Simon writes – “You might be intersted in this OSX Dashboard Widget by Nicholas Zambetti Resistulator. It calculates the value of a resistor from the sequence of colored bands painted on the resistor. It also displays the corresponding color sequence when a resistor value is entered.” Link. Previously: HOW TO – Read color coded resistors […]
Tom writes – “The Intel Mac mini’s case is just like that on the PPC model and can be opened by prying upward with a sharp putty knife while working your way around the bottom of the case.” – Link. Related: Apple and Makers modding minis – Link. Making a Macswagen – Adding a Mac […]
Dance Dance those emails away – “This is just one off-the-shelf piece of hardware we can use,” A.J. Brush, the lead researcher on the project, said after demonstrating the technology. “Now we’re looking at broadening, thinking about accelerometers or other things you could strap onto your feet so you really could be just sitting at […]
Talking Electronics writes – “A friend of mine who runs an electronic shop wants to install an old cd-rom to be used as a stand alone cd-player in his truck. His problem was to find a suitable power supply for this purpose. A cd-rom uses 2 power supplies, 5 Volts which is used in its […]
Maffiou’s Instructable on roofmaking – “Not that long ago, I purchased a building whose roof was made of cement sheets known to contain asbestos. As I intended to move in with my wife and kids, there was no way I was keeping it like that: So I decided to change the roof for a standard […]
Drew writes – “Like many people, I learned about the four stroke internal combustion engine in junior high school science class, but one look under a car’s hood makes it obvious that the pedagogical diagrams of a single cylinder left out a lot of the details. Unwilling to disassemble the motor of my daily driver, […]
Will has a fun how to on making your own coffee roster using an old popcorn popper. Thanks KSmith! Link. Related: The Bottomless Portafilter by Will O’Brien in DIY: Coffee. Mod your espresso maker’s filter holder for a tastier cup. MAKE 04 – Page 117.
