Month: November 2005
Greg from 
Put Macs to “Deep Sleep” hack…
“Up until recently, Mac users didn’t have a similar Sleep mode which required no power. When Apple announced new PowerBooks in October 2005, it also introduced Safe Sleep to Mac OS X, an extention to Sleep mode that allows for hibernation without power.” The article details how to put other Macs to deep sleep with a clever hack – the comments also have a lot of useful information. [via] Link.
Make a $10 Linux Answering Machine
“This article describes how to build a Linux-based telephone answering machine using a low cost winmodem (softmodem) for the telephone interface. We describe how to install the drivers and libraries, and how to select and install the proper modem card. Our answering machine program is a couple of hundred lines of C code in a single file. If you’ve ever used a telephone you should have no trouble understanding the code.” Link.
Add Menu Icons the iPod
We love iPod firmware mods, and this is one of the best ones yet – using iPodWizard (PC) you can add little icons to all the menu items on most iPods. How to and files included to make your own. Thanks Lubbi! Link.
How Chocolate is made – video
Brian from Candyaddict writes “The National Association of Manufacturers has just released this awesome 15:18 minute video of the history of chocolate and how it is made. If you have never seen how chocolate is made, this is a must-see. Most of us take chocolate for granted – this video really makes you appreciate all the work that goes into making chocolate.” Link.
The anti-gravity machine…
Adnan writes “So what if your chances of ever becoming an astronaut are less than nil, you can still defy gravity using Oooms’s Anti Gravity Machine and you know it’s probably more fun. All you have to do is harness yourself on to the moving sea-saw contraption and voila, you can moonwalk like Neil Armstrong all over the Basketball court.” Looking at this counterweight machine, it wouldn’t be that hard to build, I’ll see if I can find (or make) a how-to. Link.
