The Ybox is an open hardware and software spec for an IP-enabled set-top box in a candy tin. Josh and Tarikh will give away 80 Ybox kits and lead 4 free workshops teaching folks how to build them. Josh Rooke-Ley and Tarikh Korula are the founders of Uncommon Projects, an interactive design studio based in […]
R.G writes – As electronics tinkerers, we all use potentiometers, or “pots” for short. We count on them to control all our musical gear, and quite often get frustrated by their limitations. As in all relationships, a little understanding goes a long way. Let’s take a look at how pots work so we can use […]
Dave put together a nice collection of free software for electronics hobbyists – Link.
Odrarek writes – This fixture is very usefull for rotate 90 degrees the monitor in order to see o read documents in in a portrait fashion, there are drivers for video card that support this modes, in my case i use it to read pdfs. instructables : rotate or pivot lcd monitor – Link.
There’s a way to take photos through a microscope, telescope, or binoculars with a regular digital camera and no special lense adapter. The trick is to use the macro mode on your camera. With a bit of positioning and focus tweaking, you should be able to get a clear photo. If you use a tripod […]
If you use Firefox with Greasemonkey, there are a lot of really nice scripts available for tweaking the iGoogle interface. You can resize columns, replace the iGoogle logo, or, my personal favorite, add some subtle transparency effects to the search interface so that it blends in with the theme you are using – Link. Related: […]
There’s a new “Listen” link in the O’Reilly Network weblogs. It speaks the contents of an article, and sounds pretty nice. Dave Battino went on a search for some rhythmic posts, and made a fun remix out of it: O’Reilly recently snuck a wacky speech synthesizer into our blogs: Clicking the “listen” link above will […]
