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Podcasts in iTunes 4.9!

Wow! Looks like we’re going to be getting iPodder-like functionality in iTunes 4.9 (coming out in the next 60 days). For now it seems there’s only going to be free content (not purchased through iTunes) so I’m guessing you’ll add a playlist and a RSS feed and the podcasts will be downloaded automatically. The Yahoo! Music Engine has a neat plugin that does this now, so I’m excited about seeing this in iTunes soon. Link. Update: Looks like Apple will be picking the podcasts for download.

Continue Reading May 23rd, 2005 Phillip Torrone2

New “from the shadows” DIY Lightsabers

New episode of from the shadows is released! In anticipation of the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith, the From The Shadows Crew took a trip to the “Star Wars Line” in Hollywood. There FTS met up with Aaron Mosny Master Sabersmith of Saberology.com. Following in the tradition of the Jedi and the Lightsaber, Aaron has created the “Perfect Dueling Weapon” utilizing forms including Kendo, Kenjitsu, Iaido, Chinese Broadsword, and European fencing. Unlike shanai, boken, or fencing foils, this weapons design could be used for almost any martial form. Link.

Continue Reading May 23rd, 2005 Phillip Torrone

OK to Take Photos on NYC Subways

A proposal to ban photography on the city’s subways to deter surveillance by terrorists has been nixed by police and transit officials. Charles Seaton, a spokesman for NYC Transit, the division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that runs the subways, the buses and the Staten Island Railway, confirmed to the Daily News that the photo ban has been scrapped. Here’s a story from last year when this all started. And here are 200 photos sent to the NYCTA Link.

Continue Reading May 22nd, 2005 Phillip Torrone

Roadcasting DIY Mobile Radio Stations

Roadcasting is a system that allows anyone to have their own radio station, broadcasted among cars in an ad-hoc network. It plays the songs that people want to hear and it transforms car radio into an interactive medium. The site has a movie, screenshots and source code. [via] Link.

Continue Reading May 22nd, 2005 Phillip Torrone

Microcontroller Design Final Projects

Bruce writes “This site contains 45 new microcontroller-based projects from this semester, plus 150 older projects. Projects include a turbidty meter, video games, and an electronic flower. All projects are designed and constructed by students during the last month of classes in the spring semester”. Great stuff! Link.

Continue Reading May 22nd, 2005 Phillip Torrone

Closed Captioning in Reverse

A broken VCR finds some audio (would be interesting to repeat this). The Simpsons as read by WGBH. WFMU’s Station Manager Ken discovers an extra audio track on the Simpsons that describes the visuals for blind people. He even provides a 21 MB, 23 minute MP3 of a recent episode that is surprisingly listenable…Are podcasts of TV show audio tracks next? Will we be listening to Family Guy and the Daily Show during our commutes? [via | via] Link.

Continue Reading May 22nd, 2005 Phillip Torrone2

Lathe & Drill Press Time Lapse

Steve Cooley has a couple time lapse videos of building things- the first video making a table for his drill press the second video is turning some old wood in to a really neat looking table leg or something Link. Perhaps on my next project I’ll do some time lapse and see how it turns out.

Continue Reading May 22nd, 2005 Phillip Torrone6

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