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Students in Virginia have been trying to mod the dollar bill- Look at your one dollar bill. On the backside there is an eagle and a large green pyramid with the eye over it. Mr. Wright and his students thought that replacing this strange design with an abridged version of the United States Constitution encompassing the entire Preamble and a brief description of each of the seven Articles and each of the twenty-seven Amendments would serve many educational purposes. I’d like metric conversions and maybe a ruler running down the side too. Link.

I need to try this out, looks like an interesting way to play video via a PS2. Put Action Replay Evo or what ever that has the Media Player into the PS2. Start the Media Player. Hook up the USB to the PSP and into the PS2. Then start up the PSP go to USB MODE and BOOM! You got your Media files on the TV! Link.

I usually go dual screen, but this is a pretty handy tip I didn’t know about…If you use an external display or projector with any PowerBook G4 or PowerBook (FireWire), you can close the display and still use the computer. Here’s how. Link.

I really like these, they’re good enough to play in front of your non-gamer pals too! The complete soundtrack to Super Mario World, covered by one man using dozens of instruments. Roughly in game order, faithful to the originals, with some bizarre artistic license thrown around. A private hobby made public. Dedicated to Koji Kondo. [via] Link.

Peru has unveiled the world’s first train powered by environmentally friendly compressed natural gas (CNG). “With this technological development, Peru is taking a big step forward in terms of its energy independence,” De Dios Olaechea told an inauguration ceremony. Link.

New York’s Parsons School of Design unveils startling exhibition projects. Have you ever wanted to control a video game with a voodoo doll? Use a Nintendo DS to read and mark up a library book? Or play a game that lets you try your hand at spreading a corporation across a Third World country? [via] Link.

Front page! You’ve driven 50 miles into the deep woods, and snowy weather is expected within 10 hours. Your cell phone is out of range and out of juice. And “someone” left the parking lights on, so the car battery is dead, too. If you were MacGyver, or a Make magazine subscriber, you might think to crush a few aspirin from the first aid kit into the battery, add some water, wait awhile, maybe pray, then crank the engine and hope it works. Link.