Kyle Rankin, author/coauthor of several O’Reilly books (Knoppix Hacks, Linux Multimedia Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, and Ubuntu Hacks) has just turned in his draft for the second edition of Knoppix Hacks, and we need your help. Hackszine is looking for two good tech reviewers; even when we have an author who really knows his stuff […]
Nice tutorial on using a multimeter and continuity – You might be asking, “What is continuity?” But don’t worry, it’s quite simple! Continuity means, are two things electrically connected. So if two electronic parts are connected with a wire, they are continuous. If they are connected with cotton string, they are not: while they are […]
If you’re a Cryptonomicon fan, you might recall uber-hacker Randy Waterouse’s business partner, Avi, who had a spreadsheet which tracked a particularly interesting value. The subject heading of Avi’s first message is: “Guideline 1.” We look for places where the math is right. Meaning what? Meaning that pop. is about to explode—we can predict that […]
Whether you want to quickly add a waypoint to your GPS, or view a map of a known location, it can often be convenient to use real latitude and longitude values with Google Maps instead of dealing with street addresses. Rerieving a map for a lat/lon value is simple enough with Google Maps. You can […]
If you make your own electronics it’s a pain to figure out which PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturer has the lowest price based on size and other factors, sooo… here’s an great javascript PCB cost calculator – [via] Link.
Check out MAKE Flickr photo pool member Dnny’s Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone. The number disc acts as interrupter – Link. Related: Atari Punk Console schematics – Link.
Michael writes – Graffiti is one of the most powerful and most personal displays in the urban experience, and can be used to make statements, tag territory, spread messages — urban markup language in practice. However, the output is nearly always visual in nature, making this experience one-dimensional. Furthermore, rarely does the work have a […]
