Handy tips. There’s no question: overpacking easily heads the list of biggest travel mistakes. Thus this Web site, offering exhaustive (some might say exhausting) detail on the art of travelling light, living for an indefinite period of time out of a single (carryon-sized) bag. Link.
Akenji took some photos at our packed MAKE session at OSCON (Open Source convention). The session had a bit of past DIY culture, crafting, Sony Librie e-ink hacking, PSP hacking, Linux on Ipods, high powered lasers and a lot of gadgetry. Link.
Inspired by Ian Meyer’s Google Maps on iPod Photo, I decided to do the same on Sony PSP. Using the Sony PSP’s excellent 480 x 272 widescreen LCD and image pan and zoom function, I only need one high-resolution view from Google Maps. Link.
No matter what you think of podcasts, this is really cool. One day before landing, STS-114 Mission Specialist Steve Robinson transmitted the first podcast from space. Link.
Here’s how to make a CD/DVD printer from a cheap $35 printer found at Walmart. Looks a little tricky to construct, but the results look great. Link.
Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. (Good thing potatoes are biodegradable.) Here’s a PDF from MAKE volume 03. To get our PDFs sent to you automatically (and you have iTunes) Click this link and click SUBSCRIBE.
