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Jos writes – “After some bad experiences with commercial fan speed controllers in the PCs in my home, I decided it would be easy to build a better one myself. Indeed, after a few evenings, I obtained these results….This proto implementation has components installed for two sensors, controlling two groups of fans. The switch is […]
Loren got the Tablet PC OS working on an iMac – “Yep, this post is being written on an iMac. I successfully installed the Tablet PC OS this morning using Apple’s Boot Camp and the Tablet PC OS from my MSDN subscription. I’m using a Wacom Graphire3 Tablet for the digitizer. For the most part […]
The US Patent Office has a kids section of sounds called “Trademark Soundex” – it’s a great collection of trademarked sounds in MP3 and WAV formats. They make excellent ringtones and samples to mix in with music you might create. [via] – Link.
Wow, Media Center for Mac is here with working TV on a Macbook Pro! – [via / via] Link & Link.
These folks will be at the Maker Faire. In their 12 years of operation, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) has built several supercomputers out of the discarded e-waste At the Maker Faire, ACCRC will be building one such cluster and powering it using their veggie-oil fueled generator. The slave node CPUs will be entirely […]
Our pal Mike over on Popular Science has a good photo frame project, he writes – “Turn an old laptop into a digital frame that automatically displays new shots from your Flickr account–then give it to your mother…” – Link. Related: Tons and tons of LCD photo frame projects – Link.
Geoof writes – “One of the greatest custom-built rigs we’ve ever seen, Sangaku is an inspired mod. Join us as we delve into the creation of the custom case, with plenty of eye candy and worklog detail.” – Link. Related: Tons of case mods – Link.
