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June 15, 2007
"Computational Engine" casemod
Here's the start of a nice looking, very retro, case mod...
Celebrate the historical heritage of the modern Personal Computer..the way it should have been. While charming in its reticence, the buzzing beige rectangle under a desk hardly seems a fitting aesthetic legacy for what is inarguably the most important invention of the last 50 years. With a little creative anachronism, this project aims to 'retrocentrically' create a false historical heritage for the modern computer.Datamancer.net - "Computational Engine" Steampunk Casemod - [via] Link.
Perfect for the Victorian era / "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" offices! - Link.
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Jun 15, 2007 12:00 AM
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June 12, 2007
Who are these three guys in the Vista DVD?
Someone really really examined the Windows Vista DVD and found these three guys, who are they? - Link.
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Jun 12, 2007 01:00 PM
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June 11, 2007
Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta
Here ya go - Apple's Safari browser for PC (XP/Vista) is now on Apple's site - smart idea from Apple, half a billion iTunes downloads, add in a browser and attract more folks to do more Appley things. The Beta 3 is also available for Mac... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 11, 2007 11:40 AM
Computers, Online |
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mac mini in an Apple SE / 30
This is sweet a Mac mini in an Apple SE30, thanks Hans! Link.
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Jun 11, 2007 08:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Retro |
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June 8, 2007
Server cooling
Here's one way to cool a server... - [via] Link.
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Jun 8, 2007 03:00 AM
Computers |
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June 7, 2007
Computer bed
What do you do when you're finished using your treadmill/computer/desk combo? Sleep in a bed/computer/desk combo of course... Link.
Related:
The DIY exercise office - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 7, 2007 01:00 PM
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Steampunk LCD monitor mod
Jake (re)made an incredible steam punk - victorian era monitor mod, he writes...
The Steampunk Keyboard looked terribly anachronistic sitting in front of my Dell 1907FP flat panel monitor and while I hesitated to tear open a $300 monitor that was still under warantee, art must be served.
Steampunk Flat-Panel LCD Mod - Link.
Related:
Telegraph Sounder - Link.
Steampunk Keyboard Mod - Link.
Steampunk mouse - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 7, 2007 06:00 AM
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June 5, 2007
Stream music to your Airport Express from Linux
Jason @ Hackszine writes -
It's still Alpha, but raop_play is an Airport Express client player that will allow you to send audio files, including http streams, to your Airport Express.Apple Airport Express Client Player - LinkBetter yet, there's an ALSA driver included with the package, which will make your Airport Express look just like a second audio output device. Once that's set up, you can just configure your preferred music applications to send audio straight to the ALSA raop device. How cool is that?
Related:
Stream Music to Airport Express Without iTunes - Link
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 5, 2007 08:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Home Entertainment |
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June 4, 2007
Squeak - Open source Smalltalk programming
Squeak is open source version of Smalltalk and looks like a fun way to make games, edu apps and more... -
Squeak is a modern, open source full-featured implementation of the powerful Smalltalk programming language and environment. Squeak is highly-portable - even its virtual machine is written entirely in Smalltalk making it easy to debug, analyze, and change. Squeak is the vehicle for a wide range of projects from multimedia applications, educational platforms to commercial web application development.Squeak: Squeak - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 11:00 AM
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May 30, 2007
Microsoft Surface: Multi-touch Table
Microsoft is showing off their multi-touch table "Surface" complete with RFID, wireless, sensors and a whole lot of other things (watch the Popular Mechanics video on how it works)... You can't buy one, but they will be appearing in a couple casinos and some stores to demo... Link.
More:
- Multitouch table experiment - Link.
- Multi-Touch Interaction Research (video) - Link.
- The Future of Interfaces Is Multi-Touch - Link.
- LED Touch sensor - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 30, 2007 04:00 AM
Computers, News from the Future |
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Google Maps street view
Jason @ Hackszine writes -
Google launched the Street View feature in Google Maps today at the Where 2.0 conference. For select cities, you can now view street-level panoramic photography as you browse around a map location. It's like being able to take a virtual driving tour of a city, right from your desk.Google Maps street view - Link.There is a little minifig that you can drag around the map. When you release it, a small flash application is overlayed above the map which displays the panoramic photo for that location. Greg Sadetsky used the freeware ActionScript decompiler, Flare, to investigate the viewer's source. If you curious about how the viewer works, that might be a good place to start - [via] Link.
Fabian K. notes that Google has been using GeoIP lookups quite frequently to restrict beta features to specific locales and the street view feature is no exception. If you are outside the US, you can enable street view by adding a &gl=us to the end of the maps.google.com url. You'll still only be able to view the handful of cities that have pano-image data, but you can at least get a glipse for what's coming -
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 30, 2007 03:00 AM
Computers, GPS, Online |
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May 29, 2007
Mineral oil submerged computer
Puget Custom Computers made a nice mineral oil submerged computer -
Over the years, we have seen many projects on the web that cooled a computer using common vegetable oil, including a very popular video by Tom's Hardware. We felt that by building a computer in an aquarium using clear mineral oil, that we would be able to accomplish a much more attractive results!Mineral Oil Submerged Computer - [via] Link.
