RSSVolume 03: Cars and Halloween
Here are the links which appear in this volume:
Merlin Mann's 43Folders.com
(From And Miles to Code Before I Sleep)
Danny O'Brien's Lifehacks site
(From And Miles to Code Before I Sleep)
More about "the former audience" in Gilmore's book We the Media
(From News from the Future)
Full-length feature film made by fans of Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies
(From News from the Future)
Fan film Star Wars Revelations
(From News from the Future)
untamedcinema.com allows fans to create trailers for the films they want to see
(From News from the Future)
Unfinished copy of sci-fi film Serenity screened early for fan comments
(From News from the Future)
Podcast radio
(From News from the Future)
Odeo: podcasting for the masses
(From News from the Future)
Podcast marketing
(From News from the Future)
FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop, by Neil Gershenfeld
(From News from the Future)
GPL RepRap Project
(From News from the Future)
"Conture crafting" robot prototype extrudes concrete walls
(From News from the Future)
A building in a bag
(From News from the Future)
Outsourcing product design
(From News from the Future)
U.S. may be losing edge in technological development
(From News from the Future)
U.S. imposes new limits on scientists
(From News from the Future)
Political control over telecommunications agenda
(From News from the Future)
Liftport Group to open carbon nanotube manufacturing plant
(From News from the Future)
Scientists have successfully induced hibernation in mice
(From News from the Future)
The U.S. Army is resarching mobile robot surgery units for battlefield use
(From News from the Future)
Life expectancies have fallen every year since 1988: what some call "the African cliff"
(From News from the Future)
Shopper Chopper
The shopping cart go-kart that Michael Dowling and Noam Davidson built. (From Made on Earth)
Gods of Thunder
Nelson Pass and his seriously big sound system, affectionately called the Klein Horns.(From Made on Earth)
Tankful of Tunes
Gas tank stand-up bass instruments made by Ezra Daly.(From Made on Earth)
Househole
Inversion, a sculpture built into and out of a demolished house in Houston, Texas, by Dan Havel and Dean Ruck.(From Made on Earth)
Nixie a la Mode
Andrew Argyle's collection of clocks made from nixie tubes.(From Made on Earth)
Gaming Open Market
(From Get a Life)
Second Life
(From Get a Life)
Absorption of Nuclear Gamma Radiation by Heavy Electrons on Metallic Hydride Surfaces
Prof. Allan Widom (Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Dept. of Physics) and Lewis Larsen (CEO of Lattice Energy LLC) have published another follow-up technical paper on the arXiv preprint server that offers an explanation for the observed suppression of hard gamma and X-ray radiation in LENR systems. (From A Fusion Reactor for the Rest of Us)
New Energy Times
Your best source for all the latest cold fusion news and information. Free newsletter 6 times per year.(From A Fusion Reactor for the Rest of Us)
Ultra Low Momentum Neutron Catalyzed Nuclear Reactions on Metallic Hydride Surfaces
Prof. Allan Widom (Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Dept. of Physics) and Lewis Larsen (CEO of Lattice Energy LLC) have published a technical paper on the arXiv preprint server that offers an alternative explanation for many anomalous phenomena that have been aggregated under the label of "cold fusion." The theory proposed in this paper: (a) falls solidly within the established laws of physics; and (b) does not involve any D-D or D-D-like fusion. (From A Fusion Reactor for the Rest of Us)
lenr-canr.org
This site features a library of papers on LENR, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, also known as Cold Fusion.(From A Fusion Reactor for the Rest of Us)
Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers
This book explains how Everglade frontiersmen distilled swamp water. They used a 5-gallon can for a boiler and a coil of 3/8 inch copper tubing for a condenser. The condenser coil was cooled in a second 5-gallon lard can full of water. (ISBN: 0813015731) Glen Simmons and Laura Ogden. $24.95 Cloth. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2. 224p. index illus.(From Swamp Tech)
