Excellent photos and write up from Mr.Bill –The Southern Cross I is a Z80-based single board computer kit from DIY Electronics. I finished assembling it on September 18th, after about eight total hours of work spread over three days. I’ll be using it to learn Z80 assembly language, with Programming the Z80 and Z80 Assembly Language Programming as references. Link.
PSPUpdates is reporting that there is yet another firmware update from Sony (2.01) – this update appears to remove the ability to run homebrew applications and to downgrade to 1.5. In other PSP news, there are some trojan-like downloads, a patcher, that will brick your PSP (not reboot). Steer clear of this, as well as the Sony update; both have extreme consequences.
Mr.Bill, MAKE pal and MAKE Flickr photo pool member posted his photo set of the Replica-1, a recreation of the Apple I using modern components, from Briel Computers. Great final result and construction photos. Link.
We killed it once, let us kill it again…Twenty members of Congress are calling for the reinstatement of the “broadcast flag,” a controversial form of copy prevention technology for digital TV broadcasts. In a letter Thursday, the politicians called for rapid approval of a federal law adopting the broadcast flag, which would outlaw over-the-air digital TV receivers and computer tuner cards that don’t follow strict anticopying standards. [via] Link.
Story about the 3M duct tape band-aids as well as a larger trend, duct tape becoming an acceptable wearable accessory – Many plasters [Band-Aids] are either covered in cartoon characters to appeal to children, or are pink in color – hardly a traditionally ‘masculine’ shade, Datamonitor says. However, Nexcare 3M Duct Tape Bandages, launched in the US, are gray in colour and feature a man’s hand on the packaging, holding a DIY tool. [via] Link.
Video game inspired quilting on Flickr, in the same set as some other sewing projects, including a nice jacket with a pirate-looking skull on it. I think the Tetris one in my favorite. [
