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In 1776 we had enough and weren’t going to take it anymore. And now you can get the Declaration of Independence read by Bill Barker interpreting Thomas Jefferson over at Colonial Williamsburg. They have a lot of other history related podcasts too. [via] Link.

As you ooh and aah at the dazzling explosions of a fireworks display, there are three things going on that you probably wouldn’t guess: The chemists who made those pyrotechnics designed most of them so they wouldn’t explode, you’re actually seeing nature conserving energy, and most peculiar of all, when things are at their flashiest, you’re actually seeing the fireworks as they’re cooling down. Link.

To see the graphics, ctrl click iTunes->show package contents/ Contents/ Resources-> iTunes.rsrc, Click once on the file and hit command + D. Drag iTunes copy.rsrc to the desktop. While still in the resources folder, open the folder titled English.lproj. Highlight the “Localized.rsrc” file and hit Command + D and drag Localizedcopy.rsrc to the desktop. Next, download the Resorcerer 2.4.1 Demo (Or any other Resource viewing App) . In the application, locate the iTunescopy.rsrc and Localizedcopy.rsrc files now on your dektop and use the ID #s in my picture to locate them in Resorcerer. Hope that helps. Link.

I’ll be Geotagging some photos in Seattle, WA. Happy 4th, Makers! Regardless of the camera equipment you use, making good photos of fireworks can be challenging. Here are some basic things to consider whenever you are shooting a pyrotechnics display. If you have an fun MAKE moments over the holiday, send them along! Link.

A MAKE Flickr Photo pool member made an amazing Redwood version of the iPod by hand. It looks like he just took his iPod apart and carefully fabricated a redwood version of iPod frame, later adding a clear coat to it and reassembling it. I’ve seen wood iPod docks, but I think this is the best actual wood iPod to hit the scene so far.
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Never answer the phone again….you plug in the other end of the phone line that is connected to the phone box into the wall socket. Doing this will activate the Busy box and cause all phones that are connected to the system to not work (you will hear no dial tone when you pick up the phone ) and there will be no incoming calls (when ever some one calls your house it will say “this line is busy” message). Link.

Handy reference. The purpose of this set of guidelines is not to frighten you but rather to make you aware of the appropriate precautions. Appliance repair can be both rewarding and economical. Just be sure that it is also safe! Link.