Low-cost PDA
(From Let There Be Speech)
Rollable portable keyboard
(From Let There Be Speech)
Generic Linux for the blind page
(From Let There Be Speech)
Free speech synthesis
(From Let There Be Speech)
More speech synthesis
(From Let There Be Speech)
Desktop for the blind
(From Let There Be Speech)
OS speech synthesis
(From Let There Be Speech)
Waysmall computers
(From Let There Be Speech)
Lightweight screen reader for Linux
(From Let There Be Speech)
Talking Linux kernel
(From Let There Be Speech)
mini-box.com
Maker of the M1-ATX power supply.(From Hackable Platform on Wheels)
Commando Alarms
(From Hackable Platform on Wheels)
ontrak.net
Maker of the ADR2010 relay controller.(From Hackable Platform on Wheels)
crutchfield.com
(From Hackable Platform on Wheels)
SPDT Automotive Relays
Examples of interesting car relay applications.(From Hackable Platform on Wheels)
carnetix.com
The Carnetix CNX-P1900 was used to replace the Mac mini's standalone power brick.(From Making a Macswagen)
TunerTricks
More on Tunerner's creations, along with extensive details on the Mac mini install.(From Making a Macswagen)
Old laptop as EVDO router
You may have all parts needed to build your own EVDO router!(From StompBox: Mobile Hotspot)
Stompbox .IMG file for download
Download and directions for a ready-to-go "disk image" for the CF card.(From StompBox: Mobile Hotspot)
DynDNS service
(From StompBox: Mobile Hotspot)
Stompbox website
(From StompBox: Mobile Hotspot)
The Energy Self-Sufficiency Newsletter
This article is partly based on a series of articles by Maria "Mark" Alovert that first appeared here.(From Making Biodiesel)
Gly-Tek
To test for the presence of glycerin, you can use the Gly-Teck test kit, which detects leaked anti-freeze in motor oil. (From Making Biodiesel)
Recycling Sciences
High-volume operations can buy a $31,000 glycerin-purification distiller here, which will convert dirty biodiesel glycerin into nice, clear, commercially valuable glycerin. (From Making Biodiesel)
Mark Alovert's site
(From Making Biodiesel)
veggieavenger.com
Homebrewing forum.(From Making Biodiesel)
biodiesel.infopop.cc
Another homebrewing forum.(From Making Biodiesel)
biodieselnow.com
Biodiesel policy and activism forum.(From Making Biodiesel)
journeytoforever.org
Biodiesel processor designs and other info.(From Making Biodiesel)
nbb.org
Biodiesel stations and industry info.(From Making Biodiesel)
tdiclub.com
VW diesel forum.(From Making Biodiesel)
propelfuels.com
Setting up a commercial biodiesel pump in your town.(From Making Biodiesel)
Alternative Energy Videos
Videos about alternative energy, including biodiesel, available for rent from technicalvideorental.com(From Making Biodiesel)
The Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) Model
GREET stands for "Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation" and is a a fuel-cycle model devloped by Argonne and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), GREET allows researchers to evaluate various vehicle and fuel combinations on a full fuel-cycle basis. GREET was developed as a multidimensional spreadsheet model in Microsoft Excel. The public domain model is available free of charge for anyone to use.(From Biofuels Today)
Seamless integration
iPod integrated docking station(From Hardwired iPod)
Direct connect to a Mazda Protege car stereo head unit
I reverse engineered the CD interface to the Mazda Protege and connected my MP3 player directly - sounds great! Note that this mod will only work for the Mazda interface, buy it may be useful for others to look in to.(From Hardwired iPod)
Apple iPod remote control protocol
(From Hardwired iPod)
MacMice PodBuddy
The PodBuddy offers FM transmitting, power, and mounting.(From Hardwired iPod)
sik.com
The $30 SiK imp iPod charger has line level audio output.(From Hardwired iPod)
Controller used for music synced Christmas tree lights
Use the controller to control Christmas tree lights.(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
"lpt.exe" parallel port monitor
