Use a Hot-air popcorn popper to roast coffee
Mike writes “…a great site about roasting your own coffee beans including links to how to modify a hot-air popcorn popper to roast coffee. Here’s a “make-y” link from the site”. Link.
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ConsumerReports – Macs have viri and spyware?
Macs may eventually get lots of Viri and Spyware, but can this be right? Consumerreports says – Macs are safer than Windows PCs for some online hazards. Only 20 percent of Mac owners surveyed reported detecting a virus in the past two years, compared with 66 percent of Windows PC owners. Just 8 percent of Mac users reported a spyware infection in the last six months vs. 54 percent of Windows PC users. [via] Link.
Upclocking a 4GHz to 7GHz Pentium…
Not a lot of details on the cooling system, but an incredible feat… The processor in question is a Pentium 4 670 Prescott, whose speed was designed by Intel at 3.8 GHz. The system used by the Japanese to push things to the limit is built around an ASUS P5WD2 motherboard with two 512 MB RAM CORSAIR PC2-5400UL modules of memory, and the cooling system was ARC Pot Revc.12.1xe LN2; the operating system installed on the system was Windows Server 2003. After the preparations were done, the Pentium 4 670 Prescott processor reached 7132.82 MHz (375,4 MHz FSB x 19). [via] Link.
Google Earth – Wonderful world…
Here’s a really neat video of Google Earth being used as a world touring visualizer of video bloggers. The Maker writes “What I love about videoblogging (or video in general as a medium) is that if I get an idea, I can visualize it in almost no time at all because the tools available are so easy to work with, and I get some result immediately”. Link.
Enhanced Podcast Converter for Mobile Phones
Javacast is an Enhanced Podcast to Java MIDlet (J2ME) converter for Mobile Phones. It is to be used by Podcasters to convert their Enhanced Podcasts to Java MIDlets. The resulting Java Phone application would be downloaded via WAP/OTA as any Java application. It does not require iTunes, iPodder or any podcast downloader. Link.
HOW TO bend acrylic
The first thing you need to bend acrylic is an acrylic bender. You can buy one for 200 dollars or you can build one. I suggest building one since it is a lot cheaper. I built mine using a heating element strapped to a board. All of which I purchased at a local supplier. The element sits between two boards that are attached to a main board with a gap between. The element sits about 1/4″ down from the top surface of these boards. This way you can heat the plastic without melting it to the element. I covered the boards in tin foil to help protect them from the heat and also to reflect the heat more toward the acrylic… Thanks jher! [via] Link.