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Scottredd writes – This project describes the steps involved to construct a working Bluetooth handset in the shape of a banana. The premise is to permanently embed a Bluetooth headset inside of a fake banana, while exposing the necessary sound holes and USB port for in-place charging. In practice, it took some time and patience […]
Jason @ Hackszine rounds up ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux It’s time consuming, but with the right process you can transform your vinyl collection into digital audio for archiving, sharing and playing on portable devices. To make the most of your ripped analogs, you’ll need to go a little further than just recording the audio with […]
Here’s a photo build log of a living room PC in a wood case – [via] Link.
Brady over on Radar posted up about GeoRSS, a very simple to use OGC format that extends RSS by adding location data, can now be consumed via Google Maps and the Google maps API – here’s a blurb from Google… To start we now support GeoRSS as a data format for geographic content in Google […]
Brian from Hackszine seems to have discovered something a little odd about the new Google Desktop for Mac – even if you choose not to display “delete files” in the results, they’re still saved – it doesn’t stop Google Desktop from creating, keeping, and indexing those (deleted) cached files. As frustrated as I’ve been with […]
Likely handy for someone out there, cables and cogs for drawings. Mike writes – …I went to my library of brushes and found my cogs. I had developed a set of gears for a flash project that is still in development, and several hours of research is still necessary but this is an interim stage, […]
Erica Sadun has been hacking away on the new Apple TV and presents this “State of the Hacks” roundup of what people are doing with their Apple TV boxes. Discover what kinds of mods are out there and whether they’re the right fit for your needs and abilities. MacDevCenter.com — Apple TV: State of the […]