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Hear my guillotine soundtrack
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Download Borland's free C++ Compiler
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Model your code on my sample
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Winamp plug-in for the controller code
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
My Winamp plug-in
(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Using a wiper motor in your Halloween projects
Scary Terry on using wiper motors in Halloween devices.(From Halloween Haunted House Controller)
Finkbuilt
Steve Lodefink's web site, "A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris."(From Retrovision 2000 AV Cabinet)
Amazing images from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe observatory
(From Print the Universe)
Rasterbator software
(From Print the Universe)
DIY or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist site
(From Mailbox Movie)
$30 Film School site
(From Mailbox Movie)
kittyfeet.com
Post here...(From Mailbox Movie)
res.com
or here to find help.(From Mailbox Movie)
shootingpeople.org
Daily email list with call boards for both New York City and the U.K.(From Mailbox Movie)
Website instructions and software
(From Cheap Shot)
Stink Blaster website
(From Get Funky)
XL Video
LED display, LED trucks, projection equipment, LED video and camera rental(From Barebones LED Flasher)
Sound, Light, and Music: Projects for the Lm3909
Out of print book by Delton Horn; link is for amazon.com, where used copies are available.(From Barebones LED Flasher)
American Microsemiconductor Inc.
Source for the LM3909 LED flasher/oscillator(From Barebones LED Flasher)
National Semiconductor's spec sheet
downloadable PDF of several example applications for the LM3909, such as a cariable speed flasher, a parallel LED flasher, and a "buzz box."(From Barebones LED Flasher)
Keychain Light
LRI's Photon series are probably the best-known keychain lights and for good reason. They're reasonably rugged, light, and dependable.(From Keychain Survival Tools)
Tiny Keychain Light
About $25, the hearing-aid-battery-powered Firefli is really tiny.(From Keychain Survival Tools)
Whistle
My old standby is the $5 Fox 40 Mini with the cosmetic side plates dremeled off to reduce its size. Fox has recently released a new Micro model that features a flatter profile than my hacked version, and it's reportedly just as loud.(From Keychain Survival Tools)
Handy tool
The Micra and Squirt from Leatherman ($30-$40) are pleasant standouts in an otherwise bleak sea of cast metal junk. (Radioshack also has a version that replaces the standard pliers with a wire stripper.)(From Keychain Survival Tools)
Pocket Compass
My favorite is the liquid-damped $15 version manufactured by old-school knife maker Marbles. (From Keychain Survival Tools)
Fancy Pocket Compass
If you insist on spending more, the $50 Traildrop II Digital Compass and Temperature Keychain offers a backlight and all the functions you'd expect from a gizmo with a microchip and an LCD.(From Keychain Survival Tools)
NukAlert
$160 nuclear radiation detector that looks vaguely like a car alarm remote and sounds an alarm when it detects a life-endangering amount of gamma or X radiation. By listening to the ten distinct alarm levels, you can plot a quick course out of a danger area, or, better yet, avoid entering one. (From Keychain Survival Tools)
The Freesound Project
A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.(From Roll Your Own Ringtones)
Common Content: Audio Catalog
Common Content is a catalog of works licensed in the Creative Commons, available to anyone for copying or creative re-use.(From Roll Your Own Ringtones)
Internet Archive: Live Music Archiv
A community committed to providing the highest quality live concerts in a lossless, downloadable format. The Internet Archive has teamed up with etree.org to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible for current and future generations to enjoy. All music in this Collection is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly noncommercial, both for access here and for any further distribution.(From Roll Your Own Ringtones)
