HOW TO – Make a wallet made from a computer keyboard
Here’s how to make a pretty spiffy wallet from the insides of a computer keyboard, nice work! – Link.
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HOW TO – Run AppleTV on a Mac mini
Here are a couple AppleTV hacks and a special how-to from Dave on running AppleTV on a stock Mac mini! Here are the steps I took to get the Apple TV OS working on my Mac mini. Just so you know, I have a core solo Mac mini – stock configuration. I started on this […]
Reuse old printer ribbons and video tape to make rope!
Lennyb writes – Reuse old printer ribbons and video tape to make rope! no im not talking about dot matrix ink ribbons {although they will work it would just be messy} im referring to the one you get from those little photo printers like the canon selphy or the kodak printerdock also the standalone printer […]
AppleTV OS on a Mac mini
There is a copy of the AppleTV OS floating around on the torrents now and some folks are yoinking it off their AppleTV to see what happens when the run it on their Macs, el frijole writes… This is what happened when I loaded the AppleTV OS onto a partition on my Mac mini. Here’s […]
Violating my Apple TV Warranty in 4 easy steps
Erica writes- If you feel like violating your AppleTV warranty, here’s a quick how-to. You’ll need: One Apple TV A putty knife (optional) A set of Torx screwdrivers 1. Unplug the AppleTV. Remove the power plug and cables. And while you’re at it, kiss the warranty goodbye. The AppleTV runs hot, so you may want […]
DISCOVER Magazine – 1992 to present
DISCOVER Magazine now has all their archives to view (for free) from 1992 to present – [via] Link.
Sensory gaming
Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]