Brad writes “Found an old radio online with a neat drawer that used to hold a record player. Decided this would serve more people as a mini bar. Nevertheless, the old tube receiver still had an input for something and an iPod seemed like a good fit”… Link.
We’ll have something very cool with instructable soon, but for now – check this out. With a quick fork extension you can quickly build a great looking and fun to ride chopper. Thanks Land-o-Links! Link.
You can create a real-time GPS tracker using Google Maps API. Don’t worry about having a GPS device, you can emulate a garmin using GPSGate. Then later you purchase fancy gps devices and a JunxionBox…All with free software too. Link.
This Russian forum has some really neat photos of a couple interesting PC case mods – the first is a metal milk tin. The mod adds a clear window, cow print fur and stuffed cow which looks out. The second is a metal waste paper basket. Thanks Karel! Link.
DIY iPod nano case – iNano writes “I took the foam and cut a wedge out, and glued it into the case. Then I took the cloth and glued it down inside the top part of the case. I made two foam strips to hold the nano in place, and glued them down as well. I got some sandpaper and brushed the whole tin, excluding the red and white sides. I stuck an apple sticker on the front and outlined it in red, to make it look cool. I still need to drill a hole for headphone cables”… [via]. Link. On a side note, does anyone have a contact at Altoids? Email pt at makezine d0t com.
When children play with toy cars they tell stories, adding their own narration, voice-overs, and special effects. The HotCam is a manual control toy car with an onboard video camera and microphone. The car enables children to record certain “scenes” in their own stories. They can then “play” the captured scenes through a TV, re-experience their stories and share them with parents, siblings and friends in a similar way to something as traditional and tangible as a painted picture or clay model. [via]. Link.
This will allow you to put more than 100 songs on the “iTunes phone” along with a couple other things …hack for the new Motorola ROKR (merging several MP3s into one will let you store WAY more than 100 songs on the DRM enabled phone). However Chapterizer definitely IS useful for lots of other stuff... Link.
