Nice Mac stuff reuse from MacVroom “We decided to take matters into our own hands and make a simple protective sleeve for our new nano…We started with something that would be both protective and useful to shine up the iPod nano – a soft chamois cloth. Chamois is also fairly thin and will not add much bulk. Lucky for us, Apple includes one of these cloths with their Cinema Displays, so we had one on hand”. Link.
Gary writes “This site has info on how to adapt toys for disabled kids to use. Check out the “Bob the Builder” hack. There’s also an article about how the author works with Scouts to hack toys for disabled kids for Eagle Scout projects”. Link.
We’ll be back with lots of MAKE audio starting next week – but do check this out, we talk about the PSP and there are some great guests covering many other topics! “Distributing the Future” is O’Reilly Media’s new weekly podcast featuring the technology and the people behind what you use now and what you’ll use next. This half hour program includes interviews and commentary on science, technology, related social issues, and just plain fun. This show is in public beta. Link. Listen to MP3.
Gas, Tires, Oil writes “A blog entry about cutting 2′ section out of the middle a metal futon frame and welding the halves back together. The original mattress still fits, but now the short way is side to side and the futon takes up much less room”. Link. The rest of the blog has a lot of great stuff too…
The Box Doodle Project asks its participants to cut up a cardboard box, doodle on it, turn it into a work of art, take a photo and post it to a collective gallery. the rules are quite simple: rearrange a box to make any kind of figure or object. make the most of least. [via] Link. Here’s my version, made from an iPod box.
Looks like it might be running something other than Windows too – Radio shack is getting in a shoebox sized computer for surfing the web. It appears to be DC powered, has built in Ethernet, modem, VGA, and USB ports. This might make a good car computer if it is truly DC powered! [
Amazing Mac based arcade cabinets – This MAME machine has, at its core, a Macintosh Powerbook. The display is therefore an LCD display and the motherboard, power supply, and hard drive diminutive. For these reasons I was able to keep an overall small machine… [