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Victor writes – “These guys make quality sound cards. The op-amps on the cards are purposefully mounted in DIP type sockets so the owner can swap them out or upgrade them. Nice to see a company embrace the maker spirit by building products that allow the owner to tweak the circuitry!” – Link. Anyone use […]
The old Apple studio displays make excellent cases for putting a new computer inside, Toolman hacked up one pretty nicely, here are the photos, video and build notes… [via] – Link. Related: Nintendo Entertainment Center PC case mod… – Link. Commodore PET / CBM reto case mod – Link. Case Mods – The Ultimate List […]
Jeroen made a 1-wire temperature sensing system, he writes – “When the central computer/network equipment hall of Tilburg University got new climate control equipment, the Unix system managers were anxious to get relevant information (mostly temperature readings) fed directly into their Nagios monitoring system. Several solutions were available, but none of them really looked good. […]
A MAKE reader writes – “After playing with various WiFi setups for a community network for the past three years, I discovered Meraki which is testing an easy to use setup for a mesh network (based on mit roofnet). The hardware was not designed for outdoor use so I used sch 40 pipe to make […]
Neat, grab this torrent and give the CDs away as gifts or put on flash drives – “A “Wikipedia CD” has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn. WikipediaThe CD has been compiled by volunteers for […]
Not a bad case mod for a PC, a trash can, you can keep this next to your desk and no one would ever think to steal it! – [via] – Link. Related trash computing: HOW TO – Turn an old CRT monitor into a trash can – Link. Waste paper can computer case – […]
There is a “Smartphone Smackdown” in NYC @ the Samsung Experience Center Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, a couple folks I know are speaking there so I’m going to pop by with the phones I roll with to see how bad they get smacked… If you’re in NYC stop by, there will be lots […]
