Apple TV hacker l0rdr0ck put together a procedure for getting Asterisk running, turning the Apple TV into a telephony appliance! To get Asterisk running on Apple TV requires (obviously) and Apple TV. It also requires an Intel Mac, as there are no development tools available on the Apple TV (yet). We’ve divided the process into […]
bbum acquired a bunch of excellent salmon, and shows us how to fillet it without making an awful mess: …if you are willing to exercise a bit of knife work, it isn’t hard to breakdown a whole fish into fillets. What cost $15/pound fully processed, can be had — typically much fresher — for well […]
Rockbox is an alternative (open source) firmware that will run on many iPods. One of its cooler features is that it supports several audio codecs such as OGG, AC3 and everyone’s favorite lossless codec, FLAC. What’s also interesting about Rockbox–and this is slightly less talked about–is that it handles gapless playback really nicely. Instead of […]
Roly Poly LED – Roll a metal ball around a plastic container, make the electrical connections and watch as the LEDs light up in succession – Link.
GeekDad has some places to your kids, all in the sciency/MAKE spirit too! Places to go with your kids Google MyMap by Scott Nagle – [via] Link. Related: MAKE shops – Link. Cool MAKE places – Link. MAKE playlist – Link.
Scottredd writes – This project describes the steps involved to construct a working Bluetooth handset in the shape of a banana. The premise is to permanently embed a Bluetooth headset inside of a fake banana, while exposing the necessary sound holes and USB port for in-place charging. In practice, it took some time and patience […]
D. Garmon has a great how-to on making a 3D & joystick controller for DTV/Commodore 64. Source and schematics on the details page – The DTVii is a wireless tilt controller and joystick for Commodore 64 compatible computers. The parts for the project are fairly common and were not terribly expensive. A pair of Atmel […]
