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Pat sent in this timely “how its made video” enjoy! – “…Sparklers are probably one of the most popular items for kids of all ages in celebrating Independence Day. This six and a half minute video tells a great story of Diamond Sparkler, an American company that fought back against illegal trade practices by China […]
George writes “Spark it up for the Fourth with your own home brewed sparklers! United Nuclear has the goods you’ll need.” – Link & Wired has a geek fireworks guide, from detonators to taking photos – Link.
If you’re going to take photos of Fireworks for the 4th, here are some handy tips – [via] – Link. Here’s one I took last year (geocoded too).
Wow, for $20, this looks like a great kit, make your own Pong! – “Blocky table tennis with a ball and two paddles was one of the first real video games to make it into mainstream culture. It took an awful lot of high-tech electronics in 1972 to create this classic game. Now however you […]
ZapWizard writes – “I wanted to make a PC with a rustic look. It needed to look good in the living room without screaming “I’m a PC!” or looking like a disco jukebox full of lights. I had lots of wood left over from the Redwood PC mod, it is very pretty wood and a […]
Bruce “CrazyBillyBob” Maley’s R2D2 case mod – “Idea/Inspiration: Previously built an ATM Machine server mod and wanted to do something bigger and better this time around. Kicked around some ideas one day and came up with the R2D2 design.” [via] – Link.
MAKE pal Everythingdigtal has his keyboard flashing to music, he writes – “Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music.” Link. Related: Keyboard disco – Link.