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May 29, 2007 11:00 AM
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May 16, 2007
Scratch | Imagine, Program, Share - programming for kids
Here's a fun looking programming language for kids -
Efforts to make computer programming accessible to young people began in the late 1970s with the advent of the personal PC, when another programming language with roots at MIT -- Logo -- allowed young people to draw shapes by steering a turtle around a screen by typing out commands. But the path to mastering most programming languages has been strewn with obstacles, since students needed to figure out not only the underlying logic but also master a brand new syntax, observe strict rules about semicolons and bracket use, and figure out what was causing error messages even as they learned the program.Scratch | Imagine, Program, Share - [via] Link.
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May 16, 2007 06:00 AM
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May 15, 2007
AddArt - replace banner ads with art
Due to complete - Summer of '07 -- Browsing the web could be like visiting a hip art gallery with this Firefox extension -
AddArt is a Firefox extension which replaces advertising images on web pages with art images from a curated database.For many, replacing ads with blank space would be enough. AddArt attempts to do something more interesting than just blocking ads - it turns your browser into an art gallery. Every time you visit the New York Times online or check the weather you'll also see a spattering of images by a young contemporary artist.
AddArt - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 15, 2007 09:00 AM
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May 14, 2007
HOW TO - Make a rotate / pivot lcd monitor
Odrarek writes -
This fixture is very usefull for rotate 90 degrees the monitor in order to see o read documents in in a portrait fashion, there are drivers for video card that support this modes, in my case i use it to read pdfs.
instructables : rotate or pivot lcd monitor - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 14, 2007 01:04 AM
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May 10, 2007
USB foot keyboard - The footboard
Marc made a really clever foot keyboard, that's right a keyboard you use with your feet... Link.
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May 10, 2007 08:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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May 8, 2007
Building an embedded Asterisk PBX
David is doing a lot of great work with open source hardware telephony, check out the embedded Asterisk he's working on... -
The IP04 is a Four Port Embedded IP PBX that runs Asterisk. The hardware design is 100% open. I just built the first IP04 prototype (really built, as in soldered), and would like to tell you about it. This post talks about the IP04 hardware, the bring up, an explosion (!), and compares the IP04 with the Digium Asterisk Appliance.Curiously, hardware hacking is getting cheaper and easier. For example the tools for surface mount work are reasonably cheap (a soldering iron and stereo microscope), there is plenty of free CAD software, low cost PCB fabrication, and web based components stores like Digikey.
Building an Embedded Asterisk PBX Part 3 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 8, 2007 06:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Open source hardware |
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May 3, 2007
The future of credit cards, one year later ... It's here: WoW has a VISA rewards card
On Mar 27, 2006 MAKE published an article about the future of credit cards and virtual worlds, one year later World of WarCraft and VISA teamed up and just launched the WoW/VISA rewards card, I guess they read MAKE :)
Funny thing is that just a couple weeks ago someone from VISA asked that I remove the VISA logo and any mention of VISA in the article, I removed the logo because I really didn't care (and put a silly logo in) but we refused to edit the article... now I know why.
the-inbetween.com has the scoop...
A little over a year ago, Phillip Torrone of Make Magazine wrote The Future of Credit Cards - Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging. He predicted:Very soon, credit card companies and game makers will reward their customers who spend money in the real world using private label "rewards" credit cards. They will use gifts of virtual currency such as Blizzard's World of Warcraft gold and Second Life's Linden dollars.
The future is now. Further proof of how big of a cultural force World of Warcraft has become. It's the biggest, hugest, money-making game of the decade... and I don't have a single shred of interest in it. I find the cultural and media impact that it makes far more fascinating than sitting at my desk grinding levels for hours on end.
Here's the World of Warcraft / VISA site - Link.
Related:
The Future of Credit Cards - Earning virtual currency for spending in the real world & other world bridging - Link.
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 3, 2007 09:00 PM
Computers, Gaming, News from the Future, Virtual Worlds |
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HOW TO - Remote desktop to a Windows server through a firewall with Putty
Jason @ Hackzine shows you how to remote desktop to a Windows server through a firewall with Putty -
Here's a common scenario: you need to make an emergency remote desktop connection to an XP server at work, but you're at home and the server is behind a firewall that blocks RDC connections.In a nutshell, ssh tunneling allows you to connect to a port on another machine by forwarding traffic through an intermediary ssh server. Using an ssh tunnel, if you have access to an ssh server behind the firewall, you can connect to services on other machines behind the firewall, including remote desktop services.
Using Putty (a rockstar ssh client for Windows), you can easily set up a tunnel for accessing RDC on your firewalled server:
Configure a new ssh session for the ssh server that you have access to (66.35.250.203 in this example).In the connection/ssh/tunnels menu, add a new forwarded port. You'll need to set up a port on your own machine (this will be the virtual, forwarded connection to the remote RDC server), so use something unused, like 3390.
In the destination field, enter the ip address and RDC port for the firewalled machine, Ie. 192.168.0.5:3389 (3389 is what RDC listens on)
Now save your session and connect to the SSH serverAt this point, you can connect to the remote server's RDC port via your own machine's port 3390. Everything that comes in and out of localhost:3390 will be transparently whisked away over the ssh connection, through the intermediary machine, to your destination server's port 3389. So instead of entering 192.168.0.5:3389 for your destination server in the remote desktop client, enter localhost:3390. It will go right through the firewall.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
May 3, 2007 02:00 AM
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May 1, 2007
Open 2+ start page tabs in Firefox
Every time I launch Firefox I'm usually researching something online and/or something that has appeared on MAKE - so here's a fun feature... You can have two pages open up in tabs as your start page, just put a link, the pipe symbol "|" and the other URL - handy!
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May 1, 2007 01:00 AM
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