Play Half Life on the iPod nano
Play Half Life on your iPod nano! You need to be running iPod Linux, here’s how to do it & video.
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Airbrushed computers, laptops, gadgets…
Jim “Smooth” Saling’s company Smooth Creations does incredible airbrush art on laptops, mice, iPods, cases and pretty much anything else you plug in. [via] Link.
Wind-powered animal-like machines…
Charles writes – “Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest – Wind-powered, animal-like art machines constructed from recycled materials. The videos are poor quality, but the organic nature of how the constructs move is absolutely astonishing.” Link.
American Inventor – first look, the TV commercial
Inventor Underground (a place for inventors to go if they didn’t make the cut on ABC’s new American Inventor show) has a new podcast and the first TV ad from American Inventor. I’m about to hop on a plane and don’t have time to comment on this yet, so how about you check it out […]
See Google Maps – at night
Here’s a Google Map mashup that combines the huge NASA image of the earth at night (more about that here) and a Google maps interface so you can zoom in and out. [via] Link.
HOW TO – Make a Zen micro/USB wall charger from a phone charger
Cvesey has good how to for Makers across the pond with Zen micros – “Use an old cell phone charger and a usb socket extention cable to make a wall charger (this does not come boxed with the zen micro)…” Link.
iPod Sock Puppet – the video…
Awhile ago we made an iPod sock puppet, at the time, it seemed like it needed to be done. Well, someone else did it too and made a video, we’re really sorry. Here’s the video.