Hack a day has a new how-to series, here’s how-to scavenge a mouse for parts – Old computer mice are being abandoned in droves. They’re tossed out because of dirt, obsolescence, or for being entirely too beige. Anyone who has a computer usually has more than one mouse and you can get them for pennies, […]
Lovely Apple G4 mailbox.
I can’t say how realistic this is, and I probably won’t be using the advice myself, but Jon Udell wrote about a plausible strategy for subverting the TSA rules into protecting your check-in luggage. The trick is to declare a firearm (in this case a starter pistol) which, by policy, forces your bag to be […]
In the past, making your own sound card could have been a difficult task. The best part about this project is when you are all done, it is as simple as plug and play. You don’t need any drivers under XP or Vista. If you know how this would work under Linux, please leave a […]
Why by a 4×4 matrix when you can make one? This is a self contained LED matrix that runs on a PIC 12F628A. They promise to post the Eagle Schematic and code soon. It would be nice to see all the coded patterns that he has created for this project. A few years ago, when […]
This is a great collection of vintage Japanese robots, all of which can be seen at the Sci-Fi Museum in Seattle through October 26th 2008. The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle will exhibit toys from Geismar’s collection in Robots: A Designer’s Collection of Miniature Mechanical Marvels through Oct. 26. The vintage […]
Bay Area Knitters! Larissa Brown, author of the book Knitalong is having a book signing event at Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore (2904 College Ave, Berkeley) on Saturday May 31st at 4pm. Bring your current knitting projects to work on together. Free cloth tote bags will be given away at the signing too!
