Use a rotary phone as a cell phone handset
Josh Bloom sent us a great mini how to on converting an old rotary phone for use as a cell phone “handset”. Link.
Computers & Mobile
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See previews of bookmarked sites…
MAKE has about 3,400 bookmarks you can check out see what we’re seeing at any time – but if a list of links isn’t your thing, here’s a site called Thumblicious that adds thumbnails to any list of bookmarks on del.icio.us – [via] Link to our bookmark thumbnails.
Do it Yourself .mac
Matt writes “Is .mac worth it to me? Many of the reasons I do not find .mac useful are the same reasons I encourage others to use it. My needs are different than the average computer user. This is not an “I hate .mac” article but rather an explanation of the motivation and methods I […]
HOW TO – Build a practical HTPC
Eliot on Engadget has a sub-ish $1,000 HTPC how-to, he writes “We’ve seen a lot of home theater PCs lately and being in need of a new workstation, we decide to build one of our own. We started planning by looking around to see what others had done. It would be fun to own a […]
HOW TO – Convert a physcial computer to a virtual machine
Lindsey writes “I recently got a new replacement laptop for work. I had a lot of stuff on the old laptop after 2+ years of use and so I didn’t want to have to rush myself in remembering everything in one or two passes before formatting it to send back to the office. There are […]
PhonEY phone – phone shell headset decoy
Stephen didn’t want his new cellphone to get stolen, so he made a bluetooth headset out of a crummy cheap phone, and hides is real phone. [via] Link.
DIY Hardware keylogger
Here’s how to make a PS/2 keyboard line keylogger, also provided – the software application with full source code to download the recorded data. [via] Link.