod I reviewed in MAKE #05 ("Toolbox" section). The price is only $60 at B&H ....but every time they get some in stock, they sell out immediately." Link.
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Feb 18, 2006 08:04 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Music, Retro |
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February 17, 2006
Build your own PVR - MythTV 0.19 released
The best free DIY PVR MythTV has a new version - From the release notes..."LiveTV rewritten to support saving buffered content while watching. Signal Monitoring for DVB and pcHDTV recorders. Ending times may be changed while recordings are in progress. Playgroups allow for default playback options on recordings. Channel changes can be made across tuners without changing tuners manually first. New popup keyboard simplifies setup using remote. Preview schedule changes when making adjustments to recording schedules. Added ability to control MythFrontend through a telnet socket." [via] Link.
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Feb 17, 2006 02:00 PM
Computers, Home Entertainment |
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February 16, 2006
WiFi PCMCIA iBook hack...
Ric writes - "This is the account of how some guy shoehorned an ordinary PCMCIA WiFi card into his iBook by ripping out everything that wasn't needed. Some good shots too. A bit crazy but apparently these cards can be expensive." Link.
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Feb 16, 2006 11:36 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Wireless |
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Linux running on an Intel iMac...
Looks like it's possible to boot up the new Intel iMacs to Gentoo Linux from a USB hard disk - a how-to should be posted shortly according to the wiki! [via] Link. I think the most fun I usually have with a new device or gadget is doing things like this, figuring out what's possible, what -other- things you can do, documenting and how-to'ing things that aren't out there yet, nice work guys - keep it up!
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Feb 16, 2006 08:57 PM
Computers |
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MAKE Forums - Garmin GPS -> PC?
Super_J_dynamite writes "I have a Garmin eTrex Legend. It has a PC Cable which looks to be nothing more than a DB9 serial cable. I believe the intended purpose of the cable is to upload the ~$99 Garmin proprietary map packs into the GPS. Is it possible to go the other way -- to get my coordinates from the GPS into my PC? Has anybody done this? Is there a published protcol or, better yet, a library for talking to the GPS? The idea here is that if I can get my coordinates, I can use 3rd party maps on the PC." See all the suggestions and applications in the MAKE forums (be sure to join and post too!) Link.
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Feb 16, 2006 03:41 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, GPS |
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Maximus Arcade emulation...
I spotted this awesome arcade emulator set up from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ben Sinclair and wanted to find out what software was running all the emulators - Ben writes "I like Maximus Arcade because the UI is great and there is very little configuration. You just tell it what emulators to use and where to find your ROMs. I also like how It's all controlled from a game pad, so the keyboard and mouse can stay hidden. It's not free, but for only $20 it's a pretty good deal." Link.
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Feb 16, 2006 02:52 AM
Computers, Gaming, Retro |
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Hand Gesture Recognition
I'm thinking that this hand gesture recognition software might be a good way to get some more input for the low-cost VR system, or it just might be a lot of fun..."With almost any color camera and sufficient processing power, this software collection implements a hand gesture interface. It detects the hand in a standard posture, then tracks it and recognizes key postures - all in real-time and without the need for camera or user calibration." Thanks Jerry! Link.
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Feb 16, 2006 01:31 AM
Computers, Imaging, Virtual Worlds, Wearables |
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February 15, 2006
HOW TO - Pod slurp
Abe Usher has an interesting app I'm going to try and use to back up some of my documents, it's an app that finds all the important docs and downloads them to your iPod. But, it's more of a security demonstration - or a now-real prop from all the action films where a hero/villian gets the supa-sekrets. Abe writes "...a proof-of-concept application that copies office documents from a Windows computer to an iPod (or other removable storage device). The point of this exercise is to demonstrate (quantitatively) how quickly data theft can occur with removable storage devices. I wrote a short application that searches for the "C:Documents and Settings" directory on a Windows computer. It then recurses through all of the subdirectories, copying all of the documents (*.doc, *.xls, *.htm, *.url, *.pdf, etc.) to the directory that it is running from." [via] Link.
