IE7 is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6. This is great. By adding the ie7.js script to your site code, you effectively force all older browser versions to function as IE7 […]
I think it’s time for a new feature here on MAKE – our review (and yours) on electronics catalogs – as makers we all get dozens of catalogs from Jameco, Mouser, Digikey and more – so let’s all comment on these “bibles” that fill our shelves and toilet tanks. We get our parts from these, […]
This phone was made to look like a pack of smokes and it can also hold a half a pack of cigarettes in the back…- [via] Link. It could be a nicotine fueled response to the cell jammers (both commercial and DIY) which also fit inside packs of cigarettes too. Pictured above, I believe this […]
Collin Meyer put together a working tutorial for making use of the iPhone and iPod Touch’s RX and TX lines as a standard unix serial port. This tutorial will explain how to use the serial RX and TX lines on the Iphone as a standard UART serial port. Software on the Iphone can access the […]
MAKE editor and Hackziner Brian Jepson recently met up with Joel Evans of Geek.com. Like any geeks worth their root access, Brian and Joel proceeded to do whatever they could to brick their respective XO laptops. Joel writes: After we were done chatting, Brian wanted to show me some other hacking he’s done. In this […]
This is a nice, a “bio-pong” game using a modified pong kit. Flexing your arms moves the on the screen paddles, flex both to start the game/shoot the ball – [via] – Link. Related: Pong kit – Link.
It’s too bad that Google Analytics doesn’t have an official API, but Chris Riley came up with a fun solution for pushing analytics content into a format that is easily accessible from your web applications. Using Google Analytics’ scheduled reporting feature, you can have an analytics report automatically sent to a public, read-only Google Group […]
