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Peter Green sent in his tiny mac portable mod, it’s a tablet too… – “Hi, here’s my latest MMP – it’s the WORLDS SMALLEST & LIGHTEST Mac Laptop/plamtop/UMPC made from a Mac Mini Core Solo 1.5!” – Link. Related: Case design – Link. Internal electronics – Link. More Mac mini mods – Link.
Get LoFi shows how to “circuit bending” a computer, nice! – “Computer Bending Yes, it is possible. I always wondered what would happen if you start circuit bending a computer. The obvious answer is that it will crash. Indeed it is not very good to cross pins on the motherboard. However this does not always […]
Our pal Mark Hoekstra sent in this rad Mac SE mod – a CRT-tube turned into some audio-oscilloscope, he writes – “I modded two compact macs, something I planned on doing a long time. But when I met this artist lately from my hometown (Krause), it all fell together, so now they’re part of her […]
Jachin writes – “I made a pocket sized network connectivity tester out of an old Network Interface Card (NIC), Wake On LAN (WOL) cable, and a Cheap-O Computer Clock 3X “AA” Alkaline Battery Holder. No soldering required. Our school district can not afford to liven every port in a school. As a computer technician I […]
Brain @ 123macmini writes – “There are mods, and then there are really nice mods. I think Anthony’s Mac mini Cube might just be the best Mac mini-based mod you will ever see. Anthony, better known as khisayruou in the forums, has been keeping me updated on the project for the last few weeks. He […]
I saw that you can make your own Windows Live Search, so let’s see how it works with MAKE… Try and let me know what you think (the Google search is here to compare).
UASC writes – “the beauty of the functional and organic pumpkin case mod is its fleeting existence. the coolest thing about this project is the fact that such an extraordinary amount of precious time was squandered on a fruitless(!) pursuit. there are better case mods out there, and there are sweeter jack-o-lanterns. we split the […]