Audacity
An excellent, free sound recording and editing application that can export MP3s into the WAV format.(From Roll Your Own Ringtones)
LightWav
Third party software for the Treo 600 and 650. (From Roll Your Own Ringtones)
Nokia's Pop-Port interface
(From Hack, Plug, and Play)
RadioShack airline headphone adapter
(From Hack, Plug, and Play)
Pop-Port pinouts
(From Hack, Plug, and Play)
ZBEDic Project
An open source dictionary reader that allows easy switching between dictionary files. (From Handheld Know-It-All)
An excellent reference on standard security screw types
(From Freedom to Unscrew)
Discover nine more ways to make square holes
(From Square Deal)
POCSAG Pager Decoder
(From Reading and Drawing Schematics)
Gran Turismo 4 / Logitech Driving Force PRO Steering Wheel Mount
More details from Cameron Malloray about his steering wheel mount for gamers.(From Spin to Win)
Migon Game Kit
(From You Built It, You Play It)
Amstracker
(From Tilt Interface)
Bubblegym
(From Tilt Interface)
Chicks Dig Poker Geeks: A Poker Blog
Chris Hanel's poker blog.(From Online Poker for Geeks)
PokerTracker
An essential tool for improving your poker skills.(From Online Poker for Geeks)
PartyPoker.com
A good first choice for a wide selection of games. Dubbed "The Aquarium" because it's home to more novice "fish" than any other website.(From Online Poker for Geeks)
Mister Jalopy's Flickr Photo Stream
Mister Jalopy set up some photos and Flickr tags for goodweld and badweld. A great chance to see and discuss welding examples!(From Primer: Welding)
American Welding Society
WARNING! Welding is dangerous! RTFM, and look at this page to learn about hazards from fumes, to pacemaker risks, to dropping something on your foot!(From Primer: Welding)
Check out Howtoons.org for more...
(From The Happy Hippo)
EnviroTex Lite Pour on Gloss Finish - Manufacturer
This should be the actual source for the "Pour it on thick" Toolbox, Make Volue 03 page 180.(From Toolbox)
iVod case for iPod
(From Toolbox)
Robot Builder's Sourcebook
(From Toolbox)
Epson P-2000 Multimedia Storage Viewer
(From Toolbox)
Taxi Wallet
(From Toolbox)
HP h6315 iPAQ
(From Toolbox)
There Are No Electrons: Electronics for Earthlings
(From Toolbox)
heavens-above.com
(From Toolbox)
Snap-On GSDDX80 Screwdriver Set
(From Toolbox)
Gripping Stuff for Cards
(From Toolbox)
SureFire A2 Aviator Flashlight
(From Toolbox)
LA's Totally Awesome All Purpose Cleaner and Degreaser
(From Toolbox)
Technical Video Rental
(From Toolbox)
Cen-Tech 7-Function Multi-Tester
(From Toolbox)
Plastruct Catalog
(From Toolbox)
EnviroTex Lite Pour-On Gloss Finish
(From Toolbox)
Gesso Priming Compound
(From Toolbox)
Plaster Cloth
(From Toolbox)
Mix-a-Mold
(From Toolbox)
Astronomy Hacks
This handy field guide covers the basics of observing, and what you need to know about tweaking, tuning, adjusting, and tricking out a 'scope. Expect priceless tips and tools for using a Dobsonian Telescope, the large-aperture telescope you can inexpensively build in your garage. Get advice on protocols involved with using electronics including in dark places without ruining the party. (From Cover Up to See in the Dark)
The nitty gritty on serious power-tool carving
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
Renaissance Craftsmanship
Extreme Pumpkin Carving: 20 Amazing Designs from Frightful to Fabulous, by Vic Hood and Jack A. Williams. ISBN 1565232135, Fox Chapel Publishing.(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
Good images, free patterns, history, and tips
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
Walt's Pumpkin Carving Secrets
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
If you're really desperate for a flawless pumpkin in July
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
Or, carve your own virtual pumpkin
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
The year-round faithful
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
More gourd afficionados
(From Hack-O-Lantern: Extreme Pumpkin Carving)
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