HOW TO – Run Windows Media Center on a Mac
Wow, Media Center for Mac is here with working TV on a Macbook Pro! – [via / via] Link & Link.
Computers & Mobile
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Garbage, fry grease and Linux – veggie oil supercomputer
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 […]
The DIY digital photo frame
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.
Sangaku Japanese case mod
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.
The Stone Age PC
Aram Bartholl’s PC – “The Stone Age PC is a sandstone sculpture into which the components of a PC have been built. Two worlds meet here: a bare PC (DELL 386 DX40S) from the beginning of the 1990s and a 40 kg slab of ancient sandstone. The stone and its surface has been sculpted by […]
Windows XP on an Intel Mac video tutorial
UNEASYsilence sent in their video of how to run XP on your Intel Mac – “Today, Apple just released an EASY TO USE officially supported method to load Windows XP on an Intel Macintosh called “Boot Camp.” This new application renders the old XOM.efi method useless, we have archived the old instructions, however it is […]
Boot Camp – boot to XP and OS X on a Mac
Wow, the Mac tinkerer and hacker community are at it again, here’s a beta of an easy way to dual boot Intel Macs to XP and Mac OS X, oh wait, this one is from Apple – “Boot Camp – public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download […]