Transform an old laptop into a MP3 player
Tony took an old laptop and made it in to a big MP3 player, good reuse. I’m hoping he posts the Windows Media skin he made, looks handy – Link.
Computers & Mobile
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Flickr – new upload screen
This one is for all the folks in the MAKE Flickr photo group, Flickr has a new upload screen, a lot better, with batch operations too! – Link.
Suns new SPARC GPL’d (open source hardware)…
Jonathan Schwartz from Sun on the new GPL’d SPARC – We’re announcing the fastest microprocessor we’ve ever shipped this week – delivering 89.6 Ghz of parallel computing power on a single chip – running standard Java applications and open source OS’s. Simultaneously, we’ve said we’re entering the commodity marketplace, and opening the chip up to […]
Earbud cord manager
Here’s a simple Instructable for creating an earbud cord manager out of a hunk of credit card plastic, killing two birds with one stone: unruly ‘phone cord *and* unruly spending. Earbud cord wrapper in 5 minutes or less! – [via] Link
Computer use timeline
I really like this chart Todd made of his last 25 years of computing – Link.
NES emulator for the iPhone
Jeez, that was quick! – Link. It’s slow, it’s not ready for prime time – it’s an excellent start!
Pump as you go air chair
If you ask me (and I know you didn’t), there just aren’t enough things being done with shoes that recycle the energy you generate as you walk. This project, done by designer JooYoun Paek, combines shoe power with inflatable furniture to create a chair you pump up as you walk. And *so* stylish, too. Does […]