Zengineer used one of those paper/letter holders to make a quick and dirty laptop stand – “I find myself using my laptop for long periods of time. I also notice that I am slouching when I use my notebook as it forces me to bend my neck to look downwards. Heres a simple notebook stand […]
About a year ago we started sending MAKE sample PDFs through iTunes, we were hoping it would catch on and eventually become another way to distribute eBooks – and now there are a couple more, so maybe it will start to happen — Wikinews print edition and Rick Steve’s audio tours – [via] Link. I […]
Soapy writes – “Cordless DECT phones are great, but mostly don’t let you type two handed without breaking your neck! Headset ones cost upwards of $70, and don’t even have a dial pad! So I took a spare and upgraded it.” – Link.
Randofo writes – “How to hack a USB keyboard or any keyboard for that matter. Send inputs into the computer without a pesky microcontroller. Once you have a hacked keyboard you can use it for a number of functions and attach a number of different types of switches. You can build your own typewriter keyboard […]
MonkeyHumper writes – “My wife wanted a hammock for the backyard, and Sketchup came to the rescue. I found the easiest way to build in Sketchup is to build a bunch of standard lumber sizes and use them over and over again. I can’t wait to make it… “ – Link. Check out other projects […]
Running Mac OS X on Intel is so 3 months ago, Brian is running OPENSTEP on a Thinkpad 755C – “No major trickery to get this to work… just installed a SCSI CD-ROM drive into the ThinkPad Dock and did the install. I do have to pass the “rootdev=hd0a” arg when I boot up, though.” […]
Here’s a cheap DIY IrDA interface using used parts, you can use this to communicate with cell phones and other IR devices from your PC – Link.
