Soap mouse
Ned writes – “A novel idea for making a standard optical mouse operate in mid-air. Make sure you check out the video for a demonstration and instructions for making your own.” – Link.
Computers & Mobile
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HOW TO – Dial out using an ATA and SkypeOut
Kurced @ Oldskoolphreak has a how-to I’m going to if I can get working with Asterisk – “As most of you know SkypeOut is free until the end of 2006, and using headsets is all nice and fun, but I know I’d rather use a real phone. Cordless or otherwise, here’s a way to use […]
Knock-based commands for your Linux laptop
The new Macbook’s aren’t the only laptops you can knock, slap and bump to perform commands – “For the first time, you can hit your computer and get a meaningful response! Using Linux and the Hard Drive Active Protection System (HDAPS) kernel drivers, you can access the embedded accelerometers on Lenovo (formerly IBM) ThinkPads, then […]
Plants… made from spam
Clever use for all that email spam… – “The ASCII values found in the text of spam messages determine the attributes and qualities of the Spam Plants” [via] – Link.
Shut down a DELL with a text message
Interesting, if you have a DELL Optiplex GX520 and put a cell phone near the CDROM drive as you receive a SMS/TXT (or perhaps a call) – it will shut down the computer – “The bug appears when you put your mobile phone close to the cd-rom unit of the dell and then recieve a […]
The “Bootiful” mod
Dave Williams made a soccer case mod (A working PC is inside the soccer ball) – Link.
HeadOn – apply directly to the forehead ringtone
Turns out – it’s possible to make (some) cell phones more annoying by making a “HeadOn” ringtone – here’s a zip file with a MP3 and WAV. When my phone rings it now says – “HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead, HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead, HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead.” Handy for […]