Stained glass PC
Now we’re talking – Jimbo made a fantastic stained glass PC! The maker says it’s made from canary wood, copper, lead, and of course, stained glass. Custom PC case – Ultra Products – Tech Forum – [via] Link.
Computers & Mobile
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Hackszine Screencast: HOW TO – Infect your computer on purpose
Check it out, Brian shows you how to infect your own computer to test virus software – nice screencast! Last week, Hackszine fielded a reader request to come up with a way to infect a computer without letting too much heck break loose. This procedure was so much fun that we decided to use it […]
Wifi Liberator
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is one of my favorite artists, his latest – a tactical toolkit to liberate pay-per use wireless networks – Wifi Liberator is an open-source toolkit for a laptop computer that enables its user to “liberate” pay-per-use wireless networks and create a free, open node that anyone can connect to for Internet access. The […]
Building the Perfect PC Figures: Extra Crisp
In our first printing of Make: Projects-Building the Perfect PC, 2nd Edition, some of the photos didn’t come out as well as they should have. I’ve posted a Flickr Set with some of the figures that looked most murky to me. If you have any requests for a specific photo, please add a comment to […]
Overclocking Core 2 motherboards
I like how Extremetech doesn’t just review new motherboards, they rate them on how well they can be overclocked… “When it comes to selecting a motherboard, you’ve got a bunch of factors to consider: Form factor, features, stability, performance, and price are a few that jump to mind. Some of us, however, look at one […]
Do it yourself grassroots media web sites
I’m really impressed with the open source collaborative news site platform – NewCloud, worth a quick gander if you’re thinking of starting up a site for a particular cause/effort or project. Jeff writes – “If you’re looking to start up your own online media publication but want something more sophisticated than a blog, check out […]
PDF – Open, ISO standard
Interesting, so PDF is going to be an open ISO standard…. The Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7 specification for AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management Association, for the purpose of publication by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) – there of course a lot of efforts going on with (open document format) too. MAKE sends out […]