The best thing going for the Nintendo DS is “Nintendogs” a game of sorts where you raise a virtual puppy. I’m slowly raising one, more about that later, but – here’s a little “News from the Future” action, you can bring your virtual doggie to a GameSpot, place it in bark mode and get a free virtual gift. Of course, I want to set up my own version and give out treats, er tricks, outside… [via] Link.
Rob writes “The Phongraph makers’ pages – A meeting place for makers of modern phonographs, i.e. cylinder players that give an electric output.” …when browsing through the entries, no two phonographs are alike, in fact they are very different, an expression of the creativity of their respective makers. Link.
Rob writes “Years ago I really liked the game called Bing Bang Boing, I wanted to get one for my young son but since it’s no longer on the market I decided to make one for him. The game involves setting up small trampolines so that a ball bearing can successfully bounce along a number of them in succession.” Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member pftburger writes “I found a whole bunch of old display board panels at the local scrap yard, so i built a computer interface and set them in resin, now they can function as a simple VU meter, jumping to the music.” Link.
Here’s a great site that shows you how to upgrade Apple’s eMac. Overclock to 1.3Ghz, add a new hard drive, run dual screens and cut down on fan noise. These eMacs are usually pretty cheap on eBay too, so it might be worth grabbing one and sup’ing it up. [
Here’s a game of paper chess. This pdf file from Peter Visser’s Site has a pattern for each chess piece. Use your own board or make one of your own. There are a lot of other interesting paper-craft projects and art on paper forest blog to check out too. [