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Steve from Finkbuilt has a clever way to make really nice play sets for kids, he writes – “Lately, Harlan (4) and I have been using google images to find textures, then printing out inkjets to use in the construction of simple carboard sets for our PlayMobil games. Kids seem to like these homemade buildings […]
Tom (High school student and MAKE reader) made this wood computer and documented the process from design to finish – Link.
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.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
