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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Jepstone is emulating an Atari floppy drive with a Linux box and a fancy serial cable he made. The two Atari floppy drives are emulated on his Linux system using AtariSIO. Link.
San Francisco, Sept. 24-25 at the Webzine 2005 Independent Online Publishing Conference MAKE’s Phil Torrone will have a session about hacking many popular consumer electronic devices : High quality audio recording on old iPods, run new games, mod firmware, fun stuff. Digital camera hacks, from the reuse of the “disposable” cameras to modding digital cameras for projects. PSPs, Gameboys and more along with a trip from Maker past to Maker future in an action packed warranty voiding DRM busting session. Link.

Nice project via Kotaku It’s over 3 feet tall and weighs 100 pounds with a working cartridge. Guess this Game Boy isn’t exactly portable. No wonder they call it the “Game Man.” Designed by an art student named Jeff, this massive machine is his senior project. He was planning to make it seven feet tall, but didn’t have enough cash. Price for Game Man construction? $500. Link.

Brian sent this along, 5lbs, wow! Silly Putty has been around for 50 years, and in that time it’s become an international toy classic. Now you can purchase a 5-lb. block of original Silly Putty. The block comes in a box. No plastic eggs are included. Share pieces of this 5-lb. blob with classmates, co-workers, family and friends. Link.