Post-Grand Canyon MAKE
We can now confirm that MAKE volume 03 can take a beatin’ and keep on readin’ ...a copy of Make volume 3, seen here after surviving 250 miles of river rafting down the Grand Canyon. Link.
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DOS & Linux files premade files to try on the PSP
Earlier we reported on the Bochs x86 emulator being ported to the PSP by Matan. This is indeed true and has opened the door for a wide range of options that the PSP can now do, not limited to but including the running of: FreeDOS, Linux, DLX Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, PicoBSD, Pragma Linux, Debian 3.0r0 and 2.2r5, and any other disk images with pre-installed systems on them. Downloads on the site… Link. I can confirm that the Linux and DOS ones worked on my PSP (photos here). Remember- don’t ever update your PSP firmware to 2.0, homebrew rules.
HOW TO make a Sunflower Oil cooled PC
We’ve covered a lot of the oil cooled PCs, and here’s another- cooled with Sunflower oil. What we did was take some unused hardware, lying around, built an acrylic case put the hardware in and filled it with sunflower oil… lots of oil ;) Then powered the machine up and it actually didn’t fry (did someone say french fries?), instead it worked perfectly fine and in some terms a lot better then when it was air cooled. [via] Link.
It seems that the PVC company has a different outlook on thing than 
DIY Glowing coffee table
DIY glowing coffee table. I was at a club that had glowing end tables everywhere and thought how great it would be to have in my place. Flickr photo set along with some tips if you’re thinking of doing this yourself. Link.
Build Your Own Render Farm
The idea of coaxing multiple machines to gang up on one graphics-processing job is old; but the feasibility of configuring such a system on a shoestring budget is rather new. With open-source solutions proliferating on the Web and businesses kicking decent PCs to the curb like so many red-headed stepchildren, money’s no longer an obstacle. Only one question remains, really: Are you a big enough geek to put it all together? Link.
MIDI controlled Beer Bottle Organ
The cart version was designed for versatility of use after meeting with Cory Dirksen GM of the Windy City Thunderbolts and it was styled to fit the Leinenkugel backwoods style. “The Bottle Organ has been a big hit at the ballpark” said Misch. “It’s incredible how good a bunch of bottles sound when they get done with them”. “The Bottle Organ cart concept allows the organ to be used in any area of the park during pre-game and attracts people to the Leinie Lodge through out out the game. It turned out even better than I imagined” raved Misch. [via] Link.
