iBBQ: Russian Macintosh barbecue set
John sent in this Russin BBQ flip with the Macintosh Finder cut out, looks like a DIY’ed waterjet project …. Link.
Technology
Make new iPods work with Linux
With the new Nano, iPod Classic and iPod Touch devices, Apple altered the iTunes database slightly to include a cryptographic checksum, which immediately broke all third party iPod management software. Since there’s no iTunes for Linux, this essentially meant that Linux users had to look for another solution for putting music on their devices. Great […]
New iPods now work with Linux
At first it looked like it wasn’t going to be possible to use the newer iPods with Linux, but 36 hours after the story made the rounds online there’s now some code to get things working… Link.
Gyro-stabilized camera rig for RC plane
It’s Chris Anderson Day on MAKE: Blog. Here, he shows off a gyro-stabilized camera mount he built for his RC plane. You can see more of his (and others) efforts at building amateur UAVs at DIYDrones.com. Gyro-stabilized camera mount – [via] Link
Simple Roomba bumper hack
When we got our Roomba and it whirred off on its first cleaning detail, as it headed for one of the stuffed chairs in our living room, I had an oh-no moment realizing that the chair was above the floor almost at the exact height as Roomba’s bumper. Luckily this wasn’t the case, but if […]
Shortwave radio kit
The shortwave radio projects keep coming in, here’s a great kit- Many pieces of ham radio equipment are available as kits. Ten-Tec offers two kits in the $30 range that are good beginner projects. One is the 1054 4-band Shortwave Regenerative Receiver and the other is the 1056 “any band” CW/SSB Direct Conversion Receiver. The […]
Laser engraving on an iPhone
Tyler writes – I customized my iPhone with a “No Stealing” logo and my name. The results turned out great and I wanted to share it with your readers. I’ve included the artwork file for readers to download and customize to their own needs (for example, change my name to their name, etc). I figured […]