Matt writes – “Custom steel bicycle made on the cheap. In a world where the knowledgeable cog head can easily spend over $3000 for a custom built bicycle of any quality here’s someone who went on a crusade to meet the need for almost nothing but elbow grease.” Link.
Rob, one of my favorite Makers, had a melt off! “For most of my life, I’ve enjoyed the luxury of a gas range. However, I now live with an electric stovetop, which is a whole new ballgame. On Thursday evening, I conducted a little experiment with two similar chunks of ice.” Can you guess which […]
Hardwaresecrets has a goo how-to on doing projects with a parallel ports – “The computer parallel port is the easiest way to control devices outside the PC, like LEDs, lights and even home appliances. In this tutorial we will teach you how to use the computer parallel port to control circuits outside your computer. The greatest thing about printers nowadays is that they use USB connection. Thus, on the majority of modern PCs the parallel is not used, so it is available for us to use it to control circuits outside the computer box.” Link.
Jal writes – “This guide explains briefly the necessary steps to produce a Linux kernel suitable for the GameCube, using a Linux PC. Once you do this you can use linux on the GameCube to watch videos, listen to music, play some games…” [via] Link.
Brad writes “Make your own homebrew games for the PSP! A HOWTO that walks you through setting up the development environment, making your first program, and then some subsequent techniques for enhancing your games (adding images and audio for example).” Link.
Shane writes “I am looking for a high capacity MP3 player and the commercial reviewers all recommend either the Apple iPod or the Toshiba Gigabeat. Both have DRM and usability issues I don’t want. I want an MP3 player that allows me the freedom to use my music as I want without having to convert formats or limit me to only playing my music on one device. I curently have a NetMD player which works wonderfully but it is getting more and more difficult to efficiently copy podcasts and non standard albums (like santastic) to mini disc without burning real or virtual CDs.” My picks are: The PEZ MP3 player, the Linux based Archos PMA 400 (I also use the iPod 5G, just don’t do DRM, it’s possible). Post your suggestions in the comments!
Refik writes – “Have you ever wanted to create professional looking devices, video players, show maps and GPS data on it? Your imagination is the only limit now. A DIY project on how to use a color graphic LCD display and how to design your own gadgets….” Link.
