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DVD player repair
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Tuesdays With Maury fixed a broken DVD player instead of tossing it, nice work – “The disc tray on my Lite-on 5005 DVD recorder stopped ejecting disks. I took the case apart. Unscrewed the metal housing around the DVD drive. Tossed it. I then measured where the manual eject button […]
Mini Marvel arcade
Looks like the mini Marvel MAME arcade is complete and it sounds awesome, Mushmouth26 writes – “This bad boy has about 30 different fighting games. Many different variations of street fighter…Mortal Kombat…Street Fighter Vs Capcom Vs Marvel etc…. “ – Link. Hey, nice MAKE shirt. Related: Mini MAME arcade consoles – Link. MAME projects – […]
The NES AdPAD
Silas shows you how to mod a NES Advantage pad, with optional add on NES controller, he – “I really like my NES, and i really like the features of the NES Advantage pad :-P Unfortunatly the advantage pad is not good to play with. It requires enourmous movement of your hand to use the […]
Bicycle with steering wheel and seat
This bike from the 30’s is a bit like a DIY recumbent – Popular Mechanics 1936 – Link. Could this one be the first? Related: Bart Simpson recumbent bicycle – Link. Home-built recumbent tricycle – Link. Unusual Home Built Bicycles from wood and salvage – Link. Bicycle projects – Link.
NYC in LEGO
Brickshelf has an entire gallery of NYC-turned-LEGO, I think the LEGO lady feeding the LEGO pigeons is my favorite – [via] – Link. More: LEGO articles, oddities and more – Link.
Flickr Group – Wardrobe Remix
There’s a cool flickr group called Wardrobe remix which is filled with outfits that show everyone’s personal style. It is about whatever you wear, wherever you happened to get that from…mass market, designer, handmade, thrifted, etc. Shown here is a thrifted gingham dress, altered, screen printed, and embellished by the owner. Refashioning has never looked […]