The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Clever NES Alarm clock mod, the Maker, Aaron writes – “So I built a funky alarm clock out of an old Nintendo console. Why? Because I was at Value Village with my girlfriend and my sister, and while they were browsing through miles of clothing the only thing of interest I could find were two […]
I’ll post more when I land, getting on a plane now – the mixed reality party was great – special thanks to Electric Sheep, Rhythm & Blues & MTV2. Link.
Check out these great photos of a homemade tiki fireplace complete with glowing red eyes and a smoke machine for the smoking nostrils! I think someone could make these as kits to retrofit fireplaces, or just follow these photos and make your own. [via] Link.
Remember that free app “TouchAmp” that turned your old Palm into a touch-screen remote for Winamp? Now you get the source code – “TouchAmp’s GPL’d source code is available…I’d be delighted if some skilled developers contributed to this project. Some popular feature requests have been: USB/Bluetooth/Wifi connectivity for more recent Palm PDAs.” Link.
Matthew writes – “There are a lot of LEGO Mindstorms robots out there, but I finally found the best. Nic_1 is a Johnny V impersonator that detects the direction of sound and follows it. Detection is accomplished by calculating the cross-correlation of two audio signals from the binaural sensor. The data is used to estimate […]
The best free DIY PVR MythTV has a new version – From the release notes…“LiveTV rewritten to support saving buffered content while watching. Signal Monitoring for DVB and pcHDTV recorders. Ending times may be changed while recordings are in progress. Playgroups allow for default playback options on recordings. Channel changes can be made across tuners […]
Reminder: MAKE will be at the The Happening: Mixed-Reality Party in DC on Saturday and also in Second Life so you can attend virtually and for free on Mac, Win and Linux… – pictured, what I have to fit in my alloted carry on baggage. Details about the event here – Link.