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Feb 15, 2006 05:20 PM
Computers, iPod |
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Linux cluster using old MSN TVs
This Maker took 20 old MSN TV 2's and clustered them together, now they're all running Linux. Here's how he did it - Link.
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Feb 15, 2006 03:22 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Retro |
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HOW TO - Roomba Bluetooth Interface
If you liked the serial port cable/board Roomba how to, you'll really like this one - controlling a Roomba via Bluetooth! Roomba's have a serial port that let you entirely control them. Adding a Bluetooth serial adapter to wirelessly control the Roomba isn't that hard to do. It looks just like a serial port to the OS, so the software from the previous how to works with it too.
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Feb 15, 2006 11:51 AM
Cellphones, Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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HOW TO - LCD Window kit case mod
Jared writes - "Nowadays its nearly impossible to get a case with out a window kit, and the prestige has long since died. Well with this project I will attempt to bring back some of the glory of the good ole days with a new window kit that has much more flexibility and power than we could have ever dreamed back then." [via] Link.
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Feb 15, 2006 09:19 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Run Mac OS X 10.4.4 on PCs...
x86 Mac hacker Maxxuss released a patch for running Mac OS X on PCs..."This is a preliminary release of my Patch Solution for the official Mac OS X on the Intel platform. Ultimately, it would allow you to run this Mac OS X release on a generic x86 computer (SSE2 required)." [via] Link. Pictured here - photo from Laughing Squid at Northern Voice/ MooseCamp of Chris Pirillo running Mac OS X on his Thinkpad.
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Feb 15, 2006 01:20 AM
Computers |
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February 14, 2006
HOW TO - Spray paint stencil for laptop
Here's an Instructable on how to make a stencil, and custom spray paint your laptop. Link.
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Feb 14, 2006 08:28 PM
Arts, Computers, Crafts, DIY Projects, Instructables, Mobile |
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History of super computers
CNET has another great picture series (with video) of super-computers starting with the 1946 ENIAC - "This computer, unfurled to scientists on February 14, helped launch the computer revolution and the U.S. tech dominance for 50 years." Link.
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Feb 14, 2006 03:53 PM
Computers, Retro |
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A brief history of hard drives...
Picture history of hard drives on CNET - "What high-tech product advances the fastest? It's probably the hard drive. The capacity doubles easily every two years and sometimes every year, faster even than the chip progress described by Moore's Law. The first drives took up storage closets. Now, a 5GB drive can fit in a phone." [via] Link.
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Feb 14, 2006 08:11 AM
Computers, Retro |
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February 13, 2006
HOW TO - Build parallel port prototypes
Hardwaresecrets has a goo how-to on doing projects with a parallel ports - "The computer parallel port is the easiest way to control devices outside the PC, like LEDs, lights and even home appliances. In this tutorial we will teach you how to use the computer parallel port to control circuits outside your computer. The greatest thing about printers nowadays is that they use USB connection. Thus, on the majority of modern PCs the parallel is not used, so it is available for us to use it to control circuits outside the computer box." Link.
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Feb 13, 2006 03:15 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - GameCube Linux Kernel
Jal writes - "This guide explains briefly the necessary steps to produce a Linux kernel suitable for the GameCube, using a Linux PC. Once you do this you can use linux on the GameCube to watch videos, listen to music, play some games..." [via] Link.
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Feb 13, 2006 02:26 PM
Computers, Gaming |
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HOW TO - 5++ in 1 Multi-Cable
If you are one of those people who never has the right cable when they need it then this project is for you. Turn one cat5 network cable into the Megatron of cabling by wiring custom adaptors and bridges. This straight through cable can transform into a crossover, serial, serial null-modem, cisco console, vga or vga extension cable by using four adapters, two links and one couple. Link.
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Feb 13, 2006 09:31 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Instructables |
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February 10, 2006
Sound card based signal generators on Linux
Matthew writes "Previously, E-DSP visited the possibility of using your sound card as a signal/function generator. I was curious about the results, but did not have a Windows machine close by to test it. After some searching, I found a Linux alternative and was able to test the limitations of my Sound Blaster Live!" Link.
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Feb 10, 2006 02:44 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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