Wood computer
Tom (High school student and MAKE reader) made this wood computer and documented the process from design to finish – Link.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
HOW TO – Diagnose an ATX PSU (Power supply unit)
Leo shows you how to diagnose your ATX power supply step by step before you buy new one when your computer doesn’t crank up – Link.
HOW TO – Take macro (close up) photos with a cell phone
I have this phone and plan to do this, but it likely works on a lot of photos – the results are really good – [via] – Link. Related: DIY $10 Macro photo studio – Link. HOW TO – Macro lighting rig – Link. Do-It-Yourself Macro lens – Link. DIY Macro photography with disposable camera […]
Ultimate boot CD
Handy bootable CD if you fix/restore old computers – “You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to: Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. When you boot up from the CD, […]
Free book trading and exchange community – BookMooch
What a great idea, BookMooch has an easy to enter system for all the books you want to give away (I typed in our MAKE ISBNs), you then receive requests for the books, when you mail the books you get points and then you can ask for books – Link & to help them get […]
“Hacking” Nokia cell phone LCDs
Jakob has a handy guide on (re)using the Nokia cell phone LCD screens for projects, he writes – “Many old Nokia cellular phones have graphical LCDs based on the PCD8544 controller. These are perfect for various electronic projects with microcontrollers. The interface is a two-wire serial type (clock and data), and some additional signals. The […]
HOW TO – Make custom backgrounds for the Sidekick III
One of the things that’s not so cool about the new Sidekick III is the lack of customization (for example you can’t use your own MP3s as ring tones) – but here’s how to change some of the backgrounds, icons, sounds and splash screens by making a “themes” folder and using a text file / […